Personal safety alarms work via sensors located throughout the home, or as personal devices worn on the body. Alarm units may be triggered by personal or environmental events such as bed occupancy, temperature changes and motion, detecting specific movements and events that require emergency assistance, to which monitoring centres can then respond.
Traditionally these systems have connected to remote monitoring centres via the Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN). Units that worked via PSTN will not work on a VoIP service such as B4RN Voice. This will be case with all "landline" phone providers from 2027.
Customers will need a "Digital" enabled alarm that connects via ethernet or wi-fi to your B4RN router or SIM card to the mobile network.
You may also need to consider battery backup. Many systems have built-in battery backup ranging from 24 to 72 hours depending on the product.
Talk to the provider of your existing safety alarm to check if it is Internet (or IP) capable. If not, they should be able to recommend suitable equipment.
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