An interface provides a non-dedicated wireless communications path for
reporting alarm events from a landline-based alarm system to a remote
monitoring system via BLUETOOTH. The interface includes a BLUETOOTH
receiver that communicates with a cellular handset, or other wireless
device that has a BLUETOOTH transmitter, and a network connector (such as
RJ31X jack) between an alarm control panel and the PSTN. When a wireless
device is within range of the interface, the interface bypasses the
landline and routes all security calls from the alarm control panel
through an analog-to-digital signal processor and to the wireless device
via BLUETOOTH, which places a call to the remote monitoring center.