Re: Re: Napco Gemini 3200

["Neil F" <automated@xxxxxxx>]

I'll probably get the panel / keypad / battery next week and get the rest
next month. That will give me a month to play with it on the bench, before
i
need to decide what extras i need.

thanks for the help guys :-)
Neil
----- Original Message -----
From: "Mark McCall" <mark@xxxxxxx>
To: <ukha_d@xxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, February 18, 2001 6:28 PM
Subject: Re: [ukha_d] Re: Napco Gemini 3200


> > OK I'm convinced :-)
>
> Hurrah! :-)
>
> > Mark, you say you wouldn't recommend buying without the serial
link.
What
> > would the serial link do for me apart from presumably giving me a
nice
GUI
> > for programming? (maybe enough a reason to get it anyway). I
don't see
> much
> > need for the web interface when i have homeseer's.
>
> The UCM will allow you to use the CS-Xpres software to programme the
panel.
> It's also needed for ACE to send and receive info to Comfort.  If
you've
got
> more of a programmers mind than me and no need for ACE then you could
do
> without it.
>
> > I'm quite confused on the bits i need to get me going...
> > comfort panel
> > 2 keypads (for now)
> > doorphone
> > ringer module
>
> Sounds good.  One of the beauties of the system are its expandability.
You
> can add more zones, relays etc later on.
>
> > the bits that a troubling me are cs-xpress / ucmdev / ucm01
??!...
>
> As above you can prob do without these in the meantime Neil.
>
> Now..all you need to do is convince Mike to make the Comfort panel the
next
> of his daily specials! :-)
>
> Regards
>
> M.
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