Re: Honeywell 60 / DSC PC1550

["R.H.Campbell" <rh.campbell@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

True enough Frank !! Nothing wrong with the 1550. I am responsible for
perhaps 100's of them within my customer base. But if you're going to spend
a few bucks for another keypad, why not spend a very few more for a new 632
or whatever and start fresh. Panels today are SO inexpensive, why not
replace it. Hell, most people go out for dinner and spend more on a meal
than a new panel and keypad cost !! Then you have a far more user friendly
keypad, and are able to add on wireless with no hassle.It's the same old
story as that with an old car; spend money on an old car for repairs to keep
it running for awhile longer or get a nice new vehicle !

But with our market so ridiculously bottom line price driven, I was trying
to inject a bit of common sense (or at least another viewpoint) into the
equation....:))

RHC

"Frank Olson" <Use_the_email_links@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:80zsf.211362$Gd6.50686@xxxxxxxxxxx
> R.H.Campbell wrote:
>> Correct on both points. Time to upgrade really. As the saying goes, you
>> wouldn't run your business on a 486; why run your security on the same
>> vintage of alarm panel...
>
>
> What's wrong with a 1550??  Is it going to communicate faster than the
> newer stuff??  Yes.  How much faster?  Maybe 5 seconds.  The 1550 has
> similar features to many of the new panels coming out by other
> manufacturers (in some ways it's still better).  Sure, it's limited to six
> zones, but it was a hard panel to beat (feature and price wise) in its
> day.  When would I actually recommend "ripping one out"?  Well... If it's
> got more devices hooked to it than available zones.  If the customer wants
> to add more devices than there are zones.  If they want to add *wireless*
> features (or X-10) or if they "suddenly" want an Elk M1G...  :-)
>
> If it ain't broke, don't fix it.