Re: DMP XR500 vs. DMP XR200

["Jackcsg" <nospam@xxxxxxxxxx>]

"blueman" <NOSPAM@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> "Jackcsg" <nospam@xxxxxxxxxx> writes:
> > Not sure why he wouldn't want to sell you an XR500. It costs less for a
> > dealer than the 200 with an iCOM router. It just has area arming (32 to
be
> > exact) Rather than the home/away mode or the perimeter/interior modes of
the
> > 200.
> > As far as the Processor goes, both communicate via SDLC Protocol, which
is
> > practically 40 years old, and still the fastest in the Industry today, I
> > wouldn't let that be a decision.
> > The "Flash" on the 500 is nice for updates though, which there has been
12
> > so far.
> > Both come with 10 zones on board, so size really isn't the issue, just
the
> > expansion.
> > All DMP panels and devices are "future proof", as they are all
> > backward/forward compatible, and have been for over 25 years.
> > The 500 is better priced on the Internet Monitoring side of things, if
> > that's also what you're looking at.
> >
> > Jack
>
> - What if anything would be the disadvantage of going with the 500?

The advantages of the XR500 would be pruely in a commercial environment.
Larger zones, sure, but it plays out more in a commercial installation. I
doubt seriously you would ever have 242 zones in your house. Wired or not.
Which is what the 200 can do.

> - Does the "areas" paradigm get me everything that home/away/stay has
>   and more?

Gives you the ability to arm "ALL" or each and every area, up to 32 of them.

>   e.g., could I have the equivalent of the "cleaning person mode"
>   where everything is armed except for the one door that I give
>   them the key to.

Sure. You could even incorporate "Easy Entry" to allow them to only disarm
the areas you assign them, with a simple swipe of a credential.

>
> - Also, I understand the backward/forward compatibility, but when I
>   think of "future proof" I think of the ability to take advantage of
>   new technologies that might be hard to add-on to a slower/less
>   advanced processor in the 200-series.

Such as....what? Alarm panels are pretty simple. It's not a processor being
used to make complex mathmatical decisions, just simple TTL decyphering. The
200 performs very well, and very fast, for the given tasks. Both platforms
offer great stability, the 500 more expandable.

>
>   So I guess I am really asking whether the XR500 is really inherently
>   more powerful (not just in number of zones) that it will allow me to
>   do more home automation and monitoring stuff in the future that
>   would be difficult with 200-series?