Re: DMP XR500 vs. DMP XR200

[blueman <NOSPAM@xxxxxxxxxx>]

"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?

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

- 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.

  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?