Re: Tech question - interface between receiver and central station software

["mckenzie" <mckenzieatcleardotnet.nz>]

When you wish that Patriot software would this or that differently, send
them an email, they are pretty good at modifying things if there is a good
reason.  Have you made sure that your software is up to date?  There have
been several updates within version 4 and 5.  You should be looking for
updates every month.

Graeme McKenzie

"Andrew" <bewareofcabbage@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:1120424331.799067.15710@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Way to go Robert.
>
> It's definitely a do-able project.  I will most likely never write the
> program, the main problem was just understanding the flow of data from
> receiver to computer.  The rest is easy, matching against templates for
> Contact ID, retrieving keyholder contacts and response plans from
> database tables are relatively simple tasks with basic database
> knowledge.
>
> I sit at work in front of Patriot (versions 4 and 5) and think "I wish
> they would change that, or do that differently" lol.  Someone
> recommended NTSW's software - which I personally don't like the looks
> of, it seems very Windows 3.1ish.
>
> I downloaded a demo of Microkey and another of A-Traq, both have nice
> interfaces, I've also seen screenshots of Bold's Manitou which seems
> very powerful.  However I can only assume very high price tags on these
> packages.
>