Re: Ademco programming

["Sue Odom" <sodom@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Being an engineer and also a programmer, it's a natural for me to fiddle
with gadgets.  Yes, I know most people wouldn't want to.  That's great for
*you*!

"Frank Olson" <feolson@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>
> "Sue Odom" <sodom@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> > Hey, I have a really dumb question.  I'm reading that Ademco panels
> > require
> > a 6139 keypad for programming.  So what if you give the customer a
> > different
> > keypad?  Are they expected to never reprogram the thing themselves?  Is
> > this
> > so that they never can?
> >
> > So I guess if I get a Vista 10, I had better get the 6139 keypad or I'll
> > be
> > out of luck.  :-)
>
>
> As an installing dealer of monitored security and fire systems it's rare
to
> come across a customer that wants to program (or reprogram) their own
> system.  Even on a local panel about the only thing the customer really
> needs every once in a while is to change the master or secondary user
codes.
> On systems that need special programming keys or keypads and the customer
> hasn't opted to purchase them, they have no choice but to call the
> installing dealer if they want to make any changes.  Besides, it's better
> for the customer that *you* do it anyway...
>
>