Re: Ademco programming

[Crash Gordon® <webmaster@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Yeppers...and you?



"Sue Odom" <sodom@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message =
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> Are you in Scottsdale?
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> "Crash Gordon=AE" <webmaster@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> There are murmurs, though nothing official, that the 10se & 20se will =
be
> retired soon.
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> It's good to have a translator!
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> I have a good client who is/was an engineer type with Motorola, on the =
first
> house I did for him he wanted to get into modifying the chip on a =
Radionics
> 6112...sheesh...he made me crazy.
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> "Sue Odom" <sodom@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> > Hey, thanks!  I appreciate the advice!  I can translate to and from
> Alarmish
> > for him.  Pretty soon, he be speakin' da language.
> >
> > Thanks again.
> >
> > "Crash Gordon=AE" <webmaster@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> > Engineers are weenies, but he can do it himself...if he speaks or at =
least
> > can read Alarmlish :-)
> >
> > Go with the 6160's they're more modern looking than the 6139.
> > You may wanna go with the Vista 20P, newer, more zones, and does a =
little
> > more.
> >
> >
> > "Sue Odom" <sodom@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> > > Ok, thanks.  My boss is putting a system in his newly remodeled =
house,
> and
> > > since he's an engineer, I'm telling him he can do it himself.  You =
know,
> > > engineers are all weinies (<----sp).  I was going to recommend the
> Ademco
> > > Vista 20SE to him, since he can get 16 hardwired zones with an =
expander.
> > > Then I noticed the note in the installation guide that says you =
need the
> > > 6139 for programming.  I guess there's nothing wrong with them, I =
mean
> > they
> > > aren't uglier than the other keypads, are they?
> > >
> > > "Crash Gordon=AE" <webmaster@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in =
message
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> > > You "can" program almost the either panel without the 6139, you =
only
> need
> > it
> > > for zone programming. Most of the time I don't install a =
programming
> > keypad,
> > > but I always carry one on the truck...with long alligator clip =
leads on
> > it.
> > > Any user programming can be done without the 6139. I highly =
discourage
> > > homeowners from programming their system if I am monitoring
> it...actually
> > I
> > > don't allow it at all. If this is y our house  you're talking =
about then
> > > install a 6139 or the newer programming keypad...I think the 6160 =
can
> > > program but double check on that..I cant remember fer sure.
> > >
> > > There's also a secret way of programming without the 6139 but it's =
kinda
> > > goofy, so I don't do it much.
> > >
> > >
> > > "Sue Odom" <sodom@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> > > news:s6Ioe.16469$h86.11759@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > > > 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.  :-)
> > > >
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