Re: Ademco programming

[Crash Gordon® <webmaster@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

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 =
news:beXoe.41516$ya2.34894@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Ok, thanks.  My boss is putting a system in his newly remodeled house, =
and
> since he's an engineer, I'm telling him he can do it himself.  You =
know,
> engineers are all weinies (<----sp).  I was going to recommend the =
Ademco
> Vista 20SE to him, since he can get 16 hardwired zones with an =
expander.
> Then I noticed the note in the installation guide that says you need =
the
> 6139 for programming.  I guess there's nothing wrong with them, I mean =
they
> aren't uglier than the other keypads, are they?
>=20
> "Crash Gordon=AE" <webmaster@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:hwNoe.46$S37.13455@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> 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.
>=20
> There's also a secret way of programming without the 6139 but it's =
kinda
> goofy, so I don't do it much.
>=20
>=20
> "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.  :-)
> >
> >
>=20
>=20
>