Re: OYE on DIY

["Mark Leuck" <m..leuck@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

"Crash Gordon®" <NONE@xxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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That time included programming that little sucker...never did an Omni
408...cheep cheep cheep...but seems to work fine.

Honeywell certainly is trying to improve their install/programming
manuals...they came close with this one...but still took some experimenting
to get the CID to report correctly.


The 408 is a reborn FBI XL-20, FBI CID programming stinks compared to other
panels, always has



"R.H.Campbell" <rh.campbell@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Hahahaha....that's one of the best posts I've read for a long long time !!
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> Gawd, how I can relate to that....LOVE IT !!!
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> RHC
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> "Crash Gordon®" <NONE@xxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> How about the Radio Shack diy install I went to friday? Lady wants it
> monitored...yah right. The prewire was beautiful, obviously a pro job, but
> the trim-out was silly...window magnets stuck on the glass because Radio
> Shack only sells those big honkin' contacts and they wouldn't fit on the
> reveal of the window frame. Loved the little nicad battery packs too.
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> Total re-do before I'd take this one...gave her a smokin' remodel price
> too...with my luck this week she'll get a Skylink system too!
;-)))))))))))
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> Or...the Monitronics I pulled out yesterday...WHY would anyone install a
> wireless system if the front door is 2 feet from the alarm panel? (office
> warehouse) and the ohd was 2 feet on the other side? Took me an hour and a
> half to install twice the system that was there and all hardwired. Its an
> ITI something or other...huge honkin' keypad/panel with a cute little 9v
> "backup" battery. How long can you run an Amseco SSX siren on a 9v battery
> btw??? :-0
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> I dunno man...I must be gettin too old for this shit.
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