Re: CADDX NX-6 question from homeowner

[DrPhil <nospam@xxxxxxxxxx>]

or...........he could be a burglar looking for away to break in. which
would be easy to do with a few keypresses to disable monitoring if the
installer code had not been changed.


Crash Gordon® wrote:

> Or the previous owner may have owed the company 900 bucks for monitoring, or installation, or leasing.
>
> Point is it's not unreasonable to ask them to unlock it, or to pay a few bucks to do so. It is unreasonable to assume they're scumbags -
>
> Then again the new owner may not be a new owner, he could be the one that owes the company money (hypothetical of course)
>
> ..or he could buy a new board for 40 bucks.
>
>
> "R.H.Campbell" <rh.campbell@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:D-idnUIEcOUf0tTfRVn-3Q@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
>>It's not codes he's missing; he said the board was locked. I am assuming
>>here he has tried to default the board and it's a no go. That's pretty black
>>and white. If I misread what he said, then you are quite correct. But I
>>don't think so....
>>
>>RHC
>>
>>"Doug L" <vssdoug@xxxxxxx> wrote in message
>>news:Ke-dnYaGiaWOcdXfRVn-qg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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>>>At this point its pure speculation as to who changed the code and under
>>>what
>>>circumstances, it could have been the previous homeowner, or it could have
>>>been the alarm company, for all we know the previous owner may have been
>>>given the code and omitted to pass it along to the current owner. It seems
>>>a
>>>little premature to me to start defaming the company based on what little
>>>information we have available. Would the locksmith be a scumbag because
>>>the
>>>seller neglected to pass along the new key for the garage door to the
>>>buyer?.
>>>
>>>Doug L
>>>
>>>
>>>R.H.Campbell <rh.campbell@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>>>news:6oKdnf59raHFpdXfRVn-1Q@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>
>>>>Sir, depending upon where you reside, you can simply send the board to
>>>
>>>have
>>>
>>>>it unlocked for around $20. Jim Rojas on this ng will do so for you. No
>>>
>>>need
>>>
>>>>to buy a new board because some scumbag company locked you out of YOUR
>>>>property....
>>>>
>>>>R.H.Campbell
>>>>Home Security Metal Products
>>>>Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
>>>>www.homemetal.com
>>>>
>>>>"RG" <nospam@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>>>>news:Lf6dnee6dMLhrtXfRVn_vg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>>
>>>>>The house we purchased has a CADDX, NX-6 system. It appears that the
>>>>>previous alarm company changed the installer code (probably to lockout
>>>>>competitors). I have been unable to talk to anyone at this company.
>>>>>
>>>>>So I plan to install a new NX-6 board.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
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