Re: DSC Maxsys PC 4020 Reporting Probs. UPDATE

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

"Frank Olson" <feolson@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> "Robert L. Bass" <robertlbass@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> >>> There's no way you will ever admit having been wrong.
> >>
> >> Well...  you were wrong about connecting AC
> >> smoke alarms to a security panel being against
> >> code...
> >
> > I didn't say that it's against code to connect them.  I said you need to
> > use a device that is listed for the purpose for your (US) installation
to
> > be code compliant.  On that I was correct.
>
> Only if you're connecting them to a listed and *certified* fire alarm
> *system*.  Most home security panels don't qualify as *fire alarms* and
they
> never will.  If you read your original message in the post "Fireside
Chat",
> you go on and on about how you can't do this to a listed fire alarm
system.
> Al was not speaking about this type of system.  You then went on to say
that
> he was *totally wrong* and furthermore even suggested that what he'd
> proposed was against code!  There is nothing wrong with connecting AC
smoke
> alarms to a home security panel (or auto dialler) through a relay that's:

Leave him alone Frank, he's busy reading PC4020 program manuals at the
moment :)