Re: Compass Software

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

"mikey" <someone@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> "Mark Leuck" <m..leuck@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> > "Joe Lucia" <joe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> > > Yeah, software not straight-forward or user friendly.  Modem was
> > > difficult to find or expensive to buy.  It took me days to figure out
> > > my Vista 20P on the Compass, trying to figure out what on the screen
> > > related to what in the programming docs.  I program computers, not
> > > panels.  Alarm panels have a logic of their own and the Compass
> > > software doesn't even follow much computer programming logic :)
> > >
> >
> > And it's designed to run in Windows 3.1, gotta love those ancient 16-bit
> > applications.
> >
> > Even so it's in my opinion the best overall downloading software
available
> >
>
> Compass? Really? I use DSC and Compass. I have far more connection
problems
> with Compass. I find it a tedious POS to work with too compared to DSC.

I'm not commenting on things like that, I said overall it's the best in my
opinion. I too have seen DSC panels hold on far longer in bad phone lines
than Ademco however that bloated database of DSC has to go, its about the
only major gripe I have with the software.