Re: Radionics D7212B1 Panel Help

["Crash Gordon" <webmaster@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Cool.
Let us know if you need help with zone response codes.


"WYSIWYG" <nospam@xxxxxxx> wrote in message
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| Thanks to everyone on this thread for their help and kind encouragement.
| The panel is unlocked and ready for business. The D1255 keypads are
| responding to the panel and everything looks good.
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| "Mark Leuck" <m..leuck@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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| > "WYSIWYG" <nospam@xxxxxxx> wrote in message
| > news:mNL6f.2020$Lv.1347@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
| > > Mark,
| > >
| > > I appreciate your concern over my abilities to work with electroincs.
I
| > can
| > > assure that I am not in over my head. I bought the older version of
the
| > > board just because it has a socketed EPROM that I could extract the
| code.
| > My
| > > intention is to use the Radionics code if I can. Otherwise I am fully
| > > prepared, and capable, to write an entirely new program for this
board.
| > And
| > > yes, I am that good. I currently have a good protion of the original
| > > Radinonics code decomplied and I am using a logic analyzer to track
the
| > > operation of the microprocessor in areas where the code is not clear
to
| > me,
| > > yet. I have the key circuits mapped out on the board and I am adding
to
| my
| > > knowledge daily. For example, I already know how to unlock this panel
by
| > > running a program to change the password in RAM. May not be the best
way
| > to
| > > do it, but it can be done. I can also monitor and inject communication
| > > signals into the peripheral bus using my PC.
| > >
| > > I expect your perspective is different from mine. For me, this is a
fun
| > > project to see how something works, down to the bits, bytes, volts and
| > ohms.
| > > If I get a useful alarm system at the end of it all, good for me. If I
| > > don't, I learned one heck of a lot and my next design in my "real job"
| may
| > > be just that much better. As you suggest, if I ONLY wanted an alarm
| > system,
| > > this is NOT the way to go. I agree. Trouble is, I don't learn that
much
| by
| > > signing a contract for an alarm system around the kitchen table.
| >
| > Nobody says you have to sign a contract for an alarm system the problem
| here
| > is you have an ancient junk panel that in the end will still be
worthless
| no
| > matter how much you work on it. My suggestion is to get a decent and
| fairly
| > new panel and work on that. Plenty of those on Ebay
| >
| >
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