Re: Compass Software

["Crash Gordon" <webmaster@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Doesn't Jim  remember how to program panels anymore? or wouldn't he help ya.
Does he still keep you locked in that little room during the day?


"Joe Lucia" <joe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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|> Okay now thats stretching it, because you can give anyone your login that
| > means THEY are not secure? How stupid
|
| Yes, if more then one person has the same username/password, then there
| is potential for abuse because you have now lost control as to who that
| other person thinks is competent enough to have the username/password,
| and so on, which we have seen here today.  Someone gave it to someone
| who gave it to someone who posted it here for everyone.
|
|
| > And the DEALER software used by a DEALER is supposed to program your
system
| > not you
|
| Ideally.  A professionals point-of-view is most always going to be
| "leave it to a professional" but some people don't have that luxury and
| would like to Become a professional on their own system on their own
| time.
|
| > Yes, the manual indicates that you must have an alpha keypad to program
| > the zones using the Menu Mode.  But when reading I kept getting the
| > impression there was a way to program them without using Menu Mode
| > since I didn't have an alpha keypad.
|
| > Exactly what part of the installation manual gave you that impression?
|
| It indicated there is Expert Programming mode or Menu Mode.  I assumed
| Expert Mode meant no menu prompts.  But earlier in the manual it does
| say "you must use a 2-line alpha display keypad".  Unfortunately, when
| purchased, that was in the box and since I haven't done them before, I
| had no way of knowing that.
|
| > And I'm glad you aren't, god knows how well you programmed the panel
|
| Now now, you have no idea of my competence level in this area to be
| making comments like that.  A lack of experience doesn't imply the lack
| of competence required to figure it out.  Being on the Monitoring end
| of things I believe I've programmed my own system much better then most
| of the system I see thrown in every day by "professionals".  I've
| talked installers and technicians through programming panels because
| they didn't understand them.  I've interpreted screwed-up codes and
| formats to explain to them what they programmed wrong.  Granted
| field-for-field I don't know how Every panel deals with different
| issues, but I have a full understand as to how and why they work.  Just
| because I don't already know, without referring to and getting to know
| the manual, doesn't ipmly a badly programmed system.  You as a
| "professional" I'm sure can relate to running into an old panel that
| you've had no experience with, but you got it wo work.  Albeit, god
| know how well you did ;)
|