Re: Compass Software

["Joe Lucia" <joe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> 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 ;)