Re: Radionics 5700: lithium batteries

["X. Boschman" <XBoschmanNOSPAM@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

A dead lithium battery only results in a datalock violation if the panel is
powered down without effective battery backup.  The lithium battery will be
drained vvvvveeeeeerrrrrrryyyyyyy slowly as long as there is always power
applied to the panel.

The datalock is not on the firmware rev chip.  That is only the instruction
sets for the panel.  Yes the datalock must pass the D5200 and various
RAM/RPS tests.

How difficult would it be to create your posited "black box?"   I don't
know. I am not X. Boschengineer.  That will have to be someone else's
weekend project.

X.

"Nomen Nescio" <nobody@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:08343fd4bb1105016995ada2d3e253b8@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> X. Boschman said:
>
> >This is about the only solution for the older panels.  Since the 9412
> >series, the lithium battery is "spring" held and easily replaced.  But
the
> >panel MUST be powered us in this scenario as well or else, poof, panel
> >repair.
>
> Since a dead lithium battery results in a datalock violation, the
> programmer cannot load a default program into the panel once the panel
> memory is cleared.  I've always figured the datalock protection is part of
> the programmer's firmware, rather than the panel's.  Meaning, the
> programmer won't cooperate if the datalock code it reads from the panel is
> different from those stored in the programmer.
>
> How difficult would it be to create a black box that plugs into a panel,
> ignores the datalock code, and loads a default program into the panel,
even
> if the panel's memory is blank?  Might be an interesting product for an
> ex-Bosch-man to offer.
>