Re: Ka -Bosch Ka -Bosch DuMP DuMP

["Russell Brill" <russwbrill@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Crash,

Remember, you do this every day, the customer simply arms & disarms on a
daily basis... Then, after six months their system goes into alarm, their
first response, "Oh Shit, the disarm code isn't working".... :-))

"Crash Gordon" <webmaster@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:gxtUe.104$Se2.3737@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> If the customer can understand the concept of an ATM machine it's really
> not as hard as you make it sound.
>
> Compare adding a code in Ademco with adding/changing/deleting a code with
> DMP - DMP is far easier...if a code is in use the keypad will tell you
> with Ademco...nothing happens or maybe it does. With DMP if the client
> understands the basic concept of a menu they can figure anything out.
>
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> "Nomen Nescio" <nobody@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:170817cacf2b92f23bc048274fa15eff@xxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Crash Gordon said:
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>>>Yah it's pretty hard to push any of the 4 top row buttons to silence a
>>>trouble on a DMP (ANY of 4 buttons)...or to say YES to: "Bypass ?" when
>>>something is opened and you want to bypass?
>>>
>>>Sounds like whomever programmed the DMP doesn't know the product - or
>>>whomever instructed the users doesn't know the product.
>>
>>
>> Point is, it isn't intuitively obvious that you push an unmarked button
>> to
>> silence a trouble.  If DMP were smart, they'd mark a button "SILENCE."
>>
>> And you've got to admit that DMP sucks big time when it comes to
>> resetting
>> a smoke detector.  They're the worst in the industry for that.  For those
>> of you who don't know DMP, this is how you reset a smoke:
>>
>> 1.  Press COMMAND.  The display says "ARM      DISARM."
>> 2.  Press COMMAND again.  The display says "MENU      NO    YES."  Press
>> the key underneath the word YES.
>> 3.  The display says "ENTER CODE: "  Enter your code, then push COMMAND.
>> 4.  The display says "ALARM SILENCE?"  Press COMMAND.
>> 5.  The display says "SENSOR RESET?"  Assuming you realize that a smoke
>> detector is a sensor, you've come to the right place.  Press any of the
>> unmarked keys in the top row.
>> 6.  Congratulations!  You've managed to reset a smoke detector on a DMP
>> panel.
>>
>> By contrast, here is how you reset a smoke detector on an Ademco panel:
>>
>> 1.  Enter your code and push the OFF key.
>>
>> Even that's not good enough.  Why can't manufacturers include keys
>> labeled
>> "SILENCE" and "RESET."
>>
>> - badenov
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