Re: replacing an ademco 4150

["Crash Gordon" <webmaster@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

heh...you get a gold star for figuring out how to program the zones with a
6150..it aint easy nor recommended.


<Cormac.McGaughey@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:1145479148.205790.128460@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
| Thanks everyone. Just installed a Vista 20P over the weekend and it was
| relatively painless (I had to cut out the old batteries from the 4150
| system - the terminals were really corroded) and documenting the old
| zones and cabling (previous installer had used four core cable  and
| split the cores across zones).
|
| I did make the mistake of not going with the 6160 keypad and got a 6150
| instead which made programming a little fun, but it only took about 5
| minutes to figure out what it was looking for.
|
| The new system works well and I've been able to kick out a few false
| alarm issues that plagued me with the old system.
|
| Cormac
|