Re: replacing an ademco 4150

[JoeRaisin <joeraisin@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

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

If he did zone programming on the his first try then he gets a gold star
AND a cookie.

We got one guy who can get through it pretty easy but it ain't me, brother.

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> <Cormac.McGaughey@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> | 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).
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> | 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.
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> | 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
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