Re: replacing an ademco 4150

["Crash Gordon" <webmaster@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

It's definitely a pita...enough so that I'd usually opt for driving back to
the office for my trusty beatup 6139.


"JoeRaisin" <joeraisin@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:ulW1g.840$FP5.665@xxxxxxxxxxx
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| 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.
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| If he did zone programming on the his first try then he gets a gold star
| AND a cookie.
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| 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
| > 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
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