Re: CP-01

["Jim Rojas" <jrojas@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Can you explain what CP-0 is?

Jim Rojas


"Roland Moore" <roland@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> It seems Texas is going to CP-01 starting January 1, 2007. So I went to
> the distributors place today for a little dog and pony on CP-01. DSC is
> putting it on. So I hear all the information on the 1616,1832,1864. Then I
> say well "what about the 4020 and the whole MAXSYS line?" It easy says
> DSC. The DSC MAXSYS line is not CP-01 compliant. You can not install them
> after December 31, 2006. Wow, I never thought a manufacturer would just
> abandon a whole line. DSC says we don't feel that badly about not selling
> the MAXSYS line because Paradox doesn't seem to have a single CP-01 panel
> that they can sell. Wow again, a manufacturer writes off an entire state?
>
> Well it's not often that I get to hang around with the trunk slammers at
> the parts house. So I am thinking maybe things have changed and I
> shouldn't be so quick to judge some of these guys. No need to think less
> of someone's ability just because they have been in the business for 5 or
> 10 years and still don't know how to use a meter for some basics tasks
> like how to find a ground or measure inductance. So I asked around to be
> sure, and yep, they still didn't know how. So I am overhearing a dealer on
> the phone complaining to the counter guy about some gear he just bought
> that doesn't seem to work. So the counter guy says are you sure you
> observed polarity and didn't blow it up? Sure we're sure we hooked it up
> right says the dealer. After all WE POWERED IT UP BOTH WAYS AND EVEN TRIED
> STRAIGHT TRANSFORMER POWER BUT IT STILL DOESN"T WORK! I guess not much has
> changed.
>
> So where else are they having to deal with CP-01 besides us?
>