Re: DSC PC3000 Lockout

["Mark Leuck" <m..leuck@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Depending on the version you don't even have to do that

"Matthew Stanley" <armorsecsys@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:Kk4fh.1037$VR1.591@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> At one time I thought there was a way to unlock the panels by installing a
> jumper wire some place.. Its been a few years since I messed with that at
> all.. but I dont like to throw anything away that still works!
>
> Matthew
>
>
>
>
> "tourman" <rh.campbell@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:1165802950.028881.184670@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Hmmh....well, that's something I definately didn't know. I do know that
> > DSC developed a cheap and dirty device to allow the guys at Tried to
> > power up any board quickly and safely in order to listen for the tell
> > tale chirps that a locked board gives off. It seems some less than
> > honest dealers were trying to turn in locked boards as defective ones,
> > to get another unlocked one under warranty.
> >
> > But no, I didn't know that DSC ever unlocked boards for anyone. I know
> > they used to charge back $25 to the dealer if a defective board was
> > returned in a locked state. But to actually unlock boards on
> > demand....that's news to me !
> >
> > RHC
> >
> > Mark Leuck wrote:
> >> "tourman" <rh.campbell@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> >> news:1165797115.415020.256640@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >> > There is absolutely nothing wrong with the DSC PC 3000. It works well
> >> > and has in my experience no bugs in that chip version. I have more
than
> >> > a dozen spare boards that I keep in stock to service my existing
> >> > customer base, but most have been eaten up by other small dealer
> >> > friends who need them as well. The board is no longer made by DSC so
> >> > they have actually increased in value as they decrease in
availability.
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > DSC will not unlock any boards. To my knowledge, they never have at
any
> >> > time in the past. 'when you think about it, why would they do
something
> >> > to defeat a feature they put into their boards originally. As well,
why
> >> > do something that decreases the number of boards they sell.
> >>
> >> They did in the early to mid 90's
> >
>
>