Re: DSC PC3000 Lockout

["Roland Moore" <roland@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

There is a way to do that, but I only know that trick on a different model
DSC panel, not the PC3000.

"Matthew Stanley" <armorsecsys@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> 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!
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> Matthew
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> "tourman" <rh.campbell@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>> 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.
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>> 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 !
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>> RHC
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>> 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.
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>>> > 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.
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>>> They did in the early to mid 90's
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