Re: DIY is a rocky road.

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

Something you might also mention is that you don't program the panel except
by downloading because either you don't know how or know it is quite slow
which is part of this threads debate

Not a slam just an observation from previous posts from you

"Robert L Bass" <sales@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> > Welp, since I was talking about Vista 15/20P lets compare the same
> > size/price panels. I use another brand for my large jobs which goes to
256
> > zones and 8 partitions - which I'd never switch to another brand.
>
> Napco doesn't have a 48-zone panel, but the closest match would
> probably be the Ademco (Honeywell) Vista-20P.  Since most users
> never reach 32 zones, let alone 48, I think that's a reasonable
> comparison.
>
> > So lets talk about Napco vs Ademco on the small stuff - and
> > with commonly requested options.
> >
> > How many residential users acutally use scheduling?
>
> A lot of that depends more on the installer than one might
> imagine.  For example, because I'm so familiar with Napco's
> capabilities, I tend to implement more of those features.  I used
> scheduling on most of my installations.  When customers were on
> vacation I would set their panels to auto-arm all partitions at a
> certain time each day in case a caretaker should forget to arm.
>
> I also routinely setup a maid's code for clients who employed
> outside help.  The code was controlled by scheduling, allowing
> the maid access only on her assigned work days.
>
> You only asked about residential jobs, but I programmed almost
> every commercial installation to auto-arm 30-60 minutes after the
> normal quitting time.  On jobs where the office and warehouse or
> factory maintained different schedules, I programmed different
> auto-arm times each day for each partition.
>
> > I have close to 3500 systems out there an I don't think
> > 20 of them have scheduling being used.
>
> Different strokes.  I used Napco's advanced features as a sales
> tool.  Clients would often tell colleagues about the way their
> new security system arms itself if they forget, turns on the
> sprinklers if there's motion in the garden after dark (really),
> etc.  I used to get a lot of referrals from those things.
>
> Perhaps you can experiment with some of these things and come up
> with some of your own ideas.  You might find your business
> growing even better than it already is.  You never know if
> something is going to work for you until you try it.
>
> --
>
> Regards,
> Robert L Bass
>
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