Re: DIY is a rocky road.

["Crash Gordon" <webmaster@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I agree. I've been doing this stuff for almost 25 years and sometimes I have
to read the manual over and over again...and then STILL have to call tech
support --- who speak with a decidely off-shore accent. Its frustrating at
times, but its good when you get it right.


"Charles Schuler" <charleschuler@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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| "Crash Gordon" <webmaster@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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| > Yep they do, and you have to speak Alarmish, a sub-dialect of  'Glish.
| > They're not written for DIYers.
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| They are not written for anybody who knows how to read and also trusts
what
| they read:
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| Installer code
| User code
| Default code
| Master code
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| In the manuals that I am trying to read, all of the above appear with no
| definitions and are obviously used inappropriately, in some cases.  Trying
| to program something as simple as time and date becomes a mind-bending
| experience.  Not because it needs to be ... it's because the hacks who
wrote
| the manuals don't themselves understand the terms that they are using, or
| perhaps are semi-clever agents dedicated to the demise of DIYs.
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| I used to think this sort of thing was only endemic among offshore
products
| designed and built by other than English speaking engineers.  Now, I have
a
| whole new perspective on this issue.
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| I know, I know ... this "stuff" is intended for professional installers
and
| they just enjoy the hell out of DIYs hanging out here, twisting in the
wind.
| My tenacity will prevail, in any case.
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| Maybe I'll put up a website and further illuminate this extremely dark
| corridor of consumer electronics in the good ole yew ess of aay.
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