Re: DIY is a rocky road.

["Charles Schuler" <charleschuler@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

"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.

They are not written for anybody who knows how to read and also trusts what
they read:

Installer code
User code
Default code
Master code

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.

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.

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.

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.