Re: Give IP connectivity to old Vista panels.

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DSC is also dabbling in this market with the TL250.

m1gs4n@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
> Hi Andrew:
>
> I mostly agree:
>
> If you're buying a new system I think there is no doubt you buy a new
> one.
>
> However, some customers with hundreds or thousands of old systems (
> banks) may be willing to extend the lifetime of their working system
> PLUS adding the capabitlity of live supervision (which they don't have
> it now and it is an important one).
>
> If you have had a bidirectional communication with a vista panel over
> the phone you know they are slow. That means a remote operator time is
> wasted, with our device this is working like if you were directly
> connected.
>
> I am not telling you this is a replacement or has all the capabilities
> of a new panel, but it is a trade-off.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Miguel
>
>
> Andrew wrote:
> > m1gs4n@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
> > > Our company has developed a small board that plugs in Vista panels
> > > (getting the power from them too) that allows two interesting features:
> > >
> > > 1) TCP alarm reporting to Galaxy-like receivers.
> >
> > Is there really a market for these widgets? I've seen attempts
> > from many manufacturers to do this - even Ademco themselves has
> > a multi-hundred-dollar 386-based monster that they bolt on $20 panels
> > to call them "Internet Compatible".
> > Functionality is poor of course since the panel wasn't designed to
> > work this way.
> >
> > I think it's like taping a HEMI to a bicycle. Why not scrap the panel
> > and pay $200 for something that was designed to do this in the first place?
> >
> > /A