Re: Brinks vs. Tech-man.com

["Roland Moore" <roland@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

If you use the Napco v 5 for Windows software it is a little easier that the
older DOS stuff. The DOS stuff was especially nasty when you were plugging
along in a group of features and it switched and jumped to a whole new range
of numbers just to keep programming the same type feature information. Then
the v 4 Windows stuff had those zone types where the were trying to take a
page out of the then Radionics book to have regular global loop codes. I bet
everyone would find errors on their programs because the error check itself
wasn't bug free. It would always flag false error messages. Those kinds of
things I feel it would be hard to explain to a DIY guy. Hey new guy, trust
me! Pay no attention to the errors the application says you have in your
program. Napco still won't include the older 1000, 1008, 1016, etc. in the
new v 5 for Windows so you still have to mess with the old DOS interface on
legacy panels..
Napco GEM series isn't the kind of system that likes to be keypad programmed
like an (Honeywell) Ademco low end Vista or low end DSC. I could see a DIYer
having an easier (but still not easy) time with those panels.

"Petem" <petem001@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Come on Roland,now be fair,the Napco family of product is not that hard to
> understand,even a frenchy like me can do it...
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> "Roland Moore" <roland@xxxxxxxxxxxx> a écrit dans le message de news:
> 3EI5h.11004$rG.10410@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>I think he sells to folks off a MENSA mailing list. Napco is one of the
>>more difficult panels to learn to program, especailly the old MA3000. The
>>GEM3200, GEM9600 and x255 are not much easier. If you create a template
>>for someone to modify that might help. If a DIY could program a panel
>>correctly (no flags on error check and sent all signals to cental
>>properly) on his first time try I would offer that guy a job on the spot.
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>> "Mark Leuck" <m..leuck@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>> news:77Kdncn8h9uA1srYnZ2dnUVZ_radnZ2d@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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>>> "Robert L Bass" <robertbass1@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>>> news:ovednQihCIi0psrYnZ2dnUVZ_rGdnZ2d@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>> > maybe that's why he's accused of never
>>>> > answering the phone...online with a
>>>> > homeowner trying to program a napco
>>>> > panel.
>>>>
>>>> Napco's Gemini series panels are easy to program using Napco's
>>>> software.
>>> I teach people how to use the software.  I also ask that
>>>> they read the manuals *before* asking questions.  That usually keeps
>>>> the
>>> questions down to a few.
>>>
>>> Thats because they are spending the next few months reading 3 fairly
>>> thick
>>> manuals
>>>
>>>> BTW, the most frequently asked questions are about the purpose of (1)
>>> follower zones and (2) partitioning.  Most DIYers can learn
>>>> the basics in an hour, install a typical system in a weekend or two and
>>> learn to program it in an afternoon.
>>>
>>> If those are the most questions they ask you have a far deeper problem
>>> going
>>> on
>>>
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