Re: Brinks vs. Tech-man.com

["Roland Moore" <roland@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

>Napco 5.2 has the 1000e, 11008e and 1016e, I wish they'd hurry up and >add
>the LKDL series.

You'd think they would send an email or something to tell you 5.2 was out.
Didn't they release 5.1 and then pull it back? LKDL series? You mean the
same panels without the "e" at the end?

"Mark Leuck" <m..leuck@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> "Roland Moore" <roland@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>> 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..
>
> I found the DOS program slightly easier to use. The windows version is
> better if using a networked database although in my opinion it's not
> designed for a large database.
>
> Napco 5.2 has the 1000e, 11008e and 1016e, I wish they'd hurry up and add
> the LKDL series
>
>> 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.
>
> Which is why both panels have a much larger market share, Napco has
> powerful
> panels but they are a pain to program
>
>