Re: For Roland Moore

[Frank Olson <Use_the_email_links@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Roland Moore wrote:
> So Steve Ryckman is connected with SIMS? And that is the same guy that
> started this NG?
> I know a lot of Central Stations that use SIMS. Some SIMS guys have switched
> to DICE in our area. DICE is UNIX  based so that makes me not a DICE fan.
> However DICE seems to work okay. Most Central Stations in my area running
> SIMS run some version of DSC (a.k.a. SurGard) brand (virtual) receiver. I
> have had a few issues with SIMS over time but since I don't operate a
> Central Station I mostly complain to the Central Station staff and they
> forward it to SIMS. Most SIMS issues I had involved trying to get a DSC
> receiver to parse out Modem a3 squared format correctly to hand it off to
> SIMS correctly. SIMS doesn't seem to run on a database engine like MSSQL, it
> seems older and written around a flat file system. As time goes on the
> Central Station business seems to be more its own animal separate from alarm
> installation more and more.
> You say Steve Ryckman doesn't post much here anymore. I wonder if that is at
> least some part of the reason?


Actually Steve did post here recently.  It was during one of Bass'
longer "hiatuses" from the Group.  AFAIK, Steve "lurks".