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Re: http://www.instantunlocker.com/
If it costs $25 and five minutes labour to unlock a board versus $50 and 30
minutes to replace a board, I would consider it a worthwhile investment if
you are in the business of taking over a lot of systems that are locked out.
Doug
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"tourman" <rh.campbell@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:1157082090.892658.125800@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> With boards costing as little as $50, how can this possibly give you
> your money's worth the first time out...or the tenth time out for that
> matter. As Jim says, he has spent significant money for the equipment
> necessary to do most any board made. I too have spent thousands of
> dollars to do just DSC and Paradox, and probably Ademco if I cared to
> spend the time. It is not as easy as plugging in a gizmo and setting
> the board's installer code back. If it were that simple, I would buy
> the thing myself !! A great many of the boards that I unlock have been
> sabotaged by an irate installer, with the panel locked, and the board
> in alarm, so this device won't do the job. And the boards that are
> actually the most valuable to unlock are the older DSC boards that are
> no longer available (1550, 2550, 3000)
>
> Since it is only available to professionals in the trade, it does
> nothing for the many end users who buy a home and find they have a
> locked board. And since most alarmco's don't want to bother with any
> alarm that isn't monitored, that still leaves many people out.
>
> However, to give credit where credit is due (or may be due), it will be
> worth watching to see if this gizmo catches on, or is simply a one shot
> wonder..
>
> I too very much agree with the poster who is amazed that any one would
> take the time to develop a product with such a limited vertical market
>
> RHC
>
> A.J. wrote:
>> It will probably work 99% of the time and considering you don't have to
>> replace the board, just the first time you use it you are already getting
>> the money worth. Too bad it only works on DSC Power Series and Ademco
>> Vista
>> series currently.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> "tourman" <rh.campbell@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>> news:1157065516.730447.211360@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> > Jim, assuming this rig actually does work, what does it end up costing
>> > the user per alarm board to be unlocked. I can't find any prices. I
>> > notice this comes from area code 905 which is around the Toronto area.
>> > Knowing what you and I know about this subject, this device makes me
>> > wonder if it may even be a scam. I wonder if it works if the panel was
>> > left in alarm state when it was taken out of service; with DSC and
>> > Paradox at least, you cannot enter programming mode via the installer
>> > code unless the board has first been disarmed. So simply knowing the
>> > installer code will do mothing in a lot of cases (meanwhile, you've
>> > just been charged something....)
>> >
>> > R.H.Campbell
>> > Home Security Metal Products
>> > www.homemetal.com
>> >
>> >
>> > Jim Rojas wrote:
>> >> All the product does is change the installer code. If the panel does
>> >> indeed have a download lockout, or local programming disabled, this
>> >> product is totally useless.
>> >>
>> >> This product makes my unlock services look like a Walmart special...
>> >> :)
>> >>
>> >> Jim Rojas
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> "A.J." <aj@xxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>> >> news:OCIJg.487010$Mn5.312285@xxxxxxxxxxx
>> >> This is pretty amazing, somebody actually spent the money and have
>> >> an
>> >> unlock device manufactured for such a narrow vertical market.
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> "George Siegle" <gsiegle@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>> >> news:OzHJg.1709$0k7.467@xxxxxxxxxxx
>> >> http://www.instantunlocker.com/
>> >> ------=_NextPart_000_02CD_01C6CD26.239A3D80
>> >> Content-Type: text/html; charset=iso-8859-1
>> >> Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
>> >> X-Google-AttachSize: 2106
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>> >> <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN">
>> >> <HTML><HEAD>
>> >> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1">
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>> >> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff>
>> >> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>All the product does is change the
>> >> installer
>> >> code.
>> >> If the panel does indeed have a download lockout, or local programming
>> >> disabled,
>> >> this product is totally useless. </FONT></DIV>
>> >> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
>> >> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>This product makes my unlock services
>> >> look
>> >> like a
>> >> Walmart special... :)</FONT></DIV>
>> >> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
>> >> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Jim Rojas</FONT></DIV>
>> >> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
>> >> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
>> >> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr
>> >> style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px;
>> >> BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px">
>> >> <DIV>"A.J." <<A href="mailto:aj@xxxxxxxx";>aj@xxxxxxxx</A>>
>> >> wrote
>> >> in
>> >> message <A
>> >>
>> >> href="news:OCIJg.487010$Mn5.312285@pd7tw3no";>news:OCIJg.487010$Mn5.312285@pd7tw3no</A>...</DIV>
>> >> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>This is pretty amazing, somebody
>> >> actually spent the money and have an unlock device
>> >> manufactured
>> >> for such a narrow vertical market.</FONT></DIV>
>> >> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
>> >> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
>> >> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr
>> >> style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px;
>> >> BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px">
>> >> <DIV>"George Siegle" <<A
>> >> href="mailto:gsiegle@xxxxxxxxxxxxx";>gsiegle@xxxxxxxxxxxxx</A>>
>> >> wrote in
>> >> message <A
>> >>
>> >> href="news:OzHJg.1709$0k7.467@clgrps13";>news:OzHJg.1709$0k7.467@clgrps13</A>...</DIV>
>> >> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><A
>> >>
>> >> href="http://www.instantunlocker.com/";>http://www.instantunlocker.com/</A></FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>
>> >>
>> >> ------=_NextPart_000_02CD_01C6CD26.239A3D80--
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