Re: New house system recomendation

["Russell Brill" <russwbrill@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

"Mark Leuck" <m..leuck@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>> >> Mark Leuck wrote:
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>> >>> No, its because the act of programming it is far more cumbersome than
>> > any
>> >>> other panel manufacturer
>> >> I suppose you've never tried Ademco, OR you're just not proficient in
>> >> programming Napco products.
>> >
>> >
>> > I've programmed about every panel made within the last 15 years from
> just
>> > about every manufacturer. I programmed countless Napco 1000/1008/1016,
> XP
>> > and GEM systems out in the field. Napco has ALWAYS been more difficult
> to
>> > program or even explain programming to someone else.
>> >
>> > My primary panel of choice these days is Ademco and GE
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>> Again, apparently you're not that proficient: I have NO Problem or
>> difficulty with ANY Napco programming- Ademco IS confusing! For the Last
>> 20 years! GE to me seems to be in between the 2.
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> I am quite proficient thank you, again all I can tell you is they are the
> most difficult to program and the most difficult to explain to others how
> to
> program. The damn things come with 3 manuals for crying out loud. Look at
> Napco's market share and you'll see most other companies feel the same way
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> GE is by far the easiest and Ademco is a close second
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Napco can be a little overwhelming when it comes to programming... That's
why I use their Software to program a panel instead of trying to keypad
program it... Quickloader makes programming a snap, either via phone line,
or by directly plugging into the main board (P816 and up)... The main
drawback, it would be very expensive for a company to equip all of their
vans with laptops... I think Napco should come out with a cheap handheld
programmer that ties into the databus (or plugs into the main board), more
companies would use the Napco product line if they did that... Caddx used to
have a handheld programmer for some of their older panels... I think it was
their 8980 and 9000 series panels, they allowed an installer to program via
download, keypad, or via the handheld programmer... Just my 1/2 cent :-))