Re: Quality Ademco Engineering

["Crash Gordon" <webmaster@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Yes...I own my dysfunction and I love a product I can program without doing
advanced math or counting little blinking leds :-)



"Roland" <roland@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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| Your just a elitist bragging about your gear (according to some here).
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| "Crash Gordon" <webmaster@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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| > that's one of the many things i like abt dmp...all backwards compatable.
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| > "Mark Leuck" <m..leuck@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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| > | "Nomen Nescio" <nobody@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
| > | news:e17e5a599bf57c98f4707b18dcc902d9@xxxxxxxxxxxx
| > | > Mark Leuck wrote:
| > | >
| > | > >As far as I know the XMP wouldn't work with either 6139 or 6160
| > anyway.
| > | And
| > | > >I don't consider that much of an oops when the vast majority of the
| > later
| > | > >stuff will, I've run into maybe 1 XMPT2's in my life.
| > | >
| > | > The 4140XMPT2 was the predecessor of the Vista 50.  There are lots
of
| > them
| > | > in the field.  From what J. Barnes says, the 6160 doesn't work with
| > the
| > | > Vista 50 either.  They work fine with a 6139.
| > | >
| > | > The 6139 keypads work fine with the 4140XMP panels.  They also work
| > with
| > | > the Vista 40.  I'm guessing neither one works with the 6160.
| > | >
| > | > I have two complaints here.  First, backward compatibility is a
pretty
| > | > obvious thing to do.  But my main bitch is, none of these problems
are
| > | > mentioned in the instructions.  You don't find out about them until
| > it's
| > | > time to replace a keypad, and then, oh shit, they gave me a bad
| > keypad.
| > | Oh
| > | > no they idn't, the keypad is fine.
| > |
| > | Yes but how far back do you go? Neither of those keypads will work on
| > say
| > a
| > | 4110XM/DL or a 4140XMP. Your scenario isn't going to happen very often
| > and
| > | while it isn't a good thing when it does it's likely better to replace
| > the
| > | panel anyway
| > |
| > | >
| > | > Make that three complaints.  The fine engineering staff at Ademco
| > still
| > | > hasn't figured out a way to copy a program from an older panel type
to
| > a
| > | > newer panel type.  So when you have to replace that bad keypad with
a
| > | 6160,
| > | > you find that means you get to replace the panel too, and you have
to
| > | > program the new panel from scratch.   None of the program
information
| > from
| > | > that XMPT2 can be copied to the new Vista 50P you have to install,
| > even
| > | > though the programs are very similar.
| > |
| > | True but it's not that hard to save and print the old info out and
| > download
| > | it into the new panel
| > |
| > |
| > | > How to waste an entire day on what was supposed to be replacing a
bad
| > | > keypad.
| > |
| > | That I can't argue with
| > |
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