Re: Quality Ademco Engineering

["Mark Leuck" <m..leuck@xxxxxxxxx>]

It was a joke, I picked the latest keypad with the oldest DMP panel I knew
of to see if you'd say something like "Er okay thats too old"



"Crash Gordon" <webmaster@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> It should...but you'd have to enable the 70 panic in keypad programming
for
> police panic though.
>
> You still have 1812s?...man they is olde. I still have 1512's out there
> working fine.
>
> Who can afford 7760 keypads anyway?...but the are slick lookin'
>
>
>
> "Mark Leuck" <m..leuck@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> | So the 7760 graphics keypad works with the 1812? Cool!
> |
> | "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.
> | >
> | >
> | >
> | > "Mark Leuck" <m..leuck@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> | > |
> | > | "Nomen Nescio" <nobody@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> | > | > 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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