Re: New House Alarm - Am I locked out?

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

"alarman" <alarman2000@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> jasonextras@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
> > My main problem with naming the service is that they're a large
> > company that operates in at least 17 states that I can tell.  While I
> > have not said anything untruthful, I do not have the means to defend
> > against a libel suit should they take offense to my discussion of
> > their overall crappiness.  Although I suppose I did give the panel
> > model number.  It is a branded panel sold by only this company as far
> > as I can tell, so it shouldn't be too difficult to figure out who it
> > was.  It looks like there's a couple posts in the archives here about
> > users with this same panel being locked out by this company.
> >
> > I've found a couple cheap used and working (and reset to defaults)
> > Vista10s in the $10-$30 range, but the alpha keypads to do the
> > programming run $100ish.  I don't know if I could justify spending
> > that much on an old system.  I suppose I could buy the alpha keypad,
> > program the system, and then sell it again, but there were some posts
> > that First Alert keypads don't always work with Ademco boards.  I
> > guess I have some decisions to make.
> >
> > Thanks for the helpful offers.  I just need to decide what I want to
> > do, now.
>
> Don't be such a freaking cheapskate. Replace the board and buy the
goddamned
> keypad.
> Shesh.
> js

Damn you beat me to it