Re: Radionics Software Question

["Roland Moore" <roland@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

>Bocsh's secured web site
Last time I checked it just had advertising logos and icons. No real tech
stuff yet. Most times they just mail the RPS upgrades.
To become a BCSD is it usually a minimum of $50K in any major city of IFAS
and or $150K of CCTV or a combo of the two that exceeds $200 (for a BCSD in
a large city). The minimum is usually $12K a year for a small market area.
If you miss the numbers for one year they don't get worried. More than one?
Could be problems. Being a Bosch dealer brings in a lot of business almost
automatically from all the places it's already spec'd in.
Everyone has to start somewhere. If you are a one man show now then you need
to know if you have the desire to expand. Along with the desire you need the
capital. Bosch is one of the worst about offering financial terms a dealer
can live with. If you get much beyond $25K they really start to squeak and
you can't get much else out of them. If you have a big job it usually limits
what you can bite off at one time. I say that to contrast them with GE who
will finance just about anything for almost as long as you want.
If your are a technician that likes hands on challenges then Bosch has it
going there (mostly in the CCTV world now). The IFAS products now are
getting a little long in the tooth since they are basically 1996 designs.
Some folks think of Bosch and BCSD as "elite". It might be better to think
of it as elite in the sense of limited distribution, rather than as elite in
the feature set sense.
If you're afraid of not making it as a BCSD and losing the Bosch product
line, don't be. You just go on repair status and you can keep what you sold
running.
If your goal is to stay small (and there is nothing wrong with that) Bosch
is probably not a good fit.


"Alarmdude" <adc_inc@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Thanks for the recommendations!
>
> I am working with the Bosch rep in trying to get the upgrade, but I've
> been waiting a long time for an answer...
> I've already been shot down a few months back for becoming a BCSD only
> because I just do this work part-time and they want a commitment from me
> to purchase several thousand dollars worth of product...
> I've been told that once approved, you can in fact download the latest
> version of RAM IV from Bocsh's secured web site.(I think this is something
> Bosch just started)
>
> "Roland Moore" <roland@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:4634acf6$0$4885$4c368faf@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>> Thats not true, I've used the same license disk in all older 3.x
>>> versions
>>> and beginning with v5.2 a license disk isn't even required, the license
>>> disk
>>> is not copy protected as I've copied it to my drive and updated the
>>>  >software from that directory.
>>
>> I think what he was talking about is the 3.5" diskette you mentioned that
>> used to come with the older software. Now that "diskette" is on the CD
>> itself.
>> In any case I have found the dongle works on any version. The only
>> version difference I found is one is parallel port and one is USB. I was
>> told that Bosch doesn't like to put it on the net for downloading is
>> because of some third party software (like the convert to PDF and such)
>> that it doesn't want to pay for.
>>
>>
>> "Mark Leuck" <m..leuck@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>> news:463427b8$0$16670$4c368faf@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>
>>> "Nomen Nescio" <nobody@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>>> news:a47e63356a0caa13c04942e7b3b1c0b0@xxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>> Alarmdude said:
>>>>
>>>> >Would anyone be willing to make a copy of the program only and ship
>>>> >this
>>> to
>>>> >me? I would be happy to pay for shipping and handling!
>>>>
>>>> The RPS license disks appear to be copy-protected, and they appear to
>>>> be
>>>> version-specific, meaning your old license disk won't install the new
>>>> version.  I'm guessing this is why they did it that way.
>>>
>>> Thats not true, I've used the same license disk in all older 3.x
>>> versions
>>> and beginning with v5.2 a license disk isn't even required, the license
>>> disk
>>> is not copy protected as I've copied it to my drive and updated the
>>> software
>>> from that directory.
>>>
>>>> Try calling Bosch for the update.  Your excuse is that the update
>>>> includes
>>>> bug fixes, not just support for the newer panels.  Not that they're
>>>> likely
>>>> to interrogate you.
>>>
>>> No but they might ask for your dealer number since a dealer would have
>>> paid
>>> the initial $800 for the software
>>>
>>>
>>
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