Re: No Serial Ports on Notebooks

["Roland More" <NoSpamroland@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

It is the price. One 8 door controller versus 4 two door controllers. On
larger jobs it is far more common to use 16 door controllers (like an
iSTAR).
We have found that when maintaining a system the fewer total number of parts
generally means the less expensive it is to maintain.
Other than Northern Computer stuff, most other manufacturer's controllers we
use have a  low field failure rate.
On the other hand Northern panels work just fine in the dumpster.

"Petem" <petem001@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>I just dont get it..whats the buzz with 8 door controler...why do you like
>to put all your eggs in the same damn basket?
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> but if you really need 8 door controler to please you....
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> here is some thing you can do,use 4 kt300 in one consourseEXP enclosure
> http://www.dsc.com/Default.aspx?id=50
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> you will have one box wich is 28 X 14 for you 8 door..just order the 4 pc
> board 4 battery and 4 transfo...
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> unless you cant figure this out...
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> "Roland More" <NoSpamroland@xxxxxxxxxxxx> a écrit dans le message de news:
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>>I never understood the Corporate Edition name when Kantech doesn't even
>>make an 8 door panel (that I have ever seen). Some corporate.
>> Does Kantech believe someone would actually pick over the counter Kantach
>> as a first choice for a large corporate environment just to mount walls
>> full of 2 door panels? Even Keyscan has an eight door panel.
>>
>> "Petem" <petem001@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>>> ever heard of Microsoft virtual pc?
>>>
>>> Been able to use an Old Kl8000 database from kantech in a set-up that
>>> consisted of 3 virtual Dos 6.22 machine,they were all connected together
>>> with simulatation of rs232 port that were in software and the connection
>>> to the hardware controller was redirected to a USB serial port..
>>>
>>> all was well and it worked for hours at a time..
>>>
>>> this was to help transfer the info from the old software to the Entrpass
>>> Corporate edition...
>>>
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>>> "Crash Gordon" <webmaster@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> a écrit dans le message
>>> de news: 468afcff$0$514$815e3792@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>> thats why i still have a 486 running dos...so i can still RAM old radx
>>>> stuff.
>>>>
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>>>> "Mark Leuck" <m..leuck@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>>>> | "The Computer Dood" <info@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>>>> |
>>>> | > I have had the same problem, but with Desktops.  You are correct,
>>>> that
>>>> | > the hardware emulation does not always do the trick...but what does
>>>> that
>>>> | > say for us hanging on to "OLD" software.  In my Software
>>>> Engineering
>>>> | > classes, we talked about "Life Cycle" of software.  How long should
>>>> it
>>>> | > be maintained, and how long should it run before it is rightfully
>>>> | > retired.
>>>> |
>>>> | It's not a question of retiring, sometimes you have no choice
>>>> especially
>>>> | with discontinued panels like Linear CP-90's, AT&T and old Caddx
>>>> panels,
>>>> | that software is DOS only
>>>> |
>>>> |
>>>> | I guess the moral is that they built stuff too good back then.
>>>> | >   What is it you are using that uses DOS anymore?  I used to
>>>> program
>>>> | > industrial devices with RS-232 controls, back in the early 1980's.
>>>> So
>>>> | > here we are 20 years later, still clinging to RS232 devices?  Now I
>>>> buy
>>>> | > networked (TCP/IP) devices.  The speed difference (156K vs 10Mb)
>>>> between
>>>> | > network devices and RS232 Serial is astronomical.  So what is it
>>>> you are
>>>> | > using DOS for????????????  It is not even "DOS" anymore, but the
>>>> command
>>>> | > shell.
>>>> |
>>>> | Security system technology still resides somewhere in the 80's
>>>> |
>>>> |
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