Re: How to Takeover Any Alarm System

[Jim Rojas <jrojas@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I retired from doing any installs 7 years ago. I put in my 20+ years on
the grunt side. These days I mainly spend time with my grandsons, or go
fishing on my 39ft yacht...er...ok, ok. So it's not a yacht, it's a 19ft
SeaRay :)

I keep busy by downloading panels, unlocking boards, and provide tech
support for dealers throughout the USA and Canada. When time permits, I
knock on doors asking homeowners if I can have their unwanted Brinks
equipment.

Jim Rojas



Just Looking wrote:
> As you know I don't do much residential stuff. I have never even considered
> using another company's proprietary or non standard panel, even on a take
> over. I get mad just having to spin the cam lock about 50 turns just to get
> a Focus panel open to get it off the wall, forget trying to re-program the
> thing. Not even ADT will take their old panels back for free (just to keep
> them out of land fills). I figured they would want them back just to be
> green for the non RoHS panels of yesterday. They claim there is something
> about some Sarbanes-Oxley paperwork headaches and refuse them. And yet
> Brinks wants their old junk bad enough to go through this hassle? In a CP-01
> world you can't use anything like an old ADT, Brinks, etc, anyway on a
> new/new customer installation. The amount of effort and expense Brinks has
> spent on this doesn't seem proportional to what it has at risk. It is as if
> something you said or did really set someone off. Big companies typically
> don't do things that cost them money just because they can. Brinks has been
> to the courthouse enough times by now that I would think that they have
> learned that it is more like Vegas sometimes, and despite what seems like a
> sure thing, you get snake eyes instead. In this case the bad PR alone is
> going to give Brinks at least a pair of black eyes.
> I don't know how to say it any better than I and others have already about
> the risks you face with this. It isn't the power of Brinks you have to worry
> about. It is the power Brinks has to bring the power of the courts (1/3 of
> the government) down on your head. That is no small thing. This whole mess
> could follow you to your grave. Everything I have seen posted here about you
> shows that people respect and appreciate you. Don't get caught up in trying
> to parse out some approach that seems reasonable to you, this is really all
> about winning. Unfortunately I don't see how that is going to happen for you
> just yet, but I wish you all the best.
>
> "Jim Rojas" <jrojas@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:4697F2D9.1000300@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> You are correct about not needing anything but my laptop, serial
>> programmers & cables, and a basic understanding of hexadecimal code. No
>> manuals required to unlock most of the panels out there. It's not rocket
>> science ya know... :) Just until recently, most of those hand held
>> programmers were in storage. I actually took them out to make sure I
>> wasn't mistaken on Brink's claims. I dusted them off, took them apart,
>> and took some really nice pictures. I might have to buy a microscope on
>> FleaBay...maybe their copyright notice and logos are in the microscopic
>> range of print.
>>
>> Jim Rojas
>>
>>
>>
>> Just Looking wrote:
>>> I know Jim doesn't unlock anything the conventional way anymore. Jim
> learned
>>> that slot machine trick from the guy in the 1984 movie "Starman". But
> Jim's
>>> abilities are much better than that now. He just does all this
> programming
>>> by mental telepathy now. It is impressive to see Jim upside-down and
> those
>>> glowing orbs floating off into space. I guess all Brinks can do now is
> sing
>>> "Another One Bites the Dust".
>>>
>>> "Sam" <nospam@xxxxxxx> wrote in message
>>> news:j8Rli.10457$ca.10040@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>> "Just Looking" <nospam@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>>>> news:4697ccad$0$20555$4c368faf@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>>> Of course he may know something he has not shared with
>>>>> us yet that makes him less concerned for himself than most here seem
> to
>>>>>  >be
>>>>> for him.
>>>> he already has.  as he stated he has unlocked 0 [zero] Brinks panels
> for
>>>> pay.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
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