Re: How to Takeover Any Alarm System

["Dick Seed" <it@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Do you unlock panels Jim?  I have yet to see it happen.  If you don't know
who I am, I can email you directly.  And if you don't know who I am, that
speaks to your service level with "panel unlocking".

"Jim Rojas" <jrojas@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:46981DD4.9010700@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>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.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>