Re: Programming First Alert Pro FA168CPS Alarm Panel

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On Jul 30, 10:05 am, "Just Looking" <nos...@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I wonder how you got the "First Alert Pro Canadian Personality Disk" since
> the U.S. version seems tough to come by.
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> > I recently bought a house with an alarm system and I want to change
> > some of the zone programming.
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> > The alarm panel is a First Alert Pro FA-168CPS and I have the
> > programming manual and can get into programming mode and change
> > things. Unfortunately, my keypad is not an alpha-numberic one and so I
> > can't program the zones.
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> > The programming manual mentions the Compass software so I was hoping
> > that I could do the zone programming using this. I downloaded Compass
> > 1.5.8.54 and the First Alert Pro Canadian Personality disk (I live in
> > Canada). The problem is that when I start up Compass, the First Alert
> > Panels do not appear in the list of panels.
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> > Do I need any other software to get Compass to work with my panel?
> > Can I connect Compass up to my panel directly without using a
> > telephone line?
> > Is there any special programming I need to do to the panel to get it
> > to work with Compass?
> > Is there any other way to do the zone programming without an alpha-
> > numeric keypad?
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> > I asked First Alert these questions and they simply referred me to a
> > local dealer. I asked the local dealer and he only wanted to sell me
> > alarm monitoring service. Can anybody help?- Hide quoted text -
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The Canadian personality disk can be found on this page:
http://www.homesecuritystore.com/compass.htm. Here is a direct link:
http://www.homesecuritystore.com/software/ademco/compass/canada.zip.

Does anyone have a link the the US disk or can you email it to me?

Thanks.
Neil.