Re: Ademco wireless system

["Crash Gordon" <webmaster@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

When Bosch was Radionics they would unlock the board if you sent the panel
in. Dunno if they still do or not.

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"Roland More" <NoSpamroland@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:46ec0209$0$17121$4c368faf@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
| >what panel has that? not most I know of.
|
| DSC 1616,1832, 1864 Power Series has that feature.
| DSC [990][InstallerCode] - Installer Lockout Enabled
| You can't default the panel with that future turned on.
|
| The Bosch G series has data lock. It's very tough to get around that one
| too.
|
| There are many other panel brands having similar features.
|
| "SlimJim" <nosp@xxxxx> wrote in message
| news:HYRGi.33125$Y7.2288@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
| >
| > "tourman" <robercampbell@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
| > news:1189861115.201209.297360@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
| >> To be clear on your definition of "lock down", changing the installer
| >> code to their own is more than sufficient to protect the integrity of
| >> the panel and it's communication  data. This is always done by every
| >> company and any company that doesn't would be very foolish. Nothing
| >> more should ever be acceptable to you as a consumer. This allows only
| >> them in to make low level changes which affect the panel's ability to
| >> call the station.
| >>
| >> However, there is another additional lockout feature which prevents
| >> the panel from EVER being returned to factory default, and which makes
| >> the panel useless to any other company after the first company has
| >> left.
| >
| >
| > what panel has that? not most I know of.
| >
| >
| >
| >> No company has the right to use this feature on a panel which is
| >> fully paid for, and which belongs fully to you, and on which there are
| >> no contractual obligations outstanding.
| >
| > then why is it there?
| >
| > and if it is so bad why do you even use those panels?  seems to me you
are
| > promoting this 'extra lockout code' by using equipment sold by those
| > companies.....  and at the same time critisizing them.  what's that all
| > aboot?
| >
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