Re: Changing User Access Code on Ademco Vista 20P

[CH®IS <sh@xxxxx>]

"mleuck" wrote...
> >
> > If user 3 is the master code, which it may or may not be on a Vista 20
> > (not
> > my specialty), you will need to enter the "master/installer code, 8, 03,
> > new
> > code" twice in a row.
>
> User code 2 is the system master code, 3 is partition 1 master code
>

This is one area where even a DSC Maxsys is easier to work with...
You need that code to be a master code?  Done.
You need this code to be able to access only partitions 1, 4, 7 and 8?  No
problem.
You'd like me to program those now at the keypad instead of getting one of
the alpha keypads, ladder, etc. out of the van; wiring it to your panel;
getting it addressed; then programming?  No problem.

I know the Ademco systems tend to have stable panels that never die, but
can't they be a little more user/installer friendly and consistent... or
detect a lack of a siren... or maybe even a phone line?

Or perhaps check the battery more often than randomly every 4 hours?  Which
can be a real pain when trying to close out a work order but the panel
hasn't seen the new battery yet and therefore not sent a restoral to make
the monitoring station happy.

No wonder they're stable, when they don't do anything it's hard to break
them.

By the way, what is terminal 3 for?  Well let's see, that would depend on
the panel and version and version of that version.  Why have a terminal
installed onto the board that doesn't do anything other than provide you
with an extra screw in case you lose one of the others.

...Ademco rant over, for now.