Re: GE GTS-50 Touchscren

[mleuck <m.leuck@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Dec 23, 10:56=A0pm, Effenpig1 <dirtyspicev...@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Dec 23, 9:49=A0pm, mleuck <m.le...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> > On Dec 23, 8:14=A0pm, Effenpig1 <dirtyspicev...@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> > > On Dec 23, 11:47=A0am, mleuck <m.le...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> > > > On Dec 22, 8:35=A0pm, Effenpig1 <dirtyspicev...@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> > > > > Anybody have any feedback on this? =A0I haven't ever recommended =
on to a
> > > > > customer partly because of the high price but mostly because I ha=
ve no
> > > > > idea how well it works. Plus I've never been able to find it on t=
he GE
> > > > > security web portal ( I know, I know, shocking, right?)
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> > > > They never released that one, GE is however releasing a different o=
ne
> > > > for the Simon XT
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> > > > GE does have the Smartcommand touchscreen however that is more home
> > > > automation than security, a company called iControl created a
> > > > touchscreen for the Concord that should be better.
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> > > >http://www.icontrol.com/
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> > > If they never released it how can online stores have it for sale?
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> > They may have it on the website but they have no product, 3 sites show
> > up on Google, one of them is RLB and I know he has no stock, the
> > second one doesn't list it on the website and the third has it listed
> > but no pricing..
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> Sent a request for info on the icontrol, looks like a broadband
> version of alarm.com. What I'm really interested in is whether the
> touchscreen is a "standalone" unit for direct connection to the
> Concord, or whether it needs additional equipment. That's the problem
> with the smartcommand, I think it requires additional equipment?

I've used the iControl main unit and at the time they were just
getting into compatibility with the Honeywell Lynx and Vista panels, I
saw some details of the keypad while it was in development. It looked
interesting but I only saw some screenshots. The Smart Command needs
to connect to a Smart Command control unit, other than that I don't
know much about it however they have one up and running at our local
Tri-Ed and it looks impressive and expensive