Re: Napco system questions

[mleuck <m.leuck@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Jun 9, 10:33=A0pm, "Robert L Bass" <Sa...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
> "Frank Olson" wrote:
>
> > Ademco's highest end system (the Vista 250) still doesn't have telephon=
e
> > line monitoring...
>
> Napco offers it.

So did DSC Power series back when Napco was doing the MA series that
didn't

> > This has been a "standard feature" on DSC panels from the start (the on=
ly
> > exceptions being the early "1000" and the "1500"). =A0All of their pane=
ls had
> > "chime", bell supervision, and "quick keys"...
>
> Napco too. =A0Also, most Napco systems are partitionable. =A0Any keypad c=
an view
> and operate its "home" partition and/or every other partition, individual=
ly or
> en masse.

Something DSC has been doing since umm 1990 with the PC4000, 1994 with
the 832 power series

> > For the money (cheap), they had all the stuff the "big boys" offered (a=
nd
> > sometimes more)...
>
> Compared to Honeywell, true. =A0But DSC doesn't beat Napco for the price =
or the
> features.

You obviously haven't priced a PC1616 lately

> > If you take a look at the zone options menu, you can program a number o=
f
> > features now that you couldn't do before. =A0They remain one of the eas=
iest
> > systems to keypad program which probably accounts for their popularity.
>
> They are easy but that is mainly because they have far less options from =
which
> to select.

Like CID or SIA reporting? Hey try sending a refrigeration, foil
break, high or low temp, loss of Air Flow, CO2, Pump Activated, low
water level, pump failure and 20 other CID signals with any Napco
panel

Something DSC has been doing for 15+ years on even the budget systems.