Re: Napco system questions

["Robert L Bass" <Sales@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

"Frank Olson" wrote:
>
> I wasn't referring to things like zoning options, Robert.  The end-user
> rarely sees these and most wouldn't understand what they are...

We partly agree.  He may not see them but he certainly benefits from them when
they're used right.  Our job is to provide a system with the features that
best meet the client's needs.  He doesn't care about features -- just that the
system "does what he wants".  For example, Napco has auto bypass and auto
re-arm.  With these two (individually selectable) options you can make it very
easy to arm the overhead door without leaving a lengthy delay for the family
to exit.

Napco has advanced scheduling options that DSC doesn't even touch.  I have
clients who need to make certain that a house sitter or maid doesn't forget to
arm the system when they leave.  Napco allows me to auto-arm after a certain
time of day *if* there hasn't been any motion for xx hours.  That's not a
"standard" feature but it can be done through a few programming tricks.
Remember when I told you about the Orthodox Jewish homes I protected in CT?
They needed a system that would not cause motion detector LEDs or relays to
trip during holiday periods and weekly Shabos hours.  With Napco I can disarm
the system, power down the motion and glass break detectors, re-arm the system
without the interior detection and, in the morning, bypass the "Shabos door"
for a specific time slot so the family can leave for the synagogue.  At the
end of Shabos (sunset), I can disarm, power up tthe detectors and, if needed
re-arm the system.  Try doing any of that with a DSC system.

> Ademco's highest end system (the Vista 250) still doesn't have telephone
> line monitoring...

Napco offers it.

> This has been a "standard feature" on DSC panels from the start (the only
> exceptions being the early "1000" and the "1500").  All of their panels had
> "chime", bell supervision, and "quick keys"...

Napco too.  Also, most Napco systems are partitionable.  Any keypad can view
and operate its "home" partition and/or every other partition, individually or
en masse.

> For the money (cheap), they had all the stuff the "big boys" offered (and
> sometimes more)...

Compared to Honeywell, true.  But DSC doesn't beat Napco for the price or the
features.

> If you take a look at the zone options menu, you can program a number of
> features now that you couldn't do before.  They remain one of the easiest
> 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.

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Regards,
Robert L Bass

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