Re: DSC Opinions Please

["Just Looking" <Spam@xxxxxxxxxx>]

You don't mention the evaluation metric you  are using to help anyone here
understand why you're picking this panel. If you're going to talk to the rep
you might want to mention that the 4020 is not a CP-01 compliant panel and
what that means for you and the future of this panel for DSC. It is
scheduled for a replacement as others have mentioned so you'll have an
orphan soon enough. Since it is a fire panel you shouldn't be doing a lot of
remote uploading or downloading in the first place with out a tech on site
to test, but it is good to know that the 4020 is a "rocket" in that
department. It takes a FULL 45 minutes to do a complete upload of the panel
and the same to download it. This thing is a dinosaur - almost as old as the
Napco MA 3000. We had about 30 of these things we pulled from a chain
account- the red panel CF version- (version 3.3 without the T-Link
connection) and they bypassed Rojas and eBay and all went to the dumpster.

If the rep is shouting you straight he'll suggest you use something else I
bet.

And for picking a DSC product you might want to consider their sales year
over year. With new houses came the new trunk slammers to install DSC panels
by the thousands. Cheap, keypad programmable, and available at the local
parts houses where trunk slammers gather like zebras at the watering hole.

In case you missed it, no new houses means no new panels. DSC panel business
is "not what it used to be". Result? Ask about the "for sale" sign that may
be lurking around the DSC brand. And when it says "Honeywell' or some other
name you can bet the choice for a 4020 is one you have a lot of second
thoughts about.



"ABLE1" <royboynospam@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Thanks for the input guys.  Very helpful.  I don't have to make a decision
> just yet.  This will help when I have my discussion with the DSC Sales
> Rep.
>
> Thanks again.
>
> Les
>
>