Re: DSC Opinions Please

[JoeRaisin <joeraisin2001@xxxxxxxxx>]

G. Morgan wrote:
> JoeRaisin wrote:
>
>> G. Morgan wrote:
>>> ABLE1 wrote:
>>>
>>>> Would you care to expand your comments on    "run"    Towards or away
>>>> from???
>>>>
>>>> BTW the Maxsys is a Fire/Burg/Access capable panel.
>>> Run away.  I don't like those combo panels at all, I did a few Vista128FB's
>>> with fire & burg. and it turned out to be a service nightmare.   I'd split
>>> them up, but you may have a pressing need to use a combo panel.
>>>
>>>
>> What problems did you have with the Vistas?
>>
>> We use a lot of the FA1600CB's and I haven't seen too many problems.
>
> Well, it was lack of knowledge and understanding of the other techs mostly.
>
> I put a Vista-128FB in a large veterinary hospital.  It had about 12 smokes, 3
> pulls, plus the burg. devices.  One night they had a (false) fire alarm and
> the on-call tech went to investigate.  He didn't know anything about the panel
> so he triggered the silent tamper when he opened the can door.
>
> Then he goes about troubleshooting, to his dismay only finding 1k resistance
> on the fire loop.  All hard-wired panels must have a 4.7k EOLR he thought.  So
> he spends all night out there, gets a visit from the police, and finally
> sometime early the next morning notices the smoke above the panel is in alarm
> (dog hair in chamber).  He didn't know how to reset it either, he was used to
> a big-ass 'reset' button present on 'real' panels.
>
> Granted, the story itself is not reason to dismiss using one... but I'll bet
> those tech's in Waco still dread servicing the 'bastard' panel I put in for
> them.
>
>
Well, we use mostly First Alert panels so all our tech's are well versed
in them.

We also use a super-secret code symbol cleverly placed on the can to
warn any service tech that the can is tampered.