Re: DSC Opinions Please

["Crash Gordon" <webmaster@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

That would be the big red "T" next to the lock right?!



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**Crash Gordon**







"JoeRaisin" <joeraisin2001@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> 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.