Re: Pro 1....oh brother !

[mleuck <m.leuck@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Oct 26, 9:50=A0pm, Jim <alarmi...@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Oct 25, 10:10 pm, mleuck <m.le...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> > On Oct 25, 6:05 pm, Jim <alarmi...@xxxxxxx> wrote:
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> > > On Oct 24, 9:21 pm, mleuck <m.le...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> > > > On Oct 24, 8:15 pm, Jim <alarmi...@xxxxxxx> wrote:
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> > > > > On Oct 23, 11:10 am, Crash <robos...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> > > > > > On Oct 21, 10:18 pm, mleuck <m.le...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> > > > > > > On Oct 21, 5:55 pm, Crash <robos...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> > > > > > > > We took over a Pro 1 account the other day. I told the clie=
nt to make
> > > > > > > > sure to cancel monitoring in writing first...no problem he =
did and
> > > > > > > > they let him go.
>
> > > > > > > > System was programmed for Daily Test Signal, but NO digit w=
as
> > > > > > > > programmed to be sent...interesting.
> > > > > > > > So we reprogram and go to send signals...nothing...hmmm...n=
o dial tone
> > > > > > > > at panel. Ok....lets find out whats going on here....we go =
outside and
> > > > > > > > there are two SNI's one has dialtone the other doesn't. Int=
eresting.
>
> > > > > > > > So I ask the client when the phone company put up the "new"
> > > > > > > > SNI....lets see that was just before my husband died 4 YEAR=
S ago.
> > > > > > > > WHAT? Yeah thats right client had been paying for monitorin=
g for over
> > > > > > > > 4 YEARS and received nothing in return. She kinda thought i=
s was weird
> > > > > > > > last year when the smoke detectors went off (she was vacuum=
ing out the
> > > > > > > > fireplace...another no-no) and she had to call THEM. I gues=
s they have
> > > > > > > > a weird way of monitoring clients...if you have an alarm yo=
u call
> > > > > > > > them, then they dispatch...and lets not say anything about =
not getting
> > > > > > > > a signal...or lets not even send a tech out to check why!
>
> > > > > > > > So we re-routed the panel line to the "new" SNI and all wor=
ks.
>
> > > > > > > > THEN...today I'm double checking programming (its an old mo=
nster
> > > > > > > > 4140XMPT2) with Compass and now I know why that rear master=
 bedroom
> > > > > > > > door wasn't Chiming!...Yep it was programmed as a INTERIOR =
DELAY
> > > > > > > > zone...what????? Are you kidding me a door directly into th=
e old
> > > > > > > > lady's bedroom from the back yard is an interior delay zone=
!....holy
> > > > > > > > shit.
>
> > > > > > > > Unreal.
>
> > > > > > > If it's old enough (and that panel is) it could have been a c=
ompany
> > > > > > > purchased by P1 ages ago, that model wasn't one they normally
> > > > > > > installed back in the day
>
> > > > > > It was originally installed by Multimedia, then taken-over by P=
ro 1.
> > > > > > It's an overly-extensive install so they probably didn't really=
 check
> > > > > > everything. There was pretty good documentation in the panel. W=
hat was
> > > > > > really dumb was the panels were in a closet about 12' from a sc=
uttle
> > > > > > hole....all the zones were made up up in the attic and brought =
down
> > > > > > via multiconductor to the panels. Totally dumb, why not bring a=
ll
> > > > > > those wires down to where you can work on them in air condition=
ed
> > > > > > space (where the masking tape labels don't fall off)...masking
> > > > > > tape?...idiots.-
>
> > > > > Doncha just love that? You go into some of these old panels and y=
ou
> > > > > don't dare touch the wires for fear that the masking tape lables =
will
> > > > > disintegrate to mear flakes and you'll have to buzz out the entir=
e
> > > > > job.
>
> > > > > The soulution? You take each wire, one by one, VERY very
> > > > > carefully ....... read the lable ( if you can) write the descript=
ion
> > > > > on a NEW piece of masking tape and there ya go. Good for another =
few
> > > > > years or so.
>
> > > > > GAWD! ...... You'd think they'd come back more often to change th=
e
> > > > > tape .....Right? ..... SIGH!
>
> > > > > Me? I don't have none of that. .... Ya gotta use something that l=
asts
> > > > > a long long time.
> > > > > It takes up alot of space and it's hard to get off the roll,
> > > > > but ....... I use duct tape.
>
> > > > Not a very elegant solution-
>
> > > Figures .... you'd be the one to not "get it".
>
> > Oh I get it, it ends up looking like shit but hey it's your
> > installation-
>
> Come on Mark. Your not really that obtuse, are you?
>
> It was a joke. I really don't use duct tape ....... it was just a
> subtle bit of humor.
>
> You know .... like ..... somebody is criticized for using masking tape
> and then someone else says they use something much better than masking
> tape ..... Duct Tape! =A0 Get it? =A0 =A0Har de har har!
> You could have said that you tried that once but the feathers made you
> sneeze.
>
> Come on now ..... you can do it. It's called humor. Maybe not GOOD
> humor but a little levitation to keep things "up" ..... never hurt.
> Ya Know?
>
> Ummmm ..... never mind.

I like how you do the ..... thing, really brings out the emotions