Re: Pro 1....oh brother !

[Jim <alarminex@xxxxxxx>]

On Oct 25, 10:10=EF=BF=BDpm, mleuck <m.le...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Oct 25, 6:05=EF=BF=BDpm, 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 client=
 to make
> > > > > > > sure to cancel monitoring in writing first...no problem he di=
d and
> > > > > > > they let him go.
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> > > > > > > System was programmed for Daily Test Signal, but NO digit was
> > > > > > > programmed to be sent...interesting.
> > > > > > > So we reprogram and go to send signals...nothing...hmmm...no =
dial tone
> > > > > > > at panel. Ok....lets find out whats going on here....we go ou=
tside and
> > > > > > > there are two SNI's one has dialtone the other doesn't. Inter=
esting.
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> > > > > > > So I ask the client when the phone company put up the "new"
> > > > > > > SNI....lets see that was just before my husband died 4 YEARS =
ago.
> > > > > > > WHAT? Yeah thats right client had been paying for monitoring =
for over
> > > > > > > 4 YEARS and received nothing in return. She kinda thought is =
was weird
> > > > > > > last year when the smoke detectors went off (she was vacuumin=
g out the
> > > > > > > fireplace...another no-no) and she had to call THEM. I guess =
they have
> > > > > > > a weird way of monitoring clients...if you have an alarm you =
call
> > > > > > > them, then they dispatch...and lets not say anything about no=
t getting
> > > > > > > a signal...or lets not even send a tech out to check why!
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> > > > > > > So we re-routed the panel line to the "new" SNI and all works=
.
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> > > > > > > THEN...today I'm double checking programming (its an old mons=
ter
> > > > > > > 4140XMPT2) with Compass and now I know why that rear master b=
edroom
> > > > > > > door wasn't Chiming!...Yep it was programmed as a INTERIOR DE=
LAY
> > > > > > > zone...what????? Are you kidding me a door directly into the =
old
> > > > > > > lady's bedroom from the back yard is an interior delay zone!.=
...holy
> > > > > > > shit.
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> > > > > > > Unreal.
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> > > > > > If it's old enough (and that panel is) it could have been a com=
pany
> > > > > > purchased by P1 ages ago, that model wasn't one they normally
> > > > > > installed back in the day
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> > > > > It was originally installed by Multimedia, then taken-over by Pro=
 1.
> > > > > It's an overly-extensive install so they probably didn't really c=
heck
> > > > > everything. There was pretty good documentation in the panel. Wha=
t was
> > > > > really dumb was the panels were in a closet about 12' from a scut=
tle
> > > > > hole....all the zones were made up up in the attic and brought do=
wn
> > > > > via multiconductor to the panels. Totally dumb, why not bring all
> > > > > those wires down to where you can work on them in air conditioned
> > > > > space (where the masking tape labels don't fall off)...masking
> > > > > tape?...idiots.-
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> > > > Doncha just love that? You go into some of these old panels and you
> > > > don't dare touch the wires for fear that the masking tape lables wi=
ll
> > > > disintegrate to mear flakes and you'll have to buzz out the entire
> > > > job.
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> > > > The soulution? You take each wire, one by one, VERY very
> > > > carefully ....... read the lable ( if you can) write the descriptio=
n
> > > > on a NEW piece of masking tape and there ya go. Good for another fe=
w
> > > > years or so.
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> > > > GAWD! ...... You'd think they'd come back more often to change the
> > > > tape .....Right? ..... SIGH!
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> > > > Me? I don't have none of that. .... Ya gotta use something that las=
ts
> > > > a long long time.
> > > > It takes up alot of space and it's hard to get off the roll,
> > > > but ....... I use duct tape.
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> > > Not a very elegant solution-
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> > Figures .... =EF=BF=BDyou'd be the one to not "get it".
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> 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!   Get it?    Har 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.