Re: Help with adding two window sensors to ADT alarm.

[Jim <alarminex@xxxxxxx>]

On Nov 1, 1:04=A0am, mleuck <m.le...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Oct 31, 12:17=A0am, Frank Kurz <t...@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> > On 30/10/2010 4:45 PM, Jim wrote:
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> > >> On 29/10/2010 8:38 AM, Jim wrote:
> > >>> And, you'll tell him how to do it =A0..... because =A0......... ?
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> > >> Because my instructions came with a proviso, which he may not see if
> > >> he's searching for an online answer (or even if he searches this Gro=
up).
> > >> =A0 =A0I don't like to do it, Jim, but anyone that's determined enou=
gh to
> > >> ignore the warnings and does it anyway deserves what he gets.
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> > >> --
> > >> Frank Kurz
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> > > It would seem to me that rather than be party to the event, it would
> > > be preferable to not give him the means to do it in the first place.
> > > If he wants to do it let him figure out how on his own.
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> > > That brings to mind a very old simple story about the guy who finds
> > > his friend hiding in a closet during a lightning storm. He says to hi=
s
> > > friend, don't you know if lightning is going to strike you that
> > > there's no way you can stop it? His friend says well if it's going to
> > > strike me ..... let it look for me.
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> > > Let the guy look for his own means to destruction, rather than
> > > providing it.
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> > Very wise. =A0But in times like this (where the answer to most peoples
> > questions are readily available "online"), wouldn't it be nice if
> > someone took the time to actually list the "riot act" along with the
> > appropriate answer? =A0It seems to me that the Internet is "clogged" wi=
th
> > "easy fixes". =A0You simply enter a few simple search terms and "voila!=
".
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> Again irrelevant, like Jim says let the guy look for himself without
> helping
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> > =A0 Hopefully when push comes to shove, the next individual looking for=
 a
> > "quick fix" to his home security system problem will actually stumble o=
n
> > this thread. =A0Call me "naive" if you want, but I was thinking about t=
he
> > OP having enough intelligence to recognize he was in "over his head".
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> How exactly he going to know that? He see's he has a keypad, he thinks
> it's an alphanumeric keypad...hey why not!
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> Except you've gotten him into programming and without any other "help"
> he'll look at a display showing "20" until the tech comes out to fix
> it, better hope he doesn't punch any other keys until then.-

Don't worry about it.

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