Re: Need some help...

[Jim <alarminex@xxxxxxx>]

On Feb 25, 12:36=A0am, "Bob La Londe" <onebike...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> "Jim" <alarmi...@xxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> > On Feb 24, 10:56 am, "Bob La Londe" <onebike...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >> "mleuck" <m.le...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> >> > On Feb 23, 7:35 pm, nick markowitz <nmarkow...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >> >> On Feb 23, 7:28 pm, Jim Rojas <jro...@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> >> >> > jackcsg wrote:
> >> >> > > On Feb 23, 5:16 pm, Bob La Londe<n...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >> >> > >> On 2/23/2011 10:32 AM, Jim Rojas wrote:
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> >> >> > >>> I can help...
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> >> >> > >> Told you. LOL.
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> >> >> > > Thanks fellas...figured it out. After 5 days of pulling my hair
> >> >> > > out.....
> >> >> > > I enabled the devices. Tech Support (Honeywell) was no help.
> >> >> > > Works like a champ with them enabled....
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> >> >> > > I should just stick with DMP.
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> >> >> > > lol
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> >> >> > Next time send me a text, and I can call you back anywhere in the=
 US
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> >> >> > Canada.
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> >> >> > Jim Rojas
> >> >> > Technical Manuals Online!http://www.tech-man.com
> >> >> > 8002 Cornwall Lane
> >> >> > Tampa, FL 33615-4604
> >> >> > 813-884-6335
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> >> >> Honeywell needs a back number for real techs with real questions to
> >> >> call when they can prove there proficient with panels.
> >> >> I call them 2-3 times a year for a special set up I am doing and th=
ere
> >> >> shocked I actually have a computer with compass running set up and
> >> >> ready to go.
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> >> > As I've said over the years so few people download something like th=
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> >> > doesn't suprise me
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> >> I've only downloaded a handful of Ademco panels. In addition on site,
> >> FBII
> >> XL-2/3, Napco P800/801, DSC-1500/1550, Vista 10/15 all program super e=
asy
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> >> the keypad once you get their little nuances. Its faster to keypad
> >> program
> >> them. However sometimes you get some little headache that you can spot=
 in
> >> the program by using their client software. I used a Telecom Gear line
> >> simulator and a modem for years for those panels that do not have a
> >> direct
> >> plugin for laptop programming. It saved me many a headache to be able =
to
> >> look at the whole thing on site instead of going back to the office an=
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> >> dialing in.
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> >> I also found the DMP XR10/20 panels to be generally easier to program =
at
> >> the
> >> keypad.-
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> > I had to do a take over of a Vista 20P the other day. Never did one
> > before. Since I don't have the compass software, I had to switch all
> > the CS info over by keypad. The progrming isn't hard but I found it
> > annoying to have to stand in front of the keypad, trying to juggle
> > manuals and write entries. I just don't DO that anymore.
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> > I found a few what I considerd to be "weird" things about the program
> > but since it had been programed by the previous alarm company all I
> > had to do was make the CS changes and adjust a few things the way I do
> > it and mark down the info from each location. Worked ok on the first
> > CS test so I guess I did alright. One thing didn't turn out though.
> > There are some wireless xmitters. I had the zone list so I knew which
> > openings to check for xmitters. Bad thing is ...... I couldn't find
> > the damn Reciever. If it ever needs troubleshooting ......... I'll
> > just have to install another one, I guess. I always mark the location
> > of the sirens/speakers, xfmers, zone modules, and receivers on the
> > inside of the panel door ..... not for anyone else ... just so that
> > *** " I " *** can remember where the hell they are. Nothing like
> > trying to replace a faulty siren or transformer, when you don't
> > remember where the hell you put it and now it's hidden behind a
> > refrigerator or in a closet that wasn't there before.
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> RF Keypad?-



Uhhhh!   Could be. Didn't know they had one. How do I tell?