Re: Need some help...

["Bob La Londe" <onebikenut@xxxxxxxxx>]

"Jim" <alarminex@xxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> On Feb 25, 12:36 am, "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
>> >> >> > &
>> >> >> > 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
>> >> >> there
>> >> >> 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
>> >> > that
>> >> > 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
>> >> easy
>> >> at
>> >> 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
>> >> and
>> >> 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?-
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> Uhhhh!   Could be. Didn't know they had one. How do I tell?

How many sets of keypad wires?  How many keypads?  Actually I have no clue
if Ademco has a keypad with a receiver built in or not, but some other
manufacturers do.  One set of wires and one keypad.  Must have an RF keypad.

http://tinyurl.com/65pjwtg

Hmmm. Looks like they have several models of RF keypad.