Re: Need some help...

[Jim <alarminex@xxxxxxx>]

On Feb 25, 8:48=A0pm, "Bob La Londe" <onebike...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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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=
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> >> >> >> > >> 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 h=
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> >> >> >> > > 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 =
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> >> >> >> > 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=
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> >> >> >> 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 a=
nd
> >> >> >> 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 sit=
e,
> >> >> FBII
> >> >> XL-2/3, Napco P800/801, DSC-1500/1550, Vista 10/15 all program supe=
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> >> >> 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 s=
pot
> >> >> in
> >> >> the program by using their client software. I used a Telecom Gear l=
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> >> >> 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 ab=
le
> >> >> 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 progr=
am
> >> >> 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 progra=
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> >> > 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 whic=
h
> >> > 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 locatio=
n
> >> > 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! =A0 Could be. Didn't know they had one. How do I tell?
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> How many sets of keypad wires? =A0How many keypads? =A0Actually I have no=
 clue
> if Ademco has a keypad with a receiver built in or not, but some other
> manufacturers do. =A0One set of wires and one keypad. =A0Must have an RF =
keypad.
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> http://tinyurl.com/65pjwtg
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> Hmmm. Looks like they have several models of RF keypad.-

There are three keypads and three sets of wires tied into the panel.
House was prewired so I can't physically trace the wires. Just a
little down in the basement and a little up in the attic. I figure
they must have tapped off of one of the keypad wire runs, someplace. I
haven't looked at the connections to the backs of the keypads yet to
see if there's a splice-in at one of them. I have to go back and start
the home theater system next week, so I'll take a look then.