Re: First Alert FA1220C

[Jim <alarminex@xxxxxxx>]

On Jun 11, 9:27=A0pm, mleuck <m.le...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Jun 8, 9:40=A0pm, nick markowitz <nmarkow...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> > On Jun 8, 8:59=A0pm, Jim <alarmi...@xxxxxxx> wrote:
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> > > Client of mine is moving into a beach house that has a First Alert
> > > FA1220C. Anyone know what the equivalent Ademco panel that is? =A0( I=
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> > > not too familiar with either of their products)
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> > > Is it a propritary panel? That is ... can it be programed to call my
> > > central station if I have the installers programing code? =A0( I have=
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> > > called the other alarm company yet to see if they'll give it to me)
> > > Can it be defaulted? Can I get tech information if I'm not a First
> > > Alert dealer? Is there a First Alert division and tech support or is
> > > it just a standard Ademco panel that's private labled?
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> > > TIA
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> > It is equivalent to vista 20P you can program it to your central
> > station and programming is basically the same =A0unless it is a Guardia=
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> > Protection panel which has all kind of extra lock outs
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> No it is a Vista-40 clone, totally different animal as far as
> programming. Slight chance it may not work with standard Ademco
> keypads but otherwise not proprietary-

Thanks anyway .... but I contacted the installing company and since
the system hasn't been on line for over 5 years, they said that they
discard the files and don't keep track of the installers code. ( hard
to believe ... but)

So ..... as it turns out I can get a Napco 1632 in there and not have
to deal with an Ademco product.