Re: First Alert FA1220C

[mleuck <m.leuck@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Jun 12, 8:30=A0pm, Jim <alarmi...@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Jun 11, 9:27=A0pm, mleuck <m.le...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> > 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'm
> > > > 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 m=
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> > > > central station if I have the installers programing code? =A0( I ha=
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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 i=
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> > > > 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 Guard=
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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-
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> 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)
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> So ..... as it turns out I can get a Napco 1632 in there and not have
> to deal with an Ademco product.

Even if you stuck with the Ademco panel it isn't hard to get around
the unknown installer code, the only way to lock those panels out is
to do it with a downloader