Re: First Alert FA1220C

[mleuck <m.leuck@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Jun 15, 12:23=A0pm, Jim <alarmi...@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Jun 14, 12:06=A0pm, mleuck <m.le...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> > On Jun 12, 8:30=A0pm, Jim <alarmi...@xxxxxxx> wrote:
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> > > 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 Al=
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> > > > > > 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 ca=
ll my
> > > > > > central station if I have the installers programing code? =A0( =
I haven't
> > > > > > 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 Fi=
rst
> > > > > > Alert dealer? Is there a First Alert division and tech support =
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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 G=
uardian
> > > > > 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.
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> > 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-
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> Well, I[m going to give it a try but when I first contacted the alarm
> company they said they could download the panel and default the CS
> info. But when I told them that it hadn't been monitored for over 5
> years, thats when they said that they destroy the files. I can't
> imagine that they couldn't download it if they really wanted to
> but ..... .... say Levy. ( why do people always say ..... say Levy? I
> could never figure out why I should ...say Levy. Maybe it's a Yiddish
> saying)

If all you are doing is changing the account and phone number I
wouldn't bother with the old company as that part of programming is
fairly easy.

As far as them locking out the system with a download I've only seen
that done maybe twice in 20 years so I would bet it's not locked