Re: Trying to wrap my head around it

[JoeRaisin <joeraisin2001@xxxxxxxxx>]

On 11/3/2011 2:27 AM, Robosama wrote:
> Like a W3-ADT smoke is really a 5808 rf smoke...dunno why they think we
> are incapable of figuring out this stuff.
>
> Still wish I had the ADT personality files for Compass though.
>
> :-)
>
>
>
> "JoeRaisin" <joeraisin2001@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:j7vq9g$csj$1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> On 10/22/2011 5:17 PM, mleuck wrote:
>>> On Oct 21, 3:23 am, G. Morgan<G_Mor...@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>> mleuck Wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> On Oct 20, 7:14 am, G. Morgan<G_Mor...@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>>>> Jim Rojas Wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>>> ADT has their own variation of CID codes in these panels. It
>>>>>>> sounds like
>>>>>>> a bug.
>>>>
>>>>>> And who are they to redefine CID for proprietary panels? What a joke.
>>>>
>>>>> It would be a joke if they did it which they don't
>>>>
>>>> Not the last time I looked. I know they have "extended" codes for
>>>> proprietary use on new-gen panels, but not on a SW/3000 over a dozen
>>>> years old.
>>>
>>> Extended codes yes but redefining old codes no, besides the 3000 is a
>>> Vista-20P and one can go into the configurable zone section and
>>> reprogram zones to send anything
>>
>> This one wasn't programmed as a configurable zone - simple entry/exit.
>>
>> Mark, been meaning to ask you something but I'm not sure if I remember
>> something right. I think I have seen posts in the past indicating you
>> may have some knowledge of ADT systems.
>>
>> I can't figure out what point type a motion detector should be on a
>> Focus panel. There is no "interior follower" or anything that seems
>> like one. The ADT techs I have asked say they just make them either
>> delayed or instant perimeter types based on where they are.
>>
>> Why do they have to rename stuff?
>

Just installed a focus panel with a new zone added - "Movable Instant
PIR".  Unless of course the motion covers an entry path, then you have
to make it "Movable Delay".

What was wrong with the good old, "Interior Follower"?