Re: What is the Gadget Flashing?

[tourman <robercampbell@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Nov 16, 6:27=A0pm, Jim <alarmi...@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Nov 16, 4:29=A0pm, tourman <robercampb...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> > On Nov 16, 12:35=A0pm, Jim <alarmi...@xxxxxxx> wrote:
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> > > On Nov 15, 10:26=A0pm, Jack <country...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> > > > What is the flashing device that's connected to this DSC panel?
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> > > >http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3DDUHLpf5nRcs&feature=3Drelated
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> > > > My Mother in Law is looking into replacing her panel with an Alexor
> > > > panel from DSC. Will she be able to use her existing sensors? A sec=
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> > > > dealer dropped off a few pamphlets for her to check out. I have rea=
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> > > > previous posts on this group regarding this panel and it's up and d=
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> > > > as to whether the group recommends this panel. What's the latest wo=
rd on
> > > > this panel?
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> > > I don't know anything about the Alexor panels except that I heard tha=
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> > > there was some kind of problem with it regarding loss of wireless
> > > communication without there being any notice, which DSC denied. So
> > > it's just the word of a central station who lost contact with all of
> > > it's Alexo panels at the same time for a day or two, =A0against DSC w=
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> > > said it must be something that the central station did wrong.
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> > > =A0However, if that green light is really on a GSM receiver that's
> > > sitting next to your keypad, I'd really find another alarm company to
> > > deal with. That device should be hidden away somewhere so it is not
> > > just hanging on the wall beside a keypad. I mean come ON! =A0it's a
> > > security device that if compromised by an intruder could cause the
> > > system to not communicate with your central station. It should be
> > > installed kind of hidden away somewhere and as high as possible in th=
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> > > house to obtain the best communication advantage to the local towers
> > > in your area. And even if it does do that being mounted beside your
> > > keypad, it looks like someone just got lazy and couldn't be bothered
> > > making the installation look professional to some degree. Seeing this
> > > makes me wonder what ELSE ..... they didn't do =A0..... that you can'=
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> > > see.
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> > > I'd certainly get someone else in to give you an estimate and see wha=
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> > > they say when they see the location of the transmitter.
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> > RHC: Just a side note Jim; I have several dozen of the Alexor panels
> > in service now in homes where is is IMPOSSIBLE to install a
> > conventional alarm, and they are proving to be decent alarms, albeit a
> > bit on the expensive side. The only service issue that has come up
> > (and it comes up with ALL of the panels) is the four double A
> > batteries in the keypad only last about four months before needing
> > changing. When I install the system, I show the client how do do this
> > since it IS going to come up. Other than that I have not had the issue
> > you describe with loss of communication, or for that matter, ANY other
> > service related problem with them.
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> > To avoid this problem, the client can have the installer include a $20
> > transformer that plugs into the keypad and an AC outlet, which makes
> > the batteries in those cases only "backup" in nature.-
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> I don't know the details of the incident but I would suspect that it
> was just a local tower issue. What was of bigger concern to the
> Central station is that there was no indication that the network was
> down until people started calling in that they were getting no respnse
> from central station from alarm conditions.
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> I don't use DSC anything .... so I don't have any first hand knowledge
> of this.
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> With regard to the keypad battery problem I'd just automatically
> install the power source for the keypad and tell the customer that the
> battery was only for standby power. Make a plus out of a negative.

RHC; Easier said than done when inevitably, the keypad is to be
installed in the front lobby where there never seems to be an outlet
handy (within 6 feet). Good idea though, but wouldn't work in many if
not most situations....