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Re: A River Ran Through It



"Just Looking" <nospam@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> If NAPCO was spelled DSC then there would be a problem.
>
> "Bob La Londe"  wrote in message news:Xkc3r.20087$HR6.5241@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
> "tourman" <robercampbell@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:9040b40c-0b32-4477-871d-717345969d64@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> On Feb 28, 11:46 am, "Bob La Londe" <n...@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>> "G. Morgan" <sealte...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>>>
>>> news:ahgpk7t0dgrui2bi31nni1k0kvkjgl51s2@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>
>>> > Bob La Londe Wrote:
>>>
>>> >>Spare the judgmental comments please.  There was no air conditioner in
>>> >>that
>>> >>location when the panel was originally installed, and I recommended
>>> >>moving
>>> >>the panel every time I was there after it was.  The original occupant
>>> >>just
>>> >>kept everything serviced and it was never a problem.  Today I finally
>>> >>get
>>> >>to
>>> >>move the panel.
>>>
>>> > I think a new board would be in order too.
>>>
>>> Third times a charm I guess.  We shall see.
>>
>> RHC: Sometimes it's astounding what a panel will take ! I had a client
>> that told me she had a water leak that ran down the wall and shorted
>> out her alarm panel. When I got there, I confirmed it had been totally
>> flooded. I didn't think that anything would survive that drenching,
>> but once the panel dried out, it worked perfectly. I kept an eye on it
>> for awhile, but it's been running for a year since that happened and
>> faithfully sends in it's test signals. Yet other times even a mild
>> surge over the phone lines will short the panel dialers hopelessly
>> destroying the board !!
>>
>> Go figure !!
>
>
> Well, that X255 is doing everything its supposed to.  I powered it up.
> Tested all the basic functions, and created some deliberate faults.
> Access,
> burg, communication, supervisory stuff.  All works.  Network module, EZMs,
> Panel.  This thing has been wet enough to flake out three times that I
> know
> of, and judging by the condition of the floor and the layer of black mold
> on
> the wall where the panel used to be its been wet plenty of times that it
> didn't totally flake out too.

Well, it started acting flaky after a couple days, and the customer said to
just replace it.  They gave me the old board though, so I'll set it out in
the sun for a few days to make sure its really dried out and power it back
up to see.

It was having flaky key bus problems.  If I shut it down and powered it back
up it would communicate fine for several hours, but since the keybus
provides data for the access modules, keypads, and expansion modules a
keybus communication problem is huge.  LOL.









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