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Re: A River Ran Through It



Bob La Londe Wrote:

>"Just Looking" <nospam@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>news:hYidnbaDyovBG8zSnZ2dnUVZ_oOdnZ2d@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> 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.

What I meant was, a NEW board would be in order (from the supplier).
Not a dried-out one! lol....




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because maybe they're just as good and we're just wasting time.
You don't have to fry them again after all. -Mitch Hedberg



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