Re: tech-man.com ???

[G. Morgan <sealteam6@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Bob La Londe Wrote:=20

>"Jim" <alarminex@xxxxxxx> wrote in message=20
>news:81caa36c-f131-4620-b6b3-c197b28a0202@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> On Tuesday, March 10, 2015 at 10:14:58 AM UTC-4, tourman wrote:
>>> On Tuesday, March 10, 2015 at 3:58:38 AM UTC-4, G. Morgan wrote:
>>> > spyros Wrote:
>>> >
>>> > >Anyone knows what happens with tech-man.com? i can't find a link =
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>>> > >renew my account. also nobodys answers my mail....
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > Its still there: http://tech-man.com/newAccount.asp?redir=3D
>>> >
>>> > Last time I spoke with Jim he said he was pursuing other interests=20
>>> > other than
>>> > alarms, that was a couple of years ago.
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>>> Yes, that is my understanding too. I can also understand why he =
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>>> bother to unlock boards anymore; it simply is too labour intensive to=
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>>> make it worthwhile. I gave it up a year or so ago, and also no longer=
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>>> it for other than local companies or our own company, to assist. With=
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>>> boards so cheap now, it simply doesnt make sense to spend half the =
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>>> of a new board to unlock an old one.
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>> Well we've all always agreed that ethically alarm companies should =
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>> their former clients boards but that's why it's never been a big deal =
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>> an alarm company did lock out a board.
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>> It's just a minor inconvenience and cost to change it out and after =
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>> it's just routine. If you're going to do a takeover ..... just bring a=
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>> board with you.
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>Not for a tech who doesn't want to take the time to learn all the=20
>programming ins and outs of a control panel for a single takeover.

It hardly seems worth the effort to learn a new (old) panel that you'll =
never
install yourself as new.  I never bothered to hand program Napco's for =
that
reason.  I learned (and subsequently forgot) how to change the dialer =
number
and user codes via keypad and that's it.

Not to rag on Napco, but even their dealers admit programming by hand is
essentially impossible to get right.