Re: tech-man.com ???

[Jim <alarminex@xxxxxxx>]

On Saturday, March 14, 2015 at 8:53:45 PM UTC-4, E DAWSON wrote:
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> A while back I got a surprise with one DSC panel though (I forget which o=
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> but when you program it by keypad ..... it doesn't show you what your=20
> entries are. You just have to enter the programming in sequence and you=
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> never get to see what you enter. If it doesn't work right, you have to go=
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> back in and re do the whole sequence again. Took me a while to figure out=
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> that you didn't get to see your entries because they never say in the man=
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> that you don't see what you enter.
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> With DSC, you can re-view the entries by using the fire button(s) (if the=
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Well, it was just for the one takeover so I wasn't about to go out and by a=
 alpha keypad.=20

I worked it out OK. It just took me awhile to figure out and get past the a=
mazement that you couldn't see what you were programming. I tried numerous =
things until I finally gave up and just programmed it blind. I didn't find =
out until later that there actually isn't any way to see what you program e=
xcept with a higher end keypad. If you're installing them all the time I'm =
sure you've got a alpha key pad. But it kinda doesn't make sense that if yo=
ur installing low end panels that you have to carry a high end keypad with =
you.=20

Anyway, it was just one job.=20