Re: FBII RM Keypads

[Jim <alarminex@xxxxxxx>]

On Sunday, July 31, 2016 at 10:50:39 PM UTC-4, Rocky T. Squirrel wrote:
> > I've been with Napco since the beginning. I've experimented with a few =
others along the way (FBI, DSC ) but since I started with the Napco program=
ming (which was considered difficult  (and may still be by some)) I was abl=
e to evolve along with the newer panels. I like the over the top options in=
 the programming and automation allowing me to be able to do what ever the =
customer wanted and since I knew how to program the Napco way ....  the pro=
gramming of other panels was a cinch.
> >
> > This message is just for Rocky and Les because we all know that Bob is =
....... well ...... you know.
> >
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> Well when I started  Ademco  1000 & 1004  were all the rage..   LOL
> then moved up to the big stuff,  342R then the 4080 4080-12 and the=20
> cream panel  the 4080-12 black face..   LOL
> But along came Wade with his Moose line.  sturdy stuff..  MPI-25,=20
> MPI-50, the 330's 775's 725 expanded, the Z700's Z900's,  Z-1100's the=20
> E's and MPI-880's..
> When he sold out,  we started with the "Summit" stuff from Israel.
> But they had a lot of problems working in the American standards, 60=20
> hzs, and the phone currents & tones..   they kept having problems with=20
> their clocks, data streams, line current fuses on their phones dialer's..
> Did a few Adcor  6000 & 8000's along the way..
> a few DSC 1520, 1550's  but never caught on with our customers..
> Then the FBII's,  XL's 2T's 2P's, 31's a few 4's & 5's..
> probably got a few hundred  still out there..
> and now doing the Vista's 10's 15's and a bunch of 20P's
> Not counting all the Firelite and Silent Knight fire panels..
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> and like Bob  I been trying to retire for the last few years,  but all=20
> these new kids who want to be installers, tend to change their minds=20
> when the work load gets a little hairy..
> 18 months seems to be the average length of time they stick around..
> LOL
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> and the new boss kid, well he just doesn't have the gray matter for=20
> those old systems and all their little oddities ..    ROFL....
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> RTS

Cripes Rocky, You could have made that a lot shorter by tell us what panels=
 you didn't use.

About new kids .... I pretty much work alone now but every once in awhile I=
 need someone to help snake and as a go-fer. I've got this kid (well, he's =
actually about 26 years old) with no experience and the other day I told hi=
m to carry the extension ladder around the other side of the house and set =
it up so I could adjust the camera.
When I get there, the ladder is leaning up against the house but about 5 fe=
et short of the camera. So I told him to extend the ladder.=20

Are you ready ????=20

He didn't know how to do it. AND ..... couldn't figure it out.=20

I'm guessing that there isn't a video game that shows you how to extend a l=
adder.

After that, I'm pulling a new wire down from the attic with a draw string I=
 left in the wall during pre-construction. It's tied to a pipe in the attic=
 and sticking out of the wall in the equipment closet on the floor below. I=
 pull the string up just far enough to tie the new wire on and tell him to =
listen in case we have to see-saw the wire to get it through the hole in th=
e wall. I go down to the closet, pull the wire through the hole pretty easy=
. I untie it and shout up "OK, I got it" and he pulls the whole string back=
 up to the attic.

ARGGGGGh!    Man ...... I was never that young.