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Re: FBII RM Keypads



On 7/30/2016 10:26 PM, Bob La Londe wrote:
> "Rocky T. Squirrel" <gafa_usa@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:iYOdnZ2ksP--wQDKnZ2dnUU7-cfNnZ2d@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> On 7/30/2016 6:23 PM, Bob La Londe wrote:
>>> "mleuck" <m.leuck@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>>> news:ec00dc0f-3858-418b-9135-516b7808af26@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>> On Saturday, July 9, 2016 at 4:47:04 PM UTC-5, NickMark wrote:
>>>>> On Thursday, July 7, 2016 at 6:03:19 PM UTC-4, Bob La Londe wrote:
>>>>>> Whatever happened to that guy who was a big FBII fan.  No not me.
>>>>>> LOL.
>>>>>> I
>>>>>> have a few RM (recessed metal) keypads left.  6 zone and 12 zone.
>>>>>
>>>>> When Ademco bought FBII they promised to keep the line forever in one
>>>>> shape or another of course once honeywell hoareded it ove they got rid
>>>>> of
>>>>> it
>>>>
>>>> Not surprising since it was ancient tech back then
>>>
>>> I liked the XL-4s and the XL-2(series).  The XL-31s wer a nice middle of
>>> the
>>> road panel, but they had a flaw with CID reporting I found out years
>>> later
>>> when I switched to my own lines and CID reporting to save a few bucks a
>>> month.  Oddly enough some of those old XL-31s that had issues with CID on
>>> POTs worked just fine on cellular.
>>>
>>> On the XL-31s...  I started having random flaky issues with them in
>>> general
>>> about 8-9 years ago.  I think there is some component in them that is
>>> just
>>> not managing to hold on after 10-15 (approaching 20) years in the field.
>>> Never had an initial issue with any of them though.  Just on old, old
>>> panels.
>>>
>>> Never mind that HC-41 abortion though.  It was junk out of the box.  I
>>> bought three of them, installed two, and then said screw this and called
>>> everybody in the industry to see who my new line was going to be, because
>>> it
>>> wasn't going to FBIDEMCO.
>>>
>>> When the sales rep overnighted me everything I asked for, and was in my
>>> office two days later I went with Napco.  That was a long time ago.  When
>>> the Gemini line was brand new.  The two HC-41s I installed were replaced
>>> with Gemini panels, and they are both still in service today.
>>>
>>>
>> I been prodding the boss man to give NAPCO a try..    He's went with the
>> VISTA when they stopped making the XL-series..
>> {{I was an old Moose fan back from day one  but we all know what happened
>> to them..}}
>> VISTA seems to work,  but their panel security is a joke...  same for the
>> up/down loader software..   Their power supply is a wanta bee for sure.
>> It's real easy to overload that control...
>
> I think just about everybody maxes at 500 mills.  I know the Napco will
> supply its full 500 mills though.  I've only had one or two over the years I
> had to add a secondary power supply to.
>
> The best setup I saw years ago was the NX8e which had expansion modules with
> their own power supply and backup battery.  I installed a couple of them in
> places like schools and multiple building mfg plants.  It was pretty nice,
> but when I was seriously looking at making the change they got bought up and
> I decided to wait and see what happened to them.
>
> I'm getting out now so I don't really care.
>
>
Bob,

I personally stuck with the NX product line after Sentrol, GE and then
UTC by out.  I evaluated all the others and the NX fit my brain better
than the others.  I have some in doing some cool things beyond security.
  Could not have done with out the NX320E supervised remote power supplies.

There are some quirky things that all panels have in one way or another.

There are some improvements I would like made (have suggested -- fell on
deaf ears) to make it better for the tech.

But, then you don't really care because you are getting out.  :-)

Les


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