Re: Honeywell Compass

[RTS <gafa@xxxxxxx>]

tks Les,

what I meant by the fake phone thing  is a rig where you can use the
panel voltage, to apply to the "phone in", thereby  faking out the
panel, as it believes it has a phone connected. Then connect the
computer running compass to the phone input and do a direct connect..

my setup is an older EMachine using a USB converter feeding into the CIA
modem then line out to the panel line IN.

on compass you start the dial command then at the connect details select
telco  then as it says hit connect

then at the panel keypad  enter  installer code + (#) + 1

they should begin to communicate at that point..


What  I was trying to do is cut out all these extra devices and cables
connecting everything together..

Something were you might be able to directly connect to the data bus
through some type of buffer and converter unit

powered from the USB computer output..


Just my thought...

RTS


*Rocky T. Squirrel, esq.*

On 9/23/2017 12:04 PM, ABLE1 wrote:
> On 9/23/2017 10:34 AM, RTS wrote:
>> Greetings Gang,
>>
>> Has anyone ever found a way to directly connect the compass program
>> to the panel?
>>
>> Using the "jury-rigged" connection of "modem & fake phone line
>> voltage" is a bit questionable
>>
>> from the customers perspective..
>>
>> I've talked with tech support at Honeywell and they always say the
>> same thing, "We'll pass it along to "Design"..
>>
>> I've found over the years some of the best cures have come from the
>> "guys in the field"..
>>
>> So I'm just asking..
>>
>> Tks..
>>
>
> RTS,
>
> It depends on what you call a "modem & fake phone line voltage" thingy.
>
> I have a plastic case with a power strip, Hayes 2400 modem, and a
> Viking DLB-200B Two-Way Ringdown Circuit device.  Connected to the
> Hayes is a
> RS232 cable that connects to my Win98se laptop and to the Viking I
> have a phone cord with a RJ11 into the Viking and on the other end an
> RJ45 socket that the RJ31x cord plugs into.
>
> Do as you would connect from the office.
>
> I call it my Phone Company in a box.
>
> Now there is supposed to be a way to do it otherwise, as it a direct
> connect.  But, I find it never to work so I gave up thinking about it.
>
> And YES, I did type WIN98se.  I only have a few older Vista panels.
> Honestly do not like the Ademco stuff.  Strange thing is had to work
> on two Vista 40's just this past week.
>
> Hope the above helps somehow.
>
> Good luck!!
>
> Les
>
>