Re: Vista 20P not allowing program re-entry

[Jim Davis <alarminex@xxxxxxx>]

On Sunday, April 4, 2021 at 1:29:55 PM UTC-4, Bob La Londe wrote:
> On 4/3/2021 2:59 PM, Airdorn wrote:=20
> > On Thu Apr 1 09:52:35 2021 RTS wrote:=20
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> >> but, We have had your problem also,=20
> >> What we found was if your panel is set for partitions,=20
> >> and your on the wrong keypad, you'll get that behavior...=20
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> >> (program only from the partition 1 keypad...)=20
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> >> We also had a panel that would not revert back to *99=20
> >> even when remotely changed to *99 in programming..=20
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> >> Never did figure out what was it's problem....=20
> >> (trash canned that one...)=20
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> >> Les, tech support isn't what it use to be back in the day....=20
> >>=20
> >> Last time I had to call them, I went through their whole=20
> >> stable of reps, and not 1 could figure out what was happening..=20
> >> Just luck I guess, after a nights sleep I saw immediately=20
> >> what was wrong...=20
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> >> RTS=20
> >> --=20
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> >> *Rocky T. Squirrel, esq.*=20
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> > Ahh, yes.. that's one of the "rules" I didn't mention about getting int=
o the program mode using installer code. Both partitions must be disarmed.=
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> > I'm pretty sure a keypad homed to partition 2 can access programming, b=
ut not 100% sure on that. In any case, these are not relevant issues becaus=
e in every case I have had this apparent bug crop up, it was a single parti=
tion system and there was no schedule in use or even ever programmed.=20
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> > This really isn't a big enough problem to torture myself with Honeywell=
 Tech Support -- it's perfect to muse about on this newsgroup, though. And =
to answer the very first reply, I have installed and programmed hundreds of=
 Vista 20 systems over the years, beginning with the very terrible Vista 20=
SE back in the very early 2000's. I pretty much know the program by heart; =
I can see its structure when I close my eyes and stare at the back of my ey=
e lids at night. :) Since the majority of our installed base use the Vista =
20P, I work with the program multiple times a day.=20
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> > I'm just going to chalk it up to a bug in a rare number of systems.=20
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> >
> I programmed a fair number of panels during nearly 26+ years as a tech=20
> and 23 years as an owner operator, but I never dreamed about programming=
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> alarm panels. However... In college I put off all my COBOL74=20
> programming assignments until the last few days before finals. I spent=20
> a long weekend cranking out code and testing it (on a couple different=20
> machines to make sure it was stable.) After day two I needed some=20
> sleep, and I dreamed I was having normal conversations with people about=
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> ordinary everyday things, and we were all speaking COBOL. When I woke=20
> up the code just flowed from my fingertips like water from a pitcher. I=
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> did more trouble free (tested on all platforms perfect first try) coding=
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> in the next 3 hrs than I did in the previous two days.
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