Homeowner Forum / Security Alarms / December 2003

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Mike, Sr.
32 Years in the trade
http://www.AlarmServicesInc.com

Do you all know of a good, inexpensive software for an alarm company
starting out?  It needs to track customers, invoice, inventory, and not
drive me insane.
Derek

My 9600 system is not currently being monitored, can the panel be programmed
to call a cell phone when an alarm is activated?  Using Quickloader for
Windows to program.
Tom

This newsgroup is here to learn from each other.
Why after a few good responses to a question you guys have to pick on each
other?
If you been in the trade for twenty years your answers are of a value. You

Was poking around the caddx site, and saw the NX-590E Ethernet
interface for the Caddx panels.    
Does this extender card offer an open interface on the network side or
is the format proprietary to their CS software?  I saw someone

Doing a job which is somewhat different ( for me ) since it will involve up
to 16 wireless xmitters/receivers, for 16 different cameras.  (wireless is
the requirement from customer, since they just paved the entire area under
surveillance).

I recently had an Avital remote start installed at Best Buy on a 99 Maxima.
I'm going back tomorrow to have it taken out.  The unit has terrible range
and doesn't start the car most of the time.  Now the key will not start the
car and the idiot installers didn't install a bypass or ...

I just bought a house that has a ITI Commander 2000 alarm. I'd like to
be able to use it without having it monitored.
I want get a hold of the installion manual (part number 46-586-ITI) (I
have the users guide already)

New technologies have always been of interest for mankind, both for
the potential of increasing the quality of service and for improving
efficiency of operations. The fast pace of technological development
and breakthroughs makes foresight difficult, but the technology

I am installing a Caddx NX8e in a second home.    I have a question
about wiring the alarm speakers.   The NX8e specs say the built-in
driver support 15- or 30-watt speakers, 4, 8 or 16 ohm load,.  I
probably want two indoor speakers (at each end of house) and one (or

I posted a while ago with some questions about some systems. My wife
and I have decided on a system and a monitoring company(fortunately
one and the same). Here is my next question: We will be spending
approx. $1800 on a system, is there any room for negotiating with our

My wireless alarm system was "deaf" and "dead" during the use of an
FCC like authorized wireless radio "headphone", that simple...
Unfortunately this authority authorized and certified device
transmitted on the shared and not protected wireless alarm system

I have had continuous problems with the Skyroute and Skyroute MAX.  The
troubles have been a fail to communicate or a general system trouble on a
Power Series Panel.  These are the reasons why we had switched to Uplink
about 5 years ago.  Since then we have changed back. I have ...

Anyone know a source for an Ademco wired keypad (even used)
Ademco 215...yup old...
or what can be used for a replacement without upgrading the system
entirely....

Does anyone have the protocol used by DLS software to communicate to
DSC panels?
I need this info in order to develop my own software to get/send data
from/to a DSC panel (particularly a PC585).