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Re: RE: [ECS] Alarm suggestions Daniel Dubay Thu, 03 Sep 1998 17:32:12 -0400

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Sounds very promising!  Let me know.

Dan Dubay

>>> Martin Terry <Martin.Terry@mail.tribnet.com> 09/03 3:06 PM >>>
Yeah, it's the Power 832 I've got. I have the 5500 LCD keypads as
well.
The software says you can send messages to the keypad, might be useful
for ECS.

As I mentioned to Dan, I believe you can arm and disarm via software.
I'll know soon...
> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Scott Reston [SMTP:ih8gates@concentric.net] 
> Sent:	Wednesday, September 02, 1998 12:36 PM
> To:	ecs-list@vancouver.ml.org 
> Subject:	RE: RE: RE: RE: [ECS] Alarm suggestions
> 
> i've got a DSC Power 832 system that was already installed in my
home
> when i purchased it... when i called DSC, they weren't real helpful
> about letting me know what info i could get out of my alarm if i did
> get the serial connecter. i got the impression that the alarm would
> only tell when it was tripped, armed or disarmed.
> 
> 2 questions, then - 
> 
> 1) is the power 832 the DSC product that martin's waiting on?
> 2) what info will the 832 pass on?
> 
> by the way, i _have_ been real happy with the system. i've got a
> couple of the 5500 LCD (plain language) keypads and the thing is
easy
> enough to deal with that my wife loves it too...
> 
> 
> 
> scott reston
> ih8gates@concentric.net 
> http://www.indelible-blue.com/meetib/scott/ 
> 
> 
> 
> On Tue, 1 Sep 1998 11:09:57 -0700, Martin Terry wrote:
> 
> >Hi Dan. I'm still waiting on UPS, but it should be here any day.
The
> >serial interface requires an adapter, available from dsc.  From the
> >documentation it looks like a 4 pin header or possibly an RJ45
> connector
> >on the panel itself. The cable terminates to a DB 25.
> 

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