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Re: [ecs] New ECS & Napco Gemini Bruce Prager Fri, 04 Mar 2005 12:53:13 -0500

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Have to admit, but the cost and lack of support for things like the 
gemini lead me to Homeseer.  Napco is directly supported by plugins as 
well as TX15b thermostats.  Lack of a upgrade path to the new version 
for original owners was also a major factor.

Fully Robotic And Networked Kastle wrote:

>I am still running Ecs Legacay 4.0.17.  I want to move up to the new
>version, but my big holdback is the Napco Gemini alarm panel I have which is
>not supported by the new version.  I have 35 zones and pretty much anything
>that is remotely security related is hooked up to the alarm panel.
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>Does anyone have some scripts or code they would like to share that provides
>basic functionality for the Napco panel in the new ECS?  I just need to
>detect when zones open and close, and when the alarm is armed and disarmed.
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>The entire alarm system is almost new.  I bought my first Napco system 6
>years ago, but when my house took a direct lightning strike last year, it
>got fried, and the insurance adjuster (knowing nothing about computers,
>electronics or automation) insisted I replace it with another Napco instead
>of a Omni or Home Vision.
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