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[Wyatthaplo]

I have worked in the security industry for 10 years. The company I used to work for is an electrical company that started doing alarms and got heavily into them. They had over 450 maintenance contracts and are doing approximately 2 installs takeovers a week.

They only did alarms though. So while i got a lot of experience doing alarms I didn't get any in other fields.

I feel I have a very good knowledge of intruder alarms and was never put off by takeovers of older systems. I have a pretty comprehensive catalogue of engineering manuals.

However on moving to my new job they do CCTV and access control which i am really interetsed in getting involved in. I am a big geek and love to know how things work and play around with the programs a lot.

I also have started doing a lot more admin work at my new job which I am really getting into. NSI admin, raising statistics and making sure jobsheets are done and filed correctly.

I just really like my job.


So hi all!!

[fozzies]

Welcome!
You never stop learning in this game, technology changes soo fast. I guess thats why we all love the job

[9651]

Indeed. I work for a local NSI gold, but we are a bit stuck in our ways imo. We used to programme all systems on site via RKP.

Thats fine on a domestic, but anything over 25 zones its a chore, especially on comms. The geek in me had me interested in local pc programming, and since using it cant belive we didnt embrace it sooner. Panel changes are sooooooo much quicker, also good for back ups etc. To think of some of these Gals we had to crash then reprog from scratch is madness, the time we wasted. Next up is remote connections.

[fozzies]

I still recoil from the thought of programming a ts2200!

[9651]

2500 was the biggest ive done on a school, 90+ sensors. Off the engineer rkp...... what a day that was

Its grown over the last 5 years, and we've lost the printer interface we had (supports laptop connection too) Really need to get the data off it, must be running 130+ zones at the mo!

[fozzies]

U gotta love the mpa!
2500 reminds me of a shopfit in cardiff, perched on a big cardboard box,paperwork strewn everywhere, trying to get my brain in gear at 4am ready for handover at 10am. sweet memories :S

[alterEGO]

We did a takeover and upgrade about 11 months ago, it was 9 scanny systems in one building with a total of about 300 ish zones. We upgraded to a prem 640 with 9 areas. I can't imagine using a keypad to programme that beast.

[9651]

wintex is the best software I've used. Just got hold of the risco one. Looks like something from 1992!

[Wyatthaplo]

I think the Scantronic one was ok but i do like the Wintex software a lot. Just out of curiosity where is the actual files for wintex i have them on my laptop and need to send them to the office for backup there.

[MrHappy]

defualt,

C:\Program Files\Texecom\Wintex\Customers\

if you have a log on to your works network , move path to something which sync's when you plug in /vpn

[Wyatthaplo]

I thought they were there but that folder was empty...after playing around with it i pressed something and now i can see them in the folder.

Thanks Mr Happy

[alterEGO]

9651, on 30 October 2011 - 08:28 PM, said:

wintex is the best software I've used. Just got hold of the risco one. Looks like something from 1992!

lol, the prosys one is better.

[reidy]

We're trying to get all our new dual path (Emizon) installs on IP so we can connect remotely, works a treat

[9651]

Do you get any issues with it? We have a Emizon on one of our own sites, works fine. However the powers that be are still shying away from IP as in his opinion there's too many links in the chain. If there's a fault at 3am, you aint getting the IT manager out of bed for a IP Path down

[alterEGO]

9651, on 31 October 2011 - 05:23 PM, said:

Do you get any issues with it? We have a Emizon on one of our own sites, works fine. However the powers that be are still shying away from IP as in his opinion there's too many links in the chain. If there's a fault at 3am, you aint getting the IT manager out of bed for a IP Path down

Thats what put me off. Still mulling it over.

[9651]

Stick to Redcares imo, it stops at the block

[whistle]

We have 5 Emizons fitted and once set up very few problems, we have had big problems setting them up on large sites due to firewalls etc.

The best bit is the speed of UDL as all ours are connected to the RS485 bus of the galaxy.

[9651]

See, we would struggle with that, as you need to be properly IT savvy, which being honest none of us really are. I know I couldnt set one up, through various firewalls and what not. I'd need to go on some IT training!

[alterEGO]

9651, on 31 October 2011 - 06:32 PM, said:

See, we would struggle with that, as you need to be properly IT savvy, which being honest none of us really are. I know I couldnt set one up, through various firewalls and what not. I'd need to go on some IT training!

In most cases you get the client to get their IT to sort it, just as you would with monitored CCTV. Most of the time they feck it up and I end up doin it myself.

whistle, on 31 October 2011 - 06:27 PM, said:

The best bit is the speed of UDL as all ours are connected to the RS485 bus of the galaxy.

That was my plan with the prem, just never got around to it.

[reidy]

We have 11 Emizons so far (a mix of IP/GPRS and GPRS/PSTN) and they have all been trouble free. The software side is real strong point, as mentioned the ease and speed of UDL is great but the remote maintenance software is good and really useful.

I completely agree though that IP can be absolute **** when connecting it to someone else's network, once its setup and working though its great