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Anyone used a good reliable and reasonably priced wireless system recently?

Has anyone got any details on a JSB regent panel. A new customer has asked me to maintain their system which is approx 4 years old. An Engineering manual would be helpful as I can't find any details of the manufacturers Many thanks Carl

Our Alarm system - a Honeywell Galaxy G2-20 is generating this fault when we try to set the Alarm SMS Comms fail Setting abborted Followed by Manager reset required I am at a loss of what to do?! Anyone?

i'm interested at the mention of having the 'spec in the panel', i discussed about doing this in here a few years back, tbh it was the way it has always done in the past. but many did a high horse routine and condemnation of the fire hazard issue (like i invented the idea ). Chubbs started to have a plastic sleeve stuck to the end station, which would then split from sevice dockets being rammed in and the glue died over time. ended up looking real tatty mess, but i had thought this was the old NACOSS requirements? personally, i've never liked the idea of the spec being so easily obtained and read by those who should not be, or more often lost. so the client gets thei…

He has finally gotten all the x10 devices working on the house..................................Then this happens!

Could anybody advise me of any relevent trade show for the security trade. I had the misfortune of attending IFSEC at the NEC last year and as I was not wearing a suit I was pretty much ignored by everybody, also as I do not speak Chinese or Korean 90% of the people exhibiting there should of just left a load a leftlets on a table for all the good they could do. So now my rant is over if anybody knows of any Engineer friendly trade events please let me know

Depending how long it actually lasts. Reading the link it appears it may affect gsm. I wonder if it will affect the wireless paths and more of a concern wireless systems generally? Click

Engadget have a story about Chris Paget (rfid hacker) where he has fooled the gsm protection system and can listen into calls etc. This seems to be 2G only, but as the majority of dualpath signalling devices use this do we see this as conerning? http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/31/hacker-intercepts-phone-calls-with-homebuilt-1-500-imsi-catcher/

Evening Guys, Quicky for you all-I'm going to transfer all my manuals etc to my ipod touch-obviously I will require a pdf reader app for the gizmo-anyone suggest any, use any-I know I have most off the stuff in my superb brain anyway! but just in case I need to refer to external sources!-ipod boots up quicker than me lappy and is more portable!. Guys. Richard.

Speaks for itself. Check out the toilet cistern! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7xTXGj9_Zrs&feature=player_embedded

Hello Lads, Not sure if this has been done before but was wandering if anyone would be interested in a wee Fantasy football mini league?? I think you can set up a team on the premier league website for free and i'l do a mini league for everyone on here. Just thinking it would be abit of craic. What does everyone think?? http://fantasy.premierleague.com/

The Wireless Power Consortium have confirmed the Qi standards has been finalised. This no means manufactures can produce equipment that can be recharged on a Qi base. This standard is expected to take over for devices such as mobiles laptops etc. Im hopeful that this will allow us to see wireless keypads that can now be feature reach and easily rechargeable. Palm recently achieved this with the touchstone charge for its pixi etc handsets. Do we see pagers, wireless pa's and keypads adopting this standard?

The age old question, do I go NSI or SSAIB but would it be a good for the trade if their was another body to approve companies?. Or is it right as it is now and another body would make it more confusing for everybody.

Old, but still funny

This picture was taken last night at my sister in law's house. Try your best to ignore the ***** posing and focus on the bottom left side of the frame. There is a little girl/boy in a bonnet, checkered dress etc etc. If you save the photo and blow it up it only gets freakier. The wall in background is a dry stone wall, if that helps.