[Rokonet Vs Texecom]

iWise = bulletproof. Don't waste your time looking elsewhere.

[Ifsec 2014]

What you doing up 'ere?

 

Heading back from High Wycombe after heading back from Mayfair after heading back from IFSEC!  It's been a long day..

[Ifsec 2014]

It is up norf or it was when I was there an hour ago

 

went past about an hour ago - we must have passed..

[Visonic Powermaster Or Texecom Premier Elite?]

If you're looking for a decent powermax installer try the yellow pages under Plumber.

[Ifsec 2014]

Winchester!

Southerners

 

Winchester is pretty much my change over point from south to north - you are only a true southerner is you live within 10 mins of a beach (which actually has Sun)..

[Ifsec 2014]

I don't follow - last time I checked Birmingham was above Winchester which makes it up north?

[Pa Buttons In The Isles In Sainsburys?]

I was so tenpted to see what this is for

 

were you lying down in a trolley?

[Warranty Is Covered But Should Labour Be Included?]

If it's the company I think it is mate, I'm surprised  you are in work (unless you're putting 10 of these in a day and they all stay with you for 20 years).

[Honeywell Informa Speech Dialler - Not Dialling All Of A Sudden?]

doesnt help with an answer but this is why unmonitored comm units are a bad idea. you need to know it will report when its needed.

 

who cares it's free!

[What Panels Are You Using?]

I believe EMCS are the only guys playing with it. We have a HKC 1070 on the test board, just waiting for them to send the wifi board out next week. IMO the price point for the wifi is too high though, I'm sure I was told £65 +.

 

dunno, without putting in too much thought I'm thinking one off connection fee of £95 + annual mon. covers our cost and retain ownership of comms (thanks to you that one)..  

 

we charge a one off connection fee for webways which covers the equipment cost and either all of the annual cost or part of it then the annual monitoring on top of that.

 

if the wifi module can be used as 2B for "proper" comms then it's a no brainer i think ?  if you're an HKC user that is

I believe EMCS are the only guys playing with it. We have a HKC 1070 on the test board, just waiting for them to send the wifi board out next week. IMO the price point for the wifi is too high though, I'm sure I was told £65 +.

 

what do you think of the software?  where are you buying?  can only see distributors up north who we don't have accounts with!

[What Panels Are You Using?]

Yeah, had their rep in and he said they have a new mold on the way, no pic sorry.

Only thing putting me off so far is the lack of ip monitoring, but he says that won't be long.

 

lack of support from CS?  i see they do an IP module and maybe a wifi module?

Yeah, had their rep in and he said they have a new mold on the way, no pic sorry.

Only thing putting me off so far is the lack of ip monitoring, but he says that won't be long.

 

you actually put any of these in? hkc's i mean

[Ifsec 2014]

Peado

 

You're just jealous cos your not as cool as me!

[What Panels Are You Using?]

Most just mount them in the panel with the plastic back box anyway.

 

I've never understood why people do that!

Did someone say there is a new HKC keypad coming?  Anyone got a piccie?

[Ifsec 2014]

Tuesday for me.. Thats when the cool kids go

[What Panels Are You Using?]

How. Need sticky feet, solder tamper out?

 

solder? keep up, it's a jumper now!  stand offs - not sticky feet as these are generally not that sticky..

[What Panels Are You Using?]

Why? Why not just bang the rio in its plastic housing at the side? Seems a lot if effort . . .

 

can tell you're not an installer.. much easier to put inside.

[What Panels Are You Using?]

I think a nice metal box with the rf built in would be a nice option

 

haha. you're funny.

Show the mentality..  most answers are with radio in mind..  I'm thinking about it as purely a wired panel.

[What Panels Are You Using?]

Am I right in thinking Honeywell have put the flex into a metal end station now?

[Talk Talk Router And Cctv Doesnt Work]

Ronnie, worth noting that BT also use technicolour on some commercials.

 

Ta, this was residential.. Not had any problems with WW and Home Hubs to date..

[Enduser Access To Support/software]

I’m in the market for a new residential alarm system, these are the systems I’m considering

- Scantronic i-on160EX

- Electronics Line iConnect 2-way

- Risco LightSYS2 (or Agility 3)

I need a hybrid system since I’m considering the replacement if my existing wired system.

The challenge I’m having is that I want to install this system myself.  I’m not an ‘installer’ but have installed alarms in the past, including the Cytech Comfort system so am used to the complexities involved and complex configurations.  I’m a self-confessed home-automation geek with 25+ years experience in data/telcoms too.  So whilst I appreciate some/most endusers need the help of a professional installer, that's not me.

So I initially favoured the Scantronic but them found-out that the manufacturer doesn’t play-nice with endusers (i.e. no access to support or critically for me, software updates).

I can’t find the iConnect for sale in the UK anywhere.

And I’m not sure about the enduser support policy with Risco (although I can at least get the installation PDFs from their website which is better than Scantronic, but I can’t seem to download the software/firmware).  Also I can't find this product for supply-only sale in the UK.

Any thoughts most appreciated, in relation to support/upgrade access.

 

Thanks in advance.

 

Why not stick with Cytech, they're very well supported in forums etc.. If you can work one of those then you should be fine with most other panels..

[Talk Talk Router And Cctv Doesnt Work]

Oddly, we've struggled to commission an IP only WebWay this week over a TalkTalk line (residential)..  Commission signal going out but nothing coming back in, ports opened and nothing still.  Luckily it was the last straw for customer and now moving to BT.  

[Customer Service]

tbh I'm a messy worker I have kit and tools all over but always clean up at the end

One of my pet hates. I'm forever keeping work area as tidy as possible.

We pick up off cuts from zip ties on site and sweep areas we've been working - most foreman can't believe it..

[Customer Service]

 

 Plus we lay mats on area we work and blue shoes and we tidy as we go which means hoovering as were drilling and etc.

 

 

we do this anyway but not neccessarily for the customer benefit, it just speeds the job up, ie no mega clean up at the end.

I think flowers are a bit OTT. My wife got flowers with a car once but £30 is no biggie when you're buying a car.

[Ismarthome Alarm]

The industry is truly heading for it's ****.

The truly scary bit is it seems to be the industry itself at the wheel!

[How Much Roughly Would You Charge?]

I think 99.9 % of the population have a. got better things to do on a Saturday night than read this and b. don't give a **** about what one business will charge another business for some boring call point !