9651 Posted January 13, 2011 Share Posted January 13, 2011 Would net books be any good for this? Does anybody actually use one? Lack of optical drives could be a pain, any other negatives? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
james.wilson Posted January 13, 2011 Share Posted January 13, 2011 Windows ones would be fine.... if the panel has usb. However i feel that slates or tablets would be better (we plan this) but the most popular and cheaper ones (so when the get dropped firm dont have a heart attack) wont run windows, but will run android. So if it will work on android 3 (honeycomb) wich is currently a tablet only os (ie not smartphone) it will still work on android 2.3 (gingerbread) which is a smartphone one. Plus if we have an app for UDL on android means we can have a prettier and stripped one for our customers. But im sure they will do iphone first lol securitywarehouse Security Supplies from Security Warehouse Trade Members please contact us for your TSI vetted trade discount. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A-G Posted January 13, 2011 Share Posted January 13, 2011 Would net books be any good for this? Does anybody actually use one? Lack of optical drives could be a pain, any other negatives? We do for Texecom panels. No problems at all. Why would you need optical drive for UDL? Software downloaded straight from t'web. . . . PM me for access to the SSAIB members discussion area. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
james.wilson Posted January 13, 2011 Share Posted January 13, 2011 agreed no need for optical drive and be better imo without, lighter better battery life etc. but its got to be a windows one securitywarehouse Security Supplies from Security Warehouse Trade Members please contact us for your TSI vetted trade discount. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
9651 Posted January 13, 2011 Author Share Posted January 13, 2011 I was looking at something like this, http://www.ebuyer.com/product/228962 Reckon that could do the job for all the popular manufactures? Would need a USB/serial converter for the Gal, Cooper use USB, and you can get one for Texe? Lack of optical is only a pain when adding new programs really, easily copied to USB though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdrianMealing Posted January 13, 2011 Share Posted January 13, 2011 and you can get one for Texe? Yep amealing@texe.com Head of Industry Affairs Visit Our Website Texecom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
james.wilson Posted January 13, 2011 Share Posted January 13, 2011 should be fine however i want to use tablets. We will be moving to them (windows ones probably) and jobs will be entered with them, manuals available, arc access etc. Plus you can use them to connect to panels and the lads will always have it with them as they need it for day to day use. Then all we need to do is have the fire panel sw, intruder, access cctv etc and its the programming unit. Then i want the panels to not be programmable fromthe keypad and i want the software to be controlled by the office (ie lost unit become inoperable etc) securitywarehouse Security Supplies from Security Warehouse Trade Members please contact us for your TSI vetted trade discount. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
9651 Posted January 13, 2011 Author Share Posted January 13, 2011 Excellent. Tablets would be fantastic, but our firm is a bit backward in thinking forward. We do all prog on site, which i'm changing (hence all the noob stupid UDL questions lol) Saves time/money. Thinking a net might be what we need, small enough for the vans, not the end of the world if dropped. Yep for free ? NSI Gold, near 400 contract company wink wink Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A-G Posted January 13, 2011 Share Posted January 13, 2011 .... and in case you're not aware of it, Texe supply a USB connection cable ... and a dedicated USB modem if you wanna do remote UDL which is rock solid. . . . PM me for access to the SSAIB members discussion area. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
9651 Posted January 13, 2011 Author Share Posted January 13, 2011 Yeah i've seen they do USB (as well as serial), just a pain the Galaxy still uses serial lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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