NAPCO RP1-CAE2 KEYPAD PROBLEMS...

[George Siegle]

With the recent power outages on the West Coast from the wind storms.

I have had two different systems, both P-9600 with multiple keypad on the system, on power up the keypad compatibility number change in the keypad. Only one keypad as well per site, so not as if it was a single site issue.

I also had a site do this last year as well.

Anyone else ever run into this?

 

[Jim]

With the recent power outages on the West Coast from the wind storms.

I have had two different systems, both P-9600 with multiple keypad on the system, on power up the keypad compatibility number change in the keypad. Only one keypad as well per site, so not as if it was a single site issue.

I also had a site do this last year as well.

Anyone else ever run into this?

I use Napco panels exclusively. Long long time ago, I had some issues
with the "compatibility" feature in a commercial job. Now that I do
mostly residential, I don't use that feature. I'd suggest that if you
don't have to use it for a high security situation, there's no reason
to do so. Could never figure out what real purpose it had anyway.

 

[Mark Leuck]

the system, on power up the keypad compatibility number change in the
keypad. Only one keypad as well per site, so not as if it was a single site
issue.

I use Napco panels exclusively. Long long time ago, I had some issues
with the "compatibility" feature in a commercial job. Now that I do
mostly residential, I don't use that feature. I'd suggest that if you
don't have to use it for a high security situation, there's no reason
to do so. Could never figure out what real purpose it had anyway.

It's an anti-takeover measure, Paradox has it as well

 

[Jim]

the system, on power up the keypad compatibility number change in the
keypad. Only one keypad as well per site, so not as if it was a single site
issue.

It's an anti-takeover measure, Paradox has it as well

I KNOW what it's SUPPOSED to be but what difference does it make if
someone changes a keypad on a job, or not? No one could take over the
job if they can't get into the panel anyway ..... is what I was
alluding to. I guess it's to stop someone from stealing your keypad?
I haven't heard of a rash of keypad stealing, in many moons.
On the other hand, Jim DOES seem to have a lot of them in his garage.

 

[Robert L Bass]

I guess it's to stop someone

from stealing your keypad?

What an idiot! The idea is to make it more expensive to do a takeover. Instead of replacing the whole panel, a competing alarm
company can simply swap the chip. However, with the keypad compatability number altered they would have to replace the keypads as
well -- at significantly higher cost. The thinking (I know, that's a foreign concept to you) is that the new alarm company will try
to foist the expense onto the customer but the customer will balk, opting to stay with the original alarm sealer.