vista 15pmt

[Nick Lawrence]

Can this panel be downloaded with standard Compass software?
Can it be reprogrammed at the keypad?

 

[Jim Rojas]

No, that is a Monitronics version. I don't think you can even monitor it. If
you have an bad board laying around, try swapping the firmware. You may also
need to replace the keypad as well.

Jim Rojas

 

[Crash Gordon]

how do you mean; swap the firmware?

curious

No, that is a Monitronics version. I don't think you can even monitor it.
If you have an bad board laying around, try swapping the firmware. You may
also need to replace the keypad as well.

Jim Rojas

 

[Jim Rojas]

The firmare chip is the 3/4 inch square PLCC chip in the socket. It usually
has a white label on it stating the panel type & version.

Jim Rojas

 

[Crash Gordon]

So the proprietary info is in the chip?...how about on ADT stuff..same
thing?

(I have a couple I can't use compass on- it'd be nice to be able to swap the
chip rather than the entire board)

 

[Jim Rojas]

Yep.

Jim Rojas

So the proprietary info is in the chip?...how about on ADT stuff..same
thing?

(I have a couple I can't use compass on- it'd be nice to be able to swap
the chip rather than the entire board)

 

[Crash Gordon]

aha, I'll have to start scrounging chips then

Yep.

Jim Rojas

 

[Jim Rojas]

Same with First Alert & Guardian versions. Please keep in mind that you must
also replace keypad or the firmware inside the keypad as well.

Jim Rojas

 

[Crash Gordon]

on the adt takeovers i didnt use the adt keypads anyway.

 

[Jim Rojas]

I think ADT doesn't do anything special to the keypads. Just peel off the
ADT label or place your own on top of it.

I have an off the shelf Vista20P in my home with (2) Safewatch Pro 2000 ADT
keypads...My wife likes the big buttons.

Jim Rojas

 

[Mark Leuck]

No, that is a Monitronics version. I don't think you can even monitor it. If
you have an bad board laying around, try swapping the firmware. You may also
need to replace the keypad as well.

Jim Rojas

They are standard keypads

 

[Crash Gordon]

I had used the Safewatch keypads on a Vista without problems also, then had
an install that wanted a cheap used system so I used a Safewatch board with
gently used Ademco keypads...but couldnt Compass it...I'll try a chip swap
next time I have a spare chip.

Does the chip contain the program as well?...some systems I use don't so I
don't have to reprogram if I want to update the chip rev.

 

[Crash Gordon]

Hey, you want this ITI Monitronics paperweightI have here?...or should I
deep six it?

 

[Jim Rojas]

Anytime you swap the firmware on the Ademco, you should always default the
panel with * 97, so it can load up the default settings on the eprom.

Jim Rojas

 

[Securitech]

Anytime you swap the firmware on the Ademco, you should always default the
panel with * 97, so it can load up the default settings on the eprom.

Jim Rojas

So that's what I have been dooing wrong... I thought that just by
seating the chip with a hammer it would force the defaults in.

Terry

 

[Mark Leuck]

Naaa I got tons of em

Hey, you want this ITI Monitronics paperweightI have here?...or should I
deep six it?

 

[Frank Olson]

So that's what I have been dooing wrong... I thought that just by
seating the chip with a hammer it would force the defaults in.

Terry

Heh!!! How big a hammer??

 

[Crash Gordon]

ok got it...thanks

Anytime you swap the firmware on the Ademco, you should always default the
panel with * 97, so it can load up the default settings on the eprom.

Jim Rojas

 

[Crash Gordon]

thought so...I'll give it to my dog to play with

 

[Jim Rojas]

I am working on a way to convert it back to a standard ITI system.

Jim Rojas