DSC 864 or 1864

The main difference in the 832/864 and the 1616/1832/1864 is RoHS and CP-01. There is not a lot of differences in feature set (okay set your own daylight saving schedule) between the old and new. There was a recall on the panel but it only affected the SIA transmission format and a near full event buffer. If you're looking for a "bug free" panel I don't think any vendor fits there. Everyone has their own little issues. DSC is not a top of the line product. DSC is a main stream, low end, high volume panel vendor. If you want to "upgrade" then there should be some features you have in mind to upgrade to. Once you list those features it would be easier to recommend a panel that would fit.

I'm with you, if it ain't broke don't fix it.

It was an older panel, that had some quirks, most notably was I set one keypad to chime on door opening, and after a day it would revert back and all the keypads would chime on door opening. One of the keypads was in the bedroom and that made for a very big annoyance. So that's one reason why I'm upgrading, and I firgured that I would go to an 864 that has more outputs and more partitions so I have room to grow. But I'm tryinig to figure out whether to go with the 864 or

I agree, no "bug free" panel, but I would think that the last version of the 864 was more stable then the new 1864, since it had been out for some time, but you guys are the experts. And since I'm not affiliated with DSC and doing this on my own, I would imagine I don't get any recall upgrades. My main issue with my old 832 was that 'drive you crazy' door chime on all the keypads. And I figured with the 864 I had more room to grow, specifically with more zones and partitions (my 832 had 27 zones used). I'm just trying to decide what the lesser of two evils are, 864 or 1864.

The way some companies work is to have the dealer be the "Beta" for the product. Others do not. In any case the 832 has been out there long enough so there aren't any surprises left I'd say. When there are problems with panels, I have had manufacture's engineers fly in to (think) they were going to tell me how the cow ate the cabbage, but left with their tail between their legs owing me thousands of dollars in tech time. I am not saying that was DSC, but I am not saying that wasn't DSC. Having a panel with 27 zones is not a lot of zones and the 832 can handle that easily. As you know the

I might be adding on, so the need for more zones may arrise, so I think I will move up, to the 864 so I have more room. And as you said it's been out for a while, so hopefully I can get one that was the last version before they dropped it and went to the 1864. I have to get a new panel regardless, even if I were to just get another (updated) 832 because that damn keypad chiming on all the keypads drives me nutz when I'm trying to sleep!!

Anyone know what the last version produced was on the 864? A good vendor to purchase from? Thanks again!!