vista 15pmt

how do you mean; swap the firmware?

curious

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)

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

aha, I'll have to start scrounging chips then

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

Yep.

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

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

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

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.

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

They are standard keypads

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

Naaa I got tons of em

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

ok got it...thanks

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

you got lost in the thread somewhere Mark...we're talking about the ITI Monitronics thingie now....you gotta keep up man.

My dawg is a lazy union man though...I'd have to pay him scale and it would never get done on time.