Gabs

Strange, I didn't notice, I think ADE or Honeywell should add a Prox feature to the Accenta keypads. Ah, that is what I thought. I also think that the Veritas LCD keypad is better looking than the LCD Accenta keypad. Ah, do you mean the Optima, or Logic 4 as the ageing panel it took over? Yeah, I can see how hard these must be to program. I always thought that they'd be good for people who suffered memory loss, or weren't able to use a keypad.

What do you prefer for ease of use, instillation and build quality, Veritas or Accenta G4 and what would you rather install? Also, has the Logic 6 been discontinued? I can't seem to find one of them, or a simple set reader anymore. Seems a bit weird, I would have thought that they were two very popular products.

Ha, probably right The Accenta are pretty cheap.

Yeah, an Accenta like that, or just the transformer out of it. Do you still have it? If it was taken out.

Ha, oh dear! Oh, well. I will keep on the look out, or get some sort of plastic box. Do you have any old transformers for alarm panels? Just need one for my Accenta

Ah, right. I see. Do Honeywell still do those larger ADE Poly-carbonate cases? I may ring and ask. Do you have any old alarm plastic cases kicking around?

They are, but I thought it would be a shame to pull them apart if they are still working. Just wondering because someone here may have taken one out, and doesn't want any money for the old panel, just postage, which I'd happily pay.

Thanks for the reply, guys This may be a bit off topic from this, but have you taken out any dead panels? Like an Optima, Accenta or something simple like that? I want to pull apart an alarm circuit board, to see in detail how it works, and how it has been programmed. I also need a casing for my Accenta Mercury panel, any help is much appreciated

Shame, I can't seem to find anything like it on eBay, it only requires 3 wires to connect to the panel. Do you know if anything like these are still made, for panels like the Galaxy??

Hmmm, I don't know. Whatever works with it? Do you have a compatible printer? I don't mind any brand

Does anyone have an ADE Opus 42 printer taht they don't want? I need one for my Accenta Mercury. I'd pay postage

Around here, we have brick built substations, but they have plastic roofs, look strange, and a smelly old yellow Sonade with rusty bolts. I think the LEDs still flash in them, well, most of them anyway. I'd love to be an engineer, sounds like a good job, with no day the same.

I was honestly surprised when I walked past a Reson8 sounding, the ba***rd was so loud, I had to cross the road, and cover my ears! Much louder than 115 dB, I am sure. If ADE put them in a nicer casing, and covered the electronics, it would be a good bell box. Sounds good Part time? I finish school in June, anyway. Well, if you ignore the DANGER OF DEATH KEEP OUT signs, you get what's coming to you.

I bet, not worth risking their lives for. The substations here all have split and cracked CQR boxes, or Sonades. I think the cracked up old bell boxes are being replaced with the newer version of the Sonade, the Reson8 New victims?

Yep, sadly, Monday to Friday, why? Wow. It must have been easy to disable, bring key switch. It would be worrying to hear the bell sound in the middle of the night, knowing someone is risking their life to steal copper. I'd love an old keyswitch panel Really retro.

I haven't no, however, when I turn 20, and finish education, it is something I'd love to do Ho do you go about getting NSI Approved? Can't be that bad, surely?

Hmm, not too sure that's a good idea, Best just research online, how did you get into the security business? Installing alarms, and all of that. Ha, it does indeed. Would be amusing to see it smoking, though.

I would love to do that, but where do I start? How do I get into the security world?

I guess that is true. I'd like to be an engineer for a company like Northern Power Grid, installing alarm in substations, no worry of wires there. I think they may do

Will do, that isn't god service at all, there should be no wires visible, unless there is trunking around, or it is impossible to hide it well.

Ha, well, alarms a good fun to mess around with, but I don't think I cold do it as a serious job. There is a lot of responsibility, making sure you don't ruin someone's decor , and make sure it is all done perfectly.

Shame. When I was like 7 I got a Ventcroft Compact, and first thing I did was give myself an electric shock on the xenon strobe! Clever me They are quite small compared to other boxes too.

Yep, probably, and a few other bits and bobs, mainly alarm panel circuit boards, got an ADE Ultimate board under there, some were. I'd love some old security magazines from the 90s, showing off all of the alarm equipment. You learn something new every day So, that little board, and the awful sound it can produce is actually Gardtec? One thing I don't like about Ventcrofts is the fact that they only have a screw tamper, no back tamper.