ElecTech

Your right, but the world needs the low end **** kit markets to some degree. If everyone installed "quality" kit that was all to the same standard and everything was rounded and perfect. What would distinguish the good from the bad? Nothing. I for one am glad in some ways there are mickey mouse kits out there. It separates the kind of installer that you are & level of service/products you can provide.

If you want to have good product, you have to pay the good price.

When you say 'panic door' are we talking an emergency fire exit?

Some panic bars have a relay running through them to cut the power off...

Volt drop will matter as I'll be running the power through the relay 200m away? Power will run from the "panel" through the relay 200m away then back to the LED which is located on the panel... so round trip of 400m... I'm just wondering if there's a better solution. Current is 20mA.. LED is the type is fitted on industrial switch panels?? if that makes sense.

Shutter is on a internal section going into a segregated part of the building so no use in this instant. Door is not alarmed.

I am attempting to indicate a roller shutter has been left open with an LED indicator located at a drivers desk (point A)... the roller shutter is at point B with a lever that when bolted across a relay operates to N.O. Distance from point A to point B is 200m. What's my best way of doing it i.e. voltages and size of cables.... I was thinking of sending a +24VAC down one core from a panel that were having made, running through the relay to connect directly back to the LED indicator. and have 0v connected straight from panel to indicator....

Either - need to see the capabilities of both really...

It's at design stage - were going to look at some brands to see the capabilities and then apply as necessary.

Any recommendations on some good commercial lone working kit... This is on the lines of mass role out and perhaps integrated to a central monitoring point?

Not as tragic as this...

another pole perhaps??

Getting it is one thing - retaining it is another and much harder task... But not impossible ;-)

These guys are good... http://www.peterlynn4labels.co.uk/

Lol fair play!

In my opinion the residential market is saturated - you only need to google "house alarms" & prices of £100 - £150 pop up so the customer already has that in there head before you go through the door - I bet majority of the time you are just a price comparison. Commercial work is the way forward as you'll always be up against house bashers or multi nationals doing finance deals! Easier said than done but worth while if you can make it... edit* as above - don't waste your time too much and try to weed them out from the initial phone call

Dahua

No idea but I know a good shrink

Out of curiosity...... why?

For whatever reason I cant post in the existing DM into administration thread - will SD advanced and all analogue DVR's be manufactured under a new name or will they be discontinued and that's DM out of the analogue market?

Castle & Honeywell are tried and tested.

I don't have any specific question it was more of a rounded general view on the major differences - only today I have just gained access to a set of the regs through the online portal on NSI (going through approval at the minute).

Sorry I meant is there a difference in the programming between a grade 2 or 3 system in general. I meant G2 and G3 as grade 2 & 3 not the panel type.

Not dealt with many G3's and defo not the programming side - can someone briefly explain the differences in programming if any (usually only work on Galaxy Dimensions)?

When you say "alarm handling software" what exactly do you mean?