Has Anyone Ever Used A Handheld Programmer For Brinks Security Panels?

[Guest cool_one]

Hi guys,

I purchased a home with a brinks panel already installed from the previous owner about 2 yrs ago. At one point I tried to get the panel activated and to no one elses surprise, brinks monitoring fee and required comittment was a big shock to me.

Recently, I found a board talking about a hackers version of a brinks programmer on ebay.

(See here)

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewI...em=190001185359

I took a chance and purchased it. It pretty much does everything he claims it will. I can change zone types, attributes, master code, aux codes, all of the important stuff no problem. But the designer of this device makes no claim to know anything about brinks panels or other products other than what he's learned from his own BHS2000. Now that I have my panel set up and the eprom data backed up to disk I want to experiment with the device programmer. Some of the data on the chip is obvious what its purpose is. Other data is not so obvious. This brings me to my question....

Can anyone that's ever used a Brinks/Scantronics handheld programmer tell me some other things that it is capable of doing on a BHS2000 panel? I'd like to adjust the amount of time the siren stays on, and the entry/exit delay time. How is this set with a brinks handheld, or is it?

Thanks,

Eric

[Service Engineer]

That's a lot of money for a chip reader.. But im pretty sure that BHS has no installs here in the UK, so doubt anyone will be able to advise you regarding the particular software and chip reader you have purchased.

[morph]

American/Canadian Panel you might get someone to help you if you search for "AlarmsBC" on the net.

But if its of any help its an American Scantronic Panel and you can get a chip programmer to reprogram it, but unless you know what your looking for on the code you wont get very far.