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jay

Jan 1, 1970
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Hello,

I'm just getting started in the trade (as a tech) and I have been
reading back posts here - only 21,000 more to go!

I'd like to get some opinions (danger Will Robinson, danger) on
several areas of the trade.

1. Trade Magazines (not to learn nitty gritty but for overview/new
products & technologies)

I signed up for the following and have listed them in my current order
of preference:
Security Dealer
Security Products
SDM
Security Sales & Integration
Security Technology & Design
Security Systems News (seems to be more business than tech)

Are there others that I should be looking at? Are any of the above
known to pander to advertisers?

2. Websites
I just found the forum at http://www.homesecuritystore.com/ and am
downloading the DSC and Visonic manuals to look over.

What other websites are good?

3. Of all the brands and makes out there, which ones should a new
tech learn/look at first. I'm a bit confused who owns/recently bought
who. I'm in Southern Nevada if region matters.

DSC
Visonic
Ademco
Caddx
Linear
ITI
GE
Honeywell
others?

Thanks!

Jay
 
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J Barnes

Jan 1, 1970
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I prefer SDM, the tech tips and the quiz page are a good source of basics.
Be cautious about what you read here, 99%bs and 1%true.

James
 
C

Crash Gordon

Jan 1, 1970
0
Go to the next ISC Show (in Vegas), it's usually in January I believe.
You'll get TONS of crap to carry home :)


| Hello,
|
| I'm just getting started in the trade (as a tech) and I have been
| reading back posts here - only 21,000 more to go!
|
| I'd like to get some opinions (danger Will Robinson, danger) on
| several areas of the trade.
|
| 1. Trade Magazines (not to learn nitty gritty but for overview/new
| products & technologies)
|
| I signed up for the following and have listed them in my current order
| of preference:
| Security Dealer
| Security Products
| SDM
| Security Sales & Integration
| Security Technology & Design
| Security Systems News (seems to be more business than tech)
|
| Are there others that I should be looking at? Are any of the above
| known to pander to advertisers?
|
| 2. Websites
| I just found the forum at http://www.homesecuritystore.com/ and am
| downloading the DSC and Visonic manuals to look over.
|
| What other websites are good?
|
| 3. Of all the brands and makes out there, which ones should a new
| tech learn/look at first. I'm a bit confused who owns/recently bought
| who. I'm in Southern Nevada if region matters.
|
| DSC
| Visonic
| Ademco
| Caddx
| Linear
| ITI
| GE
| Honeywell
| others?
|
| Thanks!
|
| Jay
|
 
J

Jim

Jan 1, 1970
0
jay said:
Hello,

I'm just getting started in the trade (as a tech) and I have been
reading back posts here - only 21,000 more to go!

I'd like to get some opinions (danger Will Robinson, danger) on
several areas of the trade.

1. Trade Magazines (not to learn nitty gritty but for overview/new
products & technologies)

I signed up for the following and have listed them in my current order
of preference:
Security Dealer
Security Products
SDM
Security Sales & Integration
Security Technology & Design
Security Systems News (seems to be more business than tech)

Are there others that I should be looking at? Are any of the above
known to pander to advertisers?

2. Websites
I just found the forum at http://www.homesecuritystore.com/ and am
downloading the DSC and Visonic manuals to look over.

What other websites are good?

3. Of all the brands and makes out there, which ones should a new
tech learn/look at first. I'm a bit confused who owns/recently bought
who. I'm in Southern Nevada if region matters.

DSC
Visonic
Ademco
Caddx
Linear
ITI
GE
Honeywell
others?

You might want to try CE Pro Magazine.

Quite diversified. In addition to alarms .... it covers some of the
other
related tech items having to to with audio, video, communications, LAN
wiring, home automation.


Although considered by many here to be difficult to program, Napco is
just about
the most versatile panel available. The difficulty in programing only
applies if you
don't use a laptop to program. With a laptop it's real easy but keypad
programing
is a real bear.
 
J

Jim

Jan 1, 1970
0
J said:
I prefer SDM, the tech tips and the quiz page are a good source of basics.
Be cautious about what you read here, 99%bs and 1%true.

James


Hi James,

I'd be real interested in hearing specifically what technical
information
that you've read here you consider "bs" and which you consider "true".
 
S

S. Smith

Jan 1, 1970
0
Hey J,

Good luck starting out. My boss was a dick and just tossed me a manual
(sometimes) and said "make it work".
Check out panelguides.com. You'll even be able to find some elusive
radionics books there.
 
J

jay

Jan 1, 1970
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S. Smith said:
Hey J,
Good luck starting out. My boss was a dick and just tossed me a manual
(sometimes) and said "make it work".

LOL, hey so long as there's a manual! :)
Check out panelguides.com. You'll even be able to find some elusive
radionics books there.

Thanks for the url - am checking it out.

Also back in March, Mike Sokoly posted this:
||"Remember the old Sentrol Application Book?
||Seems GE Has reprinted it and updated it, too in .pdf!
||Here's the Link to copy and Paste(It's Long!)
||http://www.gesecurity.com/portal/si...66030730?selectedID=548&seriesyn=false&t=prod

I downloaded it and it was a great overview/intro for me.

Thanks everybody!

Jay
 
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Frank Olson

Jan 1, 1970
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Jim said:
Hi James,

I'd be real interested in hearing specifically what technical
information
that you've read here you consider "bs" and which you consider "true".


You mean like:

"DSC's comprehensive line of Intrusion Detection products represents a
degree of excellence unparalleled in the security industry."

"Installers everywhere rely on DSC control panels, motion detectors,
glassbreak detectors, central station receivers and wireless sensors and
receivers when building the perfect security system."

:)
 
J

J Barnes

Jan 1, 1970
0
LOL Frank,
Especially stuff like that. I installed a bunch of that DSC stuff
several years ago "200-300 panels" and I have had to replace most of them.
It was always a different problem with DSC but it was always a Problem!

James
 
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Crash Gordon

Jan 1, 1970
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so then they are reliable in that sense eh?


| LOL Frank,
| Especially stuff like that. I installed a bunch of that DSC stuff
| several years ago "200-300 panels" and I have had to replace most of them.
| It was always a different problem with DSC but it was always a Problem!
|
| James
|
|
|
message
| | > Jim wrote:
| >> J Barnes wrote:
| >>
| >>>I prefer SDM, the tech tips and the quiz page are a good source of
| >>>basics.
| >>>Be cautious about what you read here, 99%bs and 1%true.
| >>>
| >>>James
| >>
| >>
| >>
| >> Hi James,
| >>
| >> I'd be real interested in hearing specifically what technical
| >> information
| >> that you've read here you consider "bs" and which you consider "true".
| >>
| >
| >
| > You mean like:
| >
| > "DSC's comprehensive line of Intrusion Detection products represents a
| > degree of excellence unparalleled in the security industry."
| >
| > "Installers everywhere rely on DSC control panels, motion detectors,
| > glassbreak detectors, central station receivers and wireless sensors and
| > receivers when building the perfect security system."
| >
| > :)
|
|
 
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