"TheChief" wrote in message
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AlanC Wrote in message:
Hi,

I am thinking about replacing my Scantronics 9800 house alarm which I
installed in 2000. I have been looking at the Texacom Premier Elite
range and was wondering if anyone had any experience of them or generally
with Texacom alarms. Are they good quality/reliable?

I was planning on just replacing the control panel and the remote keypads
(2), re-using the existing wiring, PIR's, door contacts and smoke
sensors.

I quite liked their ability to connect to the local network (LAN) so that
everything can be configured via a PC rather than the keypad.

I don't have the model you are looking at, but the more basic
Excel. Used it to replace an old Pyronix unit.

Like you I re-used existing passives etc. - not generally an issue.

The Texecom unit is good average I would say. Suffered a noisy
transformer which was immediately replaced FOC. Since then it
has been a reliable device with many useful features. E. g. Give
each family member a different access code. This saves button
wear and you can check what time the kids really came in!

Don't forget who will be picking the nursing home...