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ashleigh
13 Oct 04, 03:57 PM
DANGER DANGER

DO NOT plug a Concept Alarm system into the DB9 connector of a 5100TAU C-Bus Telephone Interface (to try and use the 5100TAU as a regular C-Bus PCI)!

The Concept systems change the C-Bus PCI baud rate from 9600 bits/sec to 1200 bits/sec.

The 5100TAU has an embedded PCI, but it has another processor in between. The result of plugging a Concept system into a 5100TAU is that the 5100TAU is rendered useless - the Concept won't talk through it and nor will anything else.

CIS can repair the settings, and plan on having a downloadable method of making the same fix - if all goes well its a week or two away.

The repair will just restore the settings so the unit operates again - it will not make it compatible with a Concept Alarm system. So....

DONT DO IT!

gump
22 Oct 04, 03:17 PM
cheers for that great fix will put fixed unit back into the wild :)

[IL]NewGen
22 Oct 04, 03:24 PM
hahaha... try it... you gotta be a screw loose to do it though... :D

coppo
24 Nov 04, 10:28 AM
Also for people using concept and then ringing CIS to obtain the "magic" unlock codes to reset their PCI back to 9600BPS.

It won't happen, due to it being a protocol issue, the info will not be supplied.

ON A LIGHTER NOTE:
Download the C-Bus Diagnostic Utility from the CIS website...
http://www.clipsal.com/cis/downloads.php3

It enables you to "Set PC Interface Modes".