Honeywell VISTA-20P Ademco Control Panel, PCB in Aluminum Enclosure

Works well, easy set up great upgrades for good price !!

Love it

I like the product, but Im having problems programing it. I guess I forgot all I new about programing this control.

I bought this box (on Amazon) as a kit along with many of the other pieces I needed to construct a full system. I have a background as both a computer software and hardware engineer. I installed my own professional system in a different house many years ago. Even with my background, it still took me numerous hours to setup and program this system, along with a few questions in an alarm forum. The system I installed years ago had a computer interface with a program specific to the unit I had. That was a much easier setup. All of my programming was on the 6160RF keypad. The is a new keypad out (6260) which is supposed to have some programming aids built in, but I could not find anyone who had actually used one. The documentation is helpful in some areas and non-existant in others. Again, this system is sold expecting that it will be installed by a professional alarm installer. It is a good piece of hardware, but there are much better choices for a total novice. If you are getting one, here are my recommendations: 1. Get the RF option on the keypad even if you think you will not need any RF devices. The difference in cost is small and you will likely find out later that you do want one or more RF sensors. 2. Get a 7 ah battery rather than the 4 most people include in the kits. It will take longer to die of old age and last longer under load. Again the cost difference should be small. 3. Get an outside horn (#702). The Wave2 that most people sell is not fully weather proof and is not loud enough to wake up the neighbors. Use the Wave2 inside as a second horn. 4. Include fire detectors in your system. If you have both burg and fire, you will get a very large discount on your homeowners insurance. My discount pays for all my monitoring costs. Also it is good protection to have the fire department called if there is a fire when you are not home.

Once I reviewed many You Tube videos I was able to do the setup. I still do not know how to connect a panic switch.

Great panel good price

ok

Its a great panel with a lot of potential if youre looking for a great system that can also be tied in to your automation system and is extremely user friendly however you will not get any support directly from honeywell unless you work for a company but there are plenty of companies out there that have very experienced technicians and would be more than willing to help you over all its a great system with a lot of potential would recommend it a thousand times over

Good clean panel. Current revision. Arrived as expected.

Easy install and user friendly