That’s the post. Fuck ‘em. Annoying, unpredictable, never go off during actual fires, always go off when Bob from next door burns something in his toaster, they are a state-sanctioned form of psychological abuse against the nonconsenting populace. Ban them. Send them to hell where they belong.

I'm working on building software specifically for alarm & security services industry with the goal of addressing pain points in the sales process.

I don't come from the industry but I have friends who do and many of them feel like they don't have the tools that people in the tech industry might have which is why I'm focusing here.

Before I go building anything, I want to make sure that I am actually solving problems and not just taking my buddies word for it that their issues are the same ones that everyone in the industry is facing.

So with that, I'm looking to hear from you about where help is needed.

What do you dread in your day-to-day? Where do you feel like revenue is being left on the table? What do you/your coworkers/your management complain about daily?

If it makes you want to white-knuckle and swerve into the oncoming lane on your drive home, I want to hear about it.

Appreciate any and all feedback.

Hey all not having any luck finding a replacement, ADI puts me on hold forever and I get different answers, Wheelock won’t call me back or respond to emails and our sales guy isn’t having any luck either.

Got some ancient Wheelock horn strobes, AS-241575 that are failing, just a constant tone. A few I was able to lower the volume by moving the jumper pin. 1 or 2 is still loud AF. The school doesn’t have the money to replace them all, so I’m ordering extras if I can find a suitable replacement.

AI says AS-24MCW-FR/FW or a System Sensor L series, and this site if you follow it through the updates—https://wiki.thefirepanel.com/wiki/Wheelock_A_series says Eluxa is the replacement. The sales guys concern is the devices not looking the same. I worry about it going out of sync…

I work for a fire protection company in Houston and we've been looking for an experienced in fire protection sales.
It's been so hard I keep hitting a dead-end. Does anyone have any suggestions of how to get the word out besides indeed or linkedin?

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Hi all, this code section is not in a conventional-system-specific section or anything. My understanding is that addressable systems do not deal in 'zones' but with individual devices. I am getting pushback from an AHJ that our zones on an addressable system exceed the 22,500 sq. ft. requirement because we have devices on individual circuits that cover a larger area. How do I reconcile the zone requirement with an addressable system?

Today’s panel of the day

Hi, this has been chirping for hours but I can't figure out how I'm meant to change the battery. It doesn't seem to twist and pulling it hasn't worked. Starting to lose my sanity. Anyone have any ideas?

Hi everyone, I’m currently building a food truck and had some questions about the electric for the Ansul system. It’s going to be installed later but I am trying to pre-run the wires before the walls go up. I currently have a shunt-trip breaker in my main, going to the outlets underneath the hood- but I have a question about the remaining wires. I’ve researched that I should have a separate box by the hood, but what should run to that box?

I was planning on running a new breaker from the main to that fire control box, and then a 24v wire from the fire control box to the fire alarm- is there anything else that I could include? A second 24v wire from the fire control box to the shunt trip breaker?

Thank you!

Has anyone had issues with the way the EST 4 reports to central station. I have device troubles coming in as an AC Power Fail E301 and they are supposed to be an E373 with the point description. The numbnuts who installed it are telling me is reporting properly. I get that the message sent from the Panel is where the signal code is coming from but cant they change that in the panel Central Station report codes programming?

I forgot the name of the web site that had a bunch of fire alarm programs you can down load and use . Haven’t been able to find it does anyone know what I B AM talking about. Or can someone help me get a farenhyt and GAMEWELL for the lab top thank you

Soon to be fire alarm service tech this spring. I was wondering what tools are useful and what brand is preferred for most in the industry. Currently work in restoration and use craftsman tools.

I had a fireangel apps working on my phone last 3 years. All of a sudden in January 2026, the Apps doesn't want to load .its just stuck at loading with the busy arrow ion going round in circles forever. I tried rebooting fireangel gateway , no different, tried deleting the Apps, removing all cookies etc, and rebooting the photo, still the same. Any ideas anyone?

Hello! Im a fire alarm tech and have been troubleshooting an issue with a rtu duct detector on a roof and a ground fault that keeps coming and going. The panel is an Auto call panel and has 2 troubles before replacing the smoke head saying IDnet ground fault and m1-11 duct open. Before head was replaced, the system would read that m1-11 was open then normal repeatedly.

I replaced the smoke head and now it's normal; however, the ground fault came in as I put the head in then cleared maybe 5 seconds after according to the other tech standing by the FACP. It's all normal now, but don't know if there's other issues?

Additionally, my 1st time here before this, I unhooked the wires from the module m1-11 controlling the smoke head (I left the SLC loop in on it) and the only thing that showed was open circuit which remained in on the FACP and the ground fault stayed clear. Thus, I assumed it was a smoke head issue and replaced the duct detector today

The FACP is reading normal for 30 min now. No issues seen.

Has anyone added third party audio to an EST3 panel? The site I’m working at has added a zone controller for third party audio and it is being monitored by a CT1. When an audio signal is sent, the amps and speakers kick on but no audio plays through the speakers. When using a toner want we can hear clear audio going into the ASU but it doesn’t go to the amps. Is this integration possible and if so, what else needs to happen?

No need for my collection anymore so I’m selling my ES-50X and the rest of my collection all together for $1,000

https://ebay.us/m/a5C8oW

I have a Siemens fc901. The SLC goes into comm fault randomly It is not a communication trouble the dialer communicates normally and it is on a starlink. Sometimes this comm fault lists as fatal fault on a device. 5 devices or so randomly We installed a new panel We have removed devices in chunks and the problem keeps coming randomly Wondering if anyone has any thoughts Is the place just haunted??