quickloader available for all?

[teamo]

Gem 1632 panel. I installed the system myself a few years ago. It was programmed by a friend who owned an alarm company at the time. Is the quickloader sofware available for the homeowner or does Napco require you to be a licensed installer to download it and get a password? I would like to have the software to make changes to my system in the future. Thanks.

[mikealarm]

You have to be a dealer to download Quickloader software, but not to use it, The homeowner can still buy it from ebay.

[teamo]

If I buy it from ebay is it ready to go or do I need to get a password from Napco? What type of interface cable do I use from the computer into the RJ 45 connection in the panel?

[mikealarm]

The software is ready to go, but you will need a PCI-MINI, Napco's USB to serial port adapter, unless your computer has a serial port.

[teamo]

Okay if the computer doesn't have the serial port the mini adapter changes it to usb. Do I just use a usb to cat 5 converter from there or is there a special cable/adapter to go from the usb to the panel's rj connection?

[mikealarm]

You need Napco's USB to serial port adapter, from the adapter you need the PCI-MINI, from that you use the 6 wire download cord into the panel.

[teamo]

I bought the Quickloader and the interface cable. I have yet to install it in the computer.
1. Can I use the software on more than one computer? I would like to download it into my desktop so that I can practice using it before hooking it up to the panel.
2. If I set up the software and connect it to the 1632 panel will it show the current program that is active? I would like to see everything from the current program on the screen before I dump a new program into the panel and wipe the previous program out.

[mikealarm]

You can use the software on as many computers as you want, just upload the program from the panel to any computer.

[teamo]

You can use the software on as many computers as you want, just upload the program from the panel to any computer.


Just to make sure I understood you, I can install the software and then upload the program that is already installed in the Napco 1632 into the software computer?

[mikealarm]

Yes, the panel already has a defaulted program in it, you upload the program make the changes then download it back into the panel, then upload from the panel to the rest of your computers.

[teamo]

I already have a program in the panel that was set up by a friend of mine who is a Napco installer. Will this program upload to the software or just the default program that the panel comes with? My system works great as is,  I just want to make a few small changes like changing the pgm output to trip on only one zone, and add a new zone to the interior zones (additional pir's).

[mikealarm]

Whatever is in the panels program will be available to upload.