Hi Derek. The one here is exactly like that. Its a standard phone pad layout, with enter and reset in place of the hash and star. As a total, its a doddle! To be on the safeside though, asking any potential installer for a quick butchers at their wares may be the way to go. Darran ----- Original Message ----- From: "Andrew Hodgson" <andrew@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Wednesday, July 27, 2005 11:40 PM Subject: [access-uk] Re: intruder alarms | Hi Derek. | | We had such a system for a while while at our old house. We just keyed | in a code to start it, then a code to turn it off when we came in. If | the system was to go off, we would enter in the code, then press the | reset button which was located on the row beneath the number pad. All | the setting up was done by an engineer. The issues we had with the | system was that the system broke down when we came home one evening near | Christmas at around 11:30 P.M, and we hadn't a clue how to set it back | up. | | I quite fancy the challenge of setting up a system like this from | scratch, especially as we have the wiring already in place. | | Andrew. | | -----Original Message----- | From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf | Of Derek Hornby | Sent: 27 July 2005 23:35 | To: access-uk | Subject: [access-uk] intruder alarms | | Hi all | Does anyone have any experience operating an intruder alarm system? | | I am wondering how easy they're to set if one is blind visually | impaired. | | I mean the control panel, are the buttons like a phone, so one just | keys in a code to set, then another code to turn off, is that right. | | Regards, | Derek | | e-mail: derek.hornby_uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx | | | | | | ** To leave the list, click on the immediately-following link:- | ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe] | ** If this link doesn't work then send a message to: | ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx | ** and in the Subject line type | ** unsubscribe | ** For other list commands such as vacation mode, click on the | ** immediately-following link:- | ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=faq] | ** or send a message, to | ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the Subject:- faq | | ** To leave the list, click on the immediately-following link:- | ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe] | ** If this link doesn't work then send a message to: | ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx | ** and in the Subject line type | ** unsubscribe | ** For other list commands such as vacation mode, click on the | ** immediately-following link:- | ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=faq] | ** or send a message, to | ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the Subject:- faq | | ** To leave the list, click on the immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe] ** If this link doesn't work then send a message to: ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ** and in the Subject line type ** unsubscribe ** For other list commands such as vacation mode, click on the ** immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=faq] ** or send a message, to ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the Subject:- faq