Any help is appreciated,
Logan
Jim Rojas
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Doug
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>Since you said you are using a D5200 I assume you are talking about the data
>lock code and not the RAM password. There is a way to unlock a data locked
>panel. There is a single back door code installed by the original programmer
>of the panel software back in the days when Salinas (I can still smell the
>chocolate) was headquarters (and he told his bosses to their face there
>wasn't one). There is a technique for doing it that involves the placement
>of the back door code in the proper position of data lock codes. It does
>also involve removing CMOS battery power (for about 5 minutes to drain the
>capacitors - on 9412GV2 panels it takes about 30 minutes because of the
>"super" capacitors they use instead of the regular ones on the older
>panels). Once you do that you can set the data lock code to default. If you
>don't want to do that you can send it back to Bosch to unlock it but they
>will charge you $40.00 to do it (if you're still a valid Bosch dealer -or
>even if you're on repair staus if you've been kicked off for lack of sales
>volume). Do you have RPS software or are you stuck with the D5200
>programmer? What version of firmware is in the panel? I think they're up to
>6.81 now.
Tell us more. What is that back door lock code? Maybe you can write a
Technogram...
- badenov
"Technograms" from Bosch these days usually mean you're going to have to go
out and yank some panels or reprogram something. It is doing Bosch work for
free (or almost free - they give you a $75.00 CREDIT when you have to swap a
panel). We did panel swaps at about 30 locations in the past 12 months (GV2
panels) TWICE! Boy, that really inspires confidence from a customer when you
have to swap his new panel twice in less than a year. I really hate to see
Technograms.
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>If you've been to RPS class they tell you about the unlock code. It is not a
>secret. The bad guys already know about it. I didn't say what the code was
>or where to put it or fully explain the process. Why not let the good guys
>that don't know about it yet find out. Once they know it exists they can go
>through proper channels to find out the particulars if they need to unlock a
>panel. If they're the bad guy they'll keep guessing. Bosch panels end up in
>some pretty high security areas. If you've data locked a panel and think it
>is bullet-proof I think it is important to know that there is a way to
>defeat it. I just explained that there is a hole in the data lock feature
>and how it came to be. You might rely too much on data lock when you should
>actually do more to protect the panel and its data from attack
I've never felt the need to go to an RPS class, since I've been using RAM
since before it had Roman numerals. Do they actually give you the back
door code in class, or just tell you that it exists?
Datalock was never intended as a way to keep bad guys out of programming.
It was developed at the request of the big alarm companies, who wanted to
prevent their smaller competitors from reprogramming their panels. This is
why there is no way to use a 5200 to restore a panel to the factory
defaults if the lock code is unknown: that feature would allow one alarm
company to take over another alarm company's panel.
Personally, I think if the customer owns the panel, then any Bosch dealer
should be able to default it and reprogram it. Bosch disagrees. But what
really pisses me off is that if the lithium battery in a panel dies, and AC
and main battery are disconnected, the panel cannot be reprogrammed by
anyone except the Bosch factory. I'm locked out of panels that I paid for!
And I have to pay Bosch an extortion fee to get them fixed. It's doubly
bad, since in some of the panels, the lithium battery is soldered into the
board, and changing it is no easy matter. Preventive maintenance is not an
option.
- badenov
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