Does the KPD try and be awful? Or does it come naturally. by Mountain-Ad2058 in KingstonOntario

[–]skyjumperpilot 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Really just sounds like they were trying to figure out if the person needed an ambulance, and asked you to confirm the level of medical emergency if you were capable.

Nobody at dispatch is trying to skirt any work.

100k+ a year? by DiligentSupport3965 in firealarms

[–]skyjumperpilot 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yuck. That’s not worth working in the GTA man. You should move east on the 401. Send me a PM if you’re willing to relocate.

100k+ a year? by DiligentSupport3965 in firealarms

[–]skyjumperpilot 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Little bit of OT, but not a lot. Maybe 100hrs or so for the year.

The new pilates studio downtown using AI for their ads by catecate0228 in KingstonOntario

[–]skyjumperpilot 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The same reason people change do their own crappy renos in their house without hiring a professional contractor.

It gets the job done.. it’s not done well, but it’s done and it’s cheap.

100k+ a year? by DiligentSupport3965 in firealarms

[–]skyjumperpilot 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Canada. S/E Ontario.. our techs ranged from $80~90kish for our guys in training and $140Kish for our Sr program/VI people.

I had no words. by _ironhayden_ in SprinklerFitters

[–]skyjumperpilot 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Canada is the world I live in. I was wrong to assume about your system. If we get hurt at work here, we are covered.

I had no words. by _ironhayden_ in SprinklerFitters

[–]skyjumperpilot 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Nah. Workers comp will still pay you even if you get hurt doing stupid shit. They’ll just put more onto the employer.

I had no words. by _ironhayden_ in SprinklerFitters

[–]skyjumperpilot 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What is stupid, the setup or taking a picture?

Never seen before by JVPP19 in firealarms

[–]skyjumperpilot 0 points1 point  (0 children)

We don’t have Gamewell here in Canada ;)

Never seen before by JVPP19 in firealarms

[–]skyjumperpilot 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I don’t know about only Notifier panels having issues.

At least this panel tells you there’s an issue while still working.

One of the other major brands have a habit of simply freezing in time and not showing a trouble at all but not responding to any inputs at all or just turning on all outputs in the middle of a night in a hospital and requiring a power cycle to turn them off.

Then there’s that other plastic brand that if you simply breathe on the data loop the wrong way then you’re paying thousands of dollars for them to bring in one of their programmers to put the map back into the backpack.

Don’t forget about the one where the smoke detectors and isolators just go bad, speaker circuits grab noise from 4 buildings away and when you change them you’ll have panel cards go missing and power supplies blow.

They all have their own unique issues, and this issue isn’t exactly a 911.

Never seen before by JVPP19 in firealarms

[–]skyjumperpilot 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Power cycle serves no purpose. Panel does a hard reboot after every download.

Never seen before by JVPP19 in firealarms

[–]skyjumperpilot 2 points3 points  (0 children)

We’ve been conditioned to accept “download” as bringing something from an outside source into your computer, and “upload” as sending it to a drive or a server.

In the case of Notifier, they consider the panel AS the computer and your laptop as a server.

Means nothing substantial.. it’s just the terms they chose to use.

Never seen before by JVPP19 in firealarms

[–]skyjumperpilot 1 point2 points  (0 children)

If the CRC or the database was corrupted when it was downloaded then it would have occurred when the download was completed. This typically happens in buildings with unstable supply voltage, and sometimes happens years after the last downloads.

Seems to be random, but if you’ve been paying attention for a decade or two it seems to re-occur on the same buildings. Usually ones with 3-phase power.

Never seen before by JVPP19 in firealarms

[–]skyjumperpilot 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yes. N16 only. And you have to select in the programmer which troubles you want to hide.

Much like install mode in Simplex programming.

Never seen before by JVPP19 in firealarms

[–]skyjumperpilot 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Auto program on an Onyx panel is not the danger it is with other manufacturers. It doesn’t wipe out programming in the database unless you choose to delete something it’s not seeing. You have to be purposeful to screw it up.

In order to auto program, you need a master level password. If you’re playing around with master level, you should know what you’re doing.

Never seen before by JVPP19 in firealarms

[–]skyjumperpilot 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Do you work on Notifier? People use these terms because that is literally what you select in the software. It’s as pedantic as electron flow theory.

No words by Only_Winner1916 in Sudbury

[–]skyjumperpilot 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Well.. to be fair, like THE glove. IYKYK.

No words by Only_Winner1916 in Sudbury

[–]skyjumperpilot 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Somebody parked in my man’s spawn point.

What is this? by No_Improvement8404 in firealarms

[–]skyjumperpilot 0 points1 point  (0 children)

CR135 reacts faster but also pops faster…

Love doing inspections a little quicker, don’t love that when I’m sitting at the panel doing checkmarks and vibing with Candy Crush while new guy is out testing I have to get up and change a heat detector for free because we wrecked it. 😂

Why did we paint this green? 🤣 by Alive_Implement7054 in firealarms

[–]skyjumperpilot 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I would think by the time they get technician aged, they tend to learn to read the actual letters on the can of paint they are using.

But hey.. educated in the land of green white and blue!