Honeywell VISTA-20P Ademco Control Panel, PCB in Aluminum Enclosure

Excellent product bought to replace adt system very easy to wire and set up great product

panel worked as adverstised

I just received the panel today. Looks new original packaging from DYMS at firmware version 9.18 (printed on the box). I will see if I can upload a photo. Once I get it installed I will update this review and star rating. The version was important to me because I want to use the 6162, May others have ordered the VISTA-20s and got what I call (returns) with lower firmware. More to come

Just received this panel today (4/15/2014), and ordered from NuWave AV based off of one of the reviews below. I needed Revision 9.16 or higher to work with the keypad that I ordered. I received Revision 9.12 from them. I will be returning this immediately as it does not work with the keypad that I ordered. On top of that, the battery was shipped with it inside the panel box, and was loose during shipping. It moved around inside the box and shockingly didnt bust, but who knows how much damage it did to the panel itself. BEWARE OF ORDERING FROM NuWave AV. I will not order from them again!!!

The product is used by most pros. Installing it myslef was fun. Make sure you add a battery and, I suggest, add also EYEZ-ON EVL-3 which give capability to send you alerts (email and sms). Also suggest that you combine it with 6160 alpha keypad because you will need it to do all the needed programming.

Arrived on time. The product worked great. I was worried that it might be flimsy per one other review. I was pleased with the steel thickness.

Excellent product. Easy too install, but hard to program. very recomendable to buy. The sensitive es very well. The case its bigger

I bought this box (on Amazon) as a kit along with many of the other pieces I needed to construct a full system. I have a background as both a computer software and hardware engineer. I installed my own professional system in a different house many years ago. Even with my background, it still took me numerous hours to setup and program this system, along with a few questions in an alarm forum. The system I installed years ago had a computer interface with a program specific to the unit I had. That was a much easier setup. All of my programming was on the 6160RF keypad. The is a new keypad out (6260) which is supposed to have some programming aids built in, but I could not find anyone who had actually used one. The documentation is helpful in some areas and non-existant in others. Again, this system is sold expecting that it will be installed by a professional alarm installer. It is a good piece of hardware, but there are much better choices for a total novice. If you are getting one, here are my recommendations: 1. Get the RF option on the keypad even if you think you will not need any RF devices. The difference in cost is small and you will likely find out later that you do want one or more RF sensors. 2. Get a 7 ah battery rather than the 4 most people include in the kits. It will take longer to die of old age and last longer under load. Again the cost difference should be small. 3. Get an outside horn (#702). The Wave2 that most people sell is not fully weather proof and is not loud enough to wake up the neighbors. Use the Wave2 inside as a second horn. 4. Include fire detectors in your system. If you have both burg and fire, you will get a very large discount on your homeowners insurance. My discount pays for all my monitoring costs. Also it is good protection to have the fire department called if there is a fire when you are not home.

Panels work and Im happy. Great deal. I will buy more.

Excellent control panel easy to program