Don Baker
11-02-2005, 06:31 AM
You may have already heard this but IMHO the Lucent/Avaya Partner ACS system
is a great place to start. General other things to consider:
Get the service and programming manuals as part of the initial installation,
not later. You must have them before you pay for the system no matter which
one you get. I have had some problems getting full docs at a later date on
small systems;
Any of the ones you are looking at are fine for home or small and expanding
business, pick the one with the best local sales and post sale support. We
all like to do things ourselves, but there are only 96 hors in a day and
sometimes a good local support vendor can be a real life saver.
-=my 2 cents=-
Don
"Michael Roback" <roback@earthlink.net> wrote in message
news:_5iOc.2660$9Y6.1482@newsread1.news.pas.earthl ink.net...
> I am almost ready to move into a house I have been remodeling for a few
> years! I need to install a key system. I have been comparing Nortel,
> Samsung, Panasonic, NEC and Toshiba. Of these systems it apperas that the
> Nortel, Samsung and Panasonic are the most user friendly with respect to
> programming. I will have approximately 1-3 Lines to start and about 7-8
> Locations + a front Door Box to start. So I presume that I need a 8X16
> system? The Panasonic equipment seems kind of cheesy and they change
models
> fairly frequently compared to the others. But it seems as though it is
more
> geared towards residential applications. Also I understand that both
analog
> and digital systems are available. Which one is preferable and why?
> Someone on this site has a website for do it yourself phone system
> installers and was going to send me a link to his online book but never
did.
> Does anyone know who that is? Does anyone have any experience putting key
> systems in homes and if so which systems would you recommend?
>
>
is a great place to start. General other things to consider:
Get the service and programming manuals as part of the initial installation,
not later. You must have them before you pay for the system no matter which
one you get. I have had some problems getting full docs at a later date on
small systems;
Any of the ones you are looking at are fine for home or small and expanding
business, pick the one with the best local sales and post sale support. We
all like to do things ourselves, but there are only 96 hors in a day and
sometimes a good local support vendor can be a real life saver.
-=my 2 cents=-
Don
"Michael Roback" <roback@earthlink.net> wrote in message
news:_5iOc.2660$9Y6.1482@newsread1.news.pas.earthl ink.net...
> I am almost ready to move into a house I have been remodeling for a few
> years! I need to install a key system. I have been comparing Nortel,
> Samsung, Panasonic, NEC and Toshiba. Of these systems it apperas that the
> Nortel, Samsung and Panasonic are the most user friendly with respect to
> programming. I will have approximately 1-3 Lines to start and about 7-8
> Locations + a front Door Box to start. So I presume that I need a 8X16
> system? The Panasonic equipment seems kind of cheesy and they change
models
> fairly frequently compared to the others. But it seems as though it is
more
> geared towards residential applications. Also I understand that both
analog
> and digital systems are available. Which one is preferable and why?
> Someone on this site has a website for do it yourself phone system
> installers and was going to send me a link to his online book but never
did.
> Does anyone know who that is? Does anyone have any experience putting key
> systems in homes and if so which systems would you recommend?
>
>