Hey y’all, as the title says, I need help with an IFP-75 I recently bought new-in-box for a cheap price on eBay. I tested the NACS and SLC, and everything works as expected. The only issue is programming.
I was under the impression that the IFP-75 didn’t need a license key, since on HFSS it shows up on the software, and you can create a configuration on it in HFSS just fine. I didn’t know you needed a license to upload to the panel. When I try downloading to the panel, it says I need a license to download to the panel, or something along those lines.
My question is, would there be any way to flash 6700 firmware onto it, or any way I can make it so that it can accept 6700 programming so I wouldn’t need a license? This isn’t going to be a life safety system and is just going to be used on a small demo board, so I don’t care if swapping firmware or modifying this panel in any way voids the warranty. I wanted to get mapping programmed and sync options programmed, but unfortunately, that’s only available through HFSS.
I don’t think flashing 6700 firmware on it would work, because the panels have different amounts of points. The IFP-75 supports 150 devices, and the 6700 supports 100. It would probably brick the panel or at least mess it up, so I would not recommend flashing 6700 firmware to it.
By the way, if I remember correctly, these panels are front panel programmable. Have you tried programming with the keypad yet?
Lol yeah I’m glad the IntelliKnight panels aren’t proprietary. I’ve heard the IFP-50 (older, basically the 5700) needs a dongle which was the only thing stopping me from buying one. It makes me wonder why someone would even purchase a Farenhyt panel because from what I’ve seen, they offer the same features as IntelliKnight panels, but they’re proprietary. Pretty stupid imo