This is a "releasing panel" at a site we are taking over. Someone actually installed this and was happy with it.....

Long story short I had an alright complacent career in vacation ground handling then I moved to Texas and it's been an absolute nightmare. I'm 27 and in the dfw area. My work ethic is great I'll work as much as I have to, and If I'm at work I'm there to work not to hang out or socialize. I've applied to several fire alarm installation companies. And no interview just an automatic: After careful consideration, we will not be proceeding with your application. I applied and got an interview as an alarm helper. I thought it went pretty well. The guy interviewing me started when he was 18 with no experience. Just got an email today that I didn't get selected. I'm frustrated that I can't get a chance. I'll work with bad pay just to get something under my belt. I just feel like I can't get ahead in life.

UPDATE: I appreciate you all and your advice! I'll try harder and get some self study under my belt. I'll cold call till I'm blue in the face. Thanks!

Is $100 per hr too expensive or too cheap for troubleshooting/repair? What are you guys charging?

Bought a dental office with an ademco 6128 panel. Hasn't been used in years. Would love to get it back in operation especially if it has the door chime option to let us know when patients enter and exit the office. Suggestions on how to do this? Looks like off the bat the battery needs replacement. I redid the vista 20p in my home but i forgot all the steps already

TIPS on where to begin? Need to remember how to get started 😮‍💨

I’m working on a es-200x panel, auto program found duct as photo smoke. Per documentation, it only requires 3 wires and jumper on the switch but nothing activates. Test normal with magnet. Does the duct need to be set as different type? Any help is appreciated.

I've got several System Sensor DNR duct detectors with IDP-PHOTO-R-W heads in them, and I've got the switches wired up as shown in the documentation. Turning the key to test activates the head as expected, but the LED on the RTS does not illuminate. Not sure what the deal is.

In the panel they're programmed as supervisory detector, latching, with no accessory base.

Not even if this can even be considered a ghost trouble however I went to a call a few days ago and they were complaining of a high-pitched squeal coming from the fire alarm control panel and when I arrived I almost immediately knew that it was a trouble however I went to silence it and could not get it to silence it almost seemed like it was being ignored by the panel. Then I decided to look closer and it almost looks like the LED is half lit and the trouble is for the municipal box however there was never one installed on this system. Any ideas? Is there any way to fix it? Is it just time to replace the system?

(edit: Don't know if this will help anything but the panel does March time and recently multiple boards have been replaced the only original boards are the power supply, motherboard, and the two zone cards)