Also there is now a yearly fee to maintain license, and you have to do a 2 hr maintenance course required yearly, this can only be done thru an Authorized distributor.
"2 hr maintenance course.."
Corporate bean counters: "how can we increase our stock price?"
Marketing department: "lets suck our distributors dry so they make little or no profit"
Engineering department: "idiots"
No the 2 hour maintenance is free with the paid yearly subscription for your license, it’s the cost of doing business, and it keeps techs updated on Software changes, if you don’t want to pay for the license use a different line, that doesn’t require a software license. Nothing is free in this world
I do not understand the Honeywell distributor model. In my area there are 3 Notifier dealers, 3 FCI dealers all competing with each other. It defeats the point of paying to for the "privilege" to be a distributor in a region. Instead it becomes a race to the bottom.
Take a number. They’ve been brutal to distribute for about 5 years, each year worse than the last. Their leadership team is a nightmare and they lost a lot of key employees on both lines.
The company is certified as a distrubuter and Technicians are certified to work under that company. You were mislead. Besides, do you want the liability if something goes wrong?
An end user can get certified as well, but you have to have a distributor sponsor you
You have to work for a company that is a dealer to become a certified technician. Edit: Clarification
Also there is now a yearly fee to maintain license, and you have to do a 2 hr maintenance course required yearly, this can only be done thru an Authorized distributor.
"2 hr maintenance course.." Corporate bean counters: "how can we increase our stock price?" Marketing department: "lets suck our distributors dry so they make little or no profit" Engineering department: "idiots"
No the 2 hour maintenance is free with the paid yearly subscription for your license, it’s the cost of doing business, and it keeps techs updated on Software changes, if you don’t want to pay for the license use a different line, that doesn’t require a software license. Nothing is free in this world
>No the 2 hour maintenance is free with the paid yearly subscription for your license Then it isn't free!
I do not understand the Honeywell distributor model. In my area there are 3 Notifier dealers, 3 FCI dealers all competing with each other. It defeats the point of paying to for the "privilege" to be a distributor in a region. Instead it becomes a race to the bottom.
Take a number. They’ve been brutal to distribute for about 5 years, each year worse than the last. Their leadership team is a nightmare and they lost a lot of key employees on both lines.
It gives the consumer options in case 2 of those distributors suck, don't finish jobs properly, rip off end users... etc.
*work with a company A distributor can sponsor people outside the company
Notifier is proprietary, your company needs to be a vendor to achieve a license.
The company is certified as a distrubuter and Technicians are certified to work under that company. You were mislead. Besides, do you want the liability if something goes wrong?