Can the Omni use any other generic controllers that fit a current standard besides those 2 Leviton Part #s ?
The 42A00-1 is the best of the bunch. There are a number of other wireless transceivers out there but none have anywhere near the number of devices supported.
Even though GE quit the security business, their wireless protocol is somewhat of a standard. New companies that make GE wireless compatible devices include Elk and Alula. This goes along with Caddx and Interlogix. I have used all these companies devices and they work... There is one design flaw I want to mention.... Using GE wireless smoke detectors with HAI results in some weird behavior. I notified HAI a number of times and they never addressed it. When you take a wireless smoke detector off the ceiling, it should generate a "trouble" or "cover/tamper" message. Thats what an Ademco/Honeywell system does. If you take down a GE wireless smoke hooked to the HAI, it goes immediately into fire alarm. So, if you are going to use smokes with it, make sure to always put the system in "test" mode with the monitoring company first or turn the HAI off before taking the smoke detector down to replace batteries. Another oddity is the GE wireless devices have a number of states "Normal, Alarm, Supervision timeout, Cover/Tamper and Low Battery". These messages show up on the small display on the transceiver. They also show up on the PC Access zone status page as a code (where you normally see 128 or 0). However, they are not displayed on the console. All you get there is trouble. If you want what the status bits mean, let me know and I can provide the table....
Don
