Recent content by TheDeepRough

Wow, you guys have given me a lot to think about. From what I can tell thus far, it is mostly as DEL has described. Big loop around the house. The good thing is, each room on the first floor seems to drop to the basement, then tapped in series with the next room. So, it should be relatively...

I took some pictures of the various components around the house (http://cocoontech.com/forums/gallery/album/90-dictograph-system/). Seems like, as some suspected, the window contacts are all in series, terminating at one block in the security panel. TO answer DEL - it seems to be 6V...

Physical switch that is upstairs, not sure what that is hooked up to? May not be related.

Indoor siren

Communicator Panel, battery?

SM-55 closed. Seems to indicate 6V DC 1.5A

Battery compartment, below the communication module.

Inside of the 'security panel' 'SM 55'

Diagram inside the 'security panel'.

Unsure of the type of contact, but, this is at all of the ground floor windows.

There are 6 wires to this location. Two lights. Key.

Seems to just be a lamp that indicates if the alarm is activated

4 wires from this box, it's outside.

Two wires off this device. The instructions claim that, pushing both buttons simultaneously will trigger the alarm system. The 'jack' seems to have been for a remote of sorts? Do not have that.