Recent content by Del91574

It can't be the same as fire. Code requirement and UL.   The basic sound can't be modified in the panel otherwise.

Last I looked, there was a pile of these out there as Elk was discontinuing them and you can still find NIB touchscreens.

Environmental would be the suspect here.   You didn't mention make/model, so part of the equation is the operating environment the detector is in, second being what technology the unit is using, followed by adjustment (if available) and whether or not the detector has any immunity involved.  ...

With the Honeywell fob, you can assign the loops to perform specific functions or arming methods, and as alluded to, the rules portion is how you can drive more complex actions.   I have a customer with GE fobs that has 3 partitions and I have the basic arm/disarm attached to the main buttons...

Of course I'm slightly bleary eyed from a long weekend, but I think the resistor would need to be in series with the doorbell button and one leg of the trigger to the chime. The pushbutton is NO (or very close to it depending on if it is lighted or not) because the button, when pressed, is a...

Check the databus for additional errors or cabling/termination issues.

Code is required to force arm as it is a "lesser" level of security. You could modify the scroll arm methods if you don't use vacation and the random arming types, otherwise a F key is an option.

Gold coast for alarm systems here. Have done the dance before with the manufacturers and warranty claims.   Andersen voids the warranty on the specific components modified, IE: sill and sash or weatherstripping. We've moved from drilling much of the sash by using rare earth magnets (discussion...

I don't see anywhere where the OP will allow the extra data bits of the PIN to be passed with the credential?   So that would rule out the HAI as the "gatekeeper" so to speak, which would mean the ACS would be the primary and then drive a KS zone on the HAI to operate, but they would both be...

Guessing he's using an old windows machine and/or browser.   There was an issue with W7 and the firmware on the XEP from what I remember, mainly security upgrades, blocking backwards compatibility.

There's 2 ways to go with cameras....either you buy a halfway decent embedded solution, staying away from consumer grade hardware OR you build your own NVR on a PC and install VMS software, which comes in all sorts of flavors. The largest issue with brewing your own is if you're not familiar...

Elk's transformers are PTC protected.....at least all the M1 SYS kits I buy come with them. Green LED should always be on. If there's no output, like this case, the suspect would be the information given.....   Bad battery, causes charging circuit to work harder, which in turn can do two things...

Not likely locked to a FC, but more likely to have a parity bit and where the data string resides. Easy enough to figure out what the scenario is if you have a card.....problem is you'd need to determine the raw data.   I'd look at the card(s) personally and see what it is and contact...

Unless there's a reason to remote the relay board or the 3rd party device needs ethernet and is compatible, I'd just stick a M1RB in the can and call it a day.

What do you get when you perform a signal strength/sniffer test?