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Thanks everyone for your comments.  I am just going to run the alarm cables along side the rest of the electric cables and call it a day.  I believe I have seen previous alarm cables that were originally ran by the installing company when the house was built being ran with electric in my...

Just wanted to bring this post back to life instead of creating a new one since we are just finishing up LV wiring for ethernet, security cams, etc.  My question is, I assume it is ok to run the alarm cable along side electrical cable (120v) even for a long distance?  I have even read its "most...

Hey All-   Going to be finishing off a bonus room above my garage and currently in the process of running LV wire.  Since walls are open and I need to run other wire (internet, etc) I figured I might as well pull some alarm cable for the 2 windows and 1 interior door (leading to the rest of the...

Just wanted to "piggyback" and ask a few questions (newb so still trying to learn):   1.  I will assume according to RAL's initial post that even if you don't have EOL resistors as part of your system the system itself will still "work" it just won't be able to tell if a door/window is open if...

Thanks RAL for the response....   Just wanted to clarify the 144 zones comment...everything I am reading says the 20P is limited to (40) wireless transmitters:  https://www.alarmgrid.com/faq/how-many-wireless-transmitters-can-a-honeywell-vista-20p-security-system-support   Even though in my case...

All-   Just have a quick wireless transmitter question, does each transmitter count towards one zone?  For instance, if I have two windows in my bedroom and put a wireless transmitter on each window would one window be Zone 9 and the other window be Zone 10?  I assume there is no way to combine...

Sorry about the pic...hard to capture the entire basement (including windows) in a single pic.  I made a quick illustration to show the lay out...not sure if this helps a little more?     I would not be opposed to putting it over the patio door ..but I was trying to get right in the middle of...

All-   I have everything up and basically running to when I had the Brinks alarm installed.  I would call it a successful install up to this point and just wanted to give a special thanks to both RAL and DEL for all the support and assistance along the way.   The only thing I really would like...

DEL-   I just tried the MAX setting again and motion is now working.  I don't know why it was not working before as I referenced in my post above.  The only things I have done since that post where I said it was not working was turned off auto stay and set up a zone list for Night Stay.  I know...

Motion programmed on Zone 2:  ZT 4 / P 1 / RC 00 / HW NC / RT 1

DEL-   I changed *84 (Auto Stay) to off as you stated.  This works fine and dandy and I set it successfully last night and it stayed to Away as designed.  Of course I woke up this morning and thought to myself, hey I just set the alarm to Away last night so that would have given someone 60 secs...

      All, just wanted to report back.  I think I am down to setting up a zone list for the motion to be on while in Night Stay mode.  Reason being is none of the options I have tried thus far enable the motion while the alarm is on.  Of course I know that Stay will not do it but I also tried...

Hoping someone can explain to me the differences between the arming modes "Away" and "Stay" versus what I already know:   Away:  Arms the system and gives you whatever the specified time is to exit the door as long as it's programmed Zone type 1 "Entry/Exit".  This also activates motion sensors...

RAL-  Thx for the detailed explanation.  Just another quick ? regarding the motion detector hook-up (promise last question)....should I or is it necessary for me to take off the cover of the actual motion detector device to see what inputs the green and white wires are hooked up to so I can...

Just so we are clear, the red and black wires would connect up to the same screw terminals as the keypads I believe 4 and 5 to get power.  Then the green to Lo and white to Hi (since green can also be negative in regards to AC wiring)?  If this is the case, it looks like I will have 4 wires on...