AnotherOne
Active Member
Well I think I have a big problem and thought I'd ask for advice. I'm planning for my transition to my M1 gold system and making sure I have all the necessary parts - boards, mounting stuff, resistors, jacks, etc. And making the check list and step by step plan.
And now I find the big problem - my current house has 14 smoke detectors - 6 on the 2nd floor, 5 on the main floor, and 3 in the finished part of the basement. Plus 8 heat detectors - 3 in the garage, 1 in the attic storage over the garage, 1 in the attic storage over the second floor, 1 in the furnace room, and 2 in the basement.
These are hooked up in a daisy chain fashion and wired into 3 zones!!!
I'm not sure if the heat detectors are chained in with the smoke detectors or not.
But, basically it looks like I'm screwed since the M1 wants all the 2-wire smokes on zone-16 and limits them to 20 plus requires EOL resistors, etc. So it looks like I have alot of work to do which is why I'm seeking advice. (Elk guys: why doesn't each 16-zone expansion module let you hook up 2-wire smokes to relative zone-16 on the XIN board?! )
I haven't examined any of the detectors yet. I'm not sure how to remove them from the mounting plates AND I'm not sure if that will set off the alarm.
And I'm not sure how to tell which ones are wired together - I'm sure I can make assumptions, like all the upstairs ones are wired together, but that's just a guess.
Help!
And now I find the big problem - my current house has 14 smoke detectors - 6 on the 2nd floor, 5 on the main floor, and 3 in the finished part of the basement. Plus 8 heat detectors - 3 in the garage, 1 in the attic storage over the garage, 1 in the attic storage over the second floor, 1 in the furnace room, and 2 in the basement.
These are hooked up in a daisy chain fashion and wired into 3 zones!!!
I'm not sure if the heat detectors are chained in with the smoke detectors or not.
But, basically it looks like I'm screwed since the M1 wants all the 2-wire smokes on zone-16 and limits them to 20 plus requires EOL resistors, etc. So it looks like I have alot of work to do which is why I'm seeking advice. (Elk guys: why doesn't each 16-zone expansion module let you hook up 2-wire smokes to relative zone-16 on the XIN board?! )
I haven't examined any of the detectors yet. I'm not sure how to remove them from the mounting plates AND I'm not sure if that will set off the alarm.
And I'm not sure how to tell which ones are wired together - I'm sure I can make assumptions, like all the upstairs ones are wired together, but that's just a guess.
Help!