I am using home run wiring and n/c contacts. I am currently trying to only have my doors monitored. My eol resistor is installed in series on the return side of the sensor at the panel and terminates on the negative terminals. Each 6 doors are on their own zones. The unused zones have a resistor across them at the panel too. I turned on the system and I have 8 zones saying "not ready". What could be wrong? Do I have to set the system up to read the n/c contacts maybe?
M1 Keypad reading not ready on all zones
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wuench
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Are the zones configured as type 0 EOL Supervised/RF?
Also, it really isn't much use putting EOLR on if you are going to put it at the panel. So if you don't want to put them close to the sensor then just forget them and set the zone type to Normally Closed. And you don't need to put EOLRs on your unused zones, just configure them as disabled.
apostolakisl
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Just a note "end of line" does not refer to end of the circuit, it refers to end of the run of wire, or in other words, the furthest point from the panel. From an electrical standpoint, it makes no difference where you put it, but from the standpoint of detecting shorted or damaged wires (the whole purpose eol resistors exist), it makes all the difference.
Just a note "end of line" does not refer to end of the circuit, it refers to end of the run of wire, or in other words, the furthest point from the panel. From an electrical standpoint, it makes no difference where you put it, but from the standpoint of detecting shorted or damaged wires (the whole purpose eol resistors exist), it makes all the difference.
I dont know how to configure the zones. That is probably what the problem is. I only added the resistors thinking that the panel needed to read resistance like a commercial fire alarm panel would. So how do I go about configuring the zones?
Not true. Makes a difference where the EOLR is installed on a circuit. If you install the EOLR on the "high" side of the zone instead of the "low" or common, a zone can short to ground and the panel would never see the difference. I've experienced this a lot of times on the old Logiplex/multiplex alarm loops.
tmbrown97
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I assume wherever you bought this from included a manual with it? If not, register on Elk's web-site for access to support materials, and start reading. You're hung up a little too early in the process here - you're going to have to invest some time learning about the panel, security panels in general, and how to wire up the zones. Every single zone you connect must be configured appropriately. You can do this either through the keypad (old-school - but it works); or via a computer using ElkRP - either using the serial port or the XEP Ethernet module if you have one.
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