No Siren

[providince]

I connected the siren that came with the Elk M1g to the M1 panel at both out 1 and out 2. I then triggered the alarm and I got the alarm from the keypad but not the Elk-73 siren. Any help would be appreciated.

 

[rfdesq]

The ELK-73 is a speaker not a siren. It is used for indoor use on output 1. Try hooking up a speaker to output 2 with output 2 set to siren or hookup a siren to output 2 with output 2 set to voltage.

 

[providince]

Thank you for the response. I should prabably be more clear. I have it hooke to the out 1 and out 2 to the panel not thr keypad. Is this not correct?

 

[WayneW]

Thank you for the response. I should prabably be more clear. I have it hooke to the out 1 and out 2 to the panel not thr keypad. Is this not correct?

One thing cannot be hooked to two different outputs. The Elk-73 should be on output 1.

 

[providince]

It was not hooked at the same time. It was hooked first to out 1. (not output but out 1) and failed the test. The retested with out 2.

 

[Spanky]

Not knowing what you may have programmed in the M1, I suggest you default the control using keypad, installer menu, 07-Globals, 45, 99. Connect a speaker to Output 1, press the F1 key on a keypad and the fire alarm should activate with voice and alarm on output 1 and siren only on output 2 if a speaker is connected there.

If that does not work, disconnect the speaker from the M1 and measure the resistance on the speaker line. You should read about 6 ohms with a single speaker. If infinite ohms then speaker not connected, 0 ohms means a short on the speaker line.

Keep us informed!

 

[providince]

O.K. not sure how do do prgramming with keypad as I use Elk RP. The only sound making device I have is the Elk-73. That is connected to the out 1 on the main board. there is a resistor on out 2. I hit F1 and the keypad made noise but nothing from the 73. The connection between Elk and the 73 is a good connection.

 

[Digger]

I know this will sound silly but check your wiring to the panel. I have seen more than one person wire the siren/speaker starting at the top of the connector for output one. The top 3 pins are the relay, the output 2 (two connections) and the last 2 on the bottom are output 1.

You probably checked this but I figured I would just mention it.

 

[providince]

O.K. wired the speaker directly to out 1 and it worked like a charm. I am going back over my patch panel for the connection and retesting. It has to be a wiring issue.

 

[providince]

problem solved. One of my wires was loose so it was getting signal sometimes but not most of the time. Tightened everything up and good to go.