lakemirror
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My system has just begun displaying this alarming behavior (sorry) today.
Earlier this afternoon I inadvertently opened an exterior door while the system was set to day mode. The keypads beeped once, as if about to go into alarm mode, but then silenced. I dismissed the incident.
About an hour ago, though, I entered the house from outside while the system was in away mode. Again the keypads beeped once and then silenced, and I watched the green light appear on the keypad that was in view. The system had, upon receiving what should was a valid alarm scenario, simply reset itself to off mode.
I can replicate this at multiple exterior doors, and the system ignores the alarm scenario and sets itself to off from either day mode or away mode. If set to night mode, however, and I open a door or trip a motion detector, the system goes into alarm mode, the siren sounds, etc, and all's right with the world.
I am running firmware that's about 2 years old now, can't remember the version. I have the new firmware chip but haven't installed it yet. I have PC Access and Haiku, if that makes any difference.
I disconnected the battery and unplugged the controller, then fired back up again only to find the same problems. Can anybody suggest anything? Doesn't do much good to have an alarm that turns itself off, kind of like having a guard dog who licks the burglars hand.
Earlier this afternoon I inadvertently opened an exterior door while the system was set to day mode. The keypads beeped once, as if about to go into alarm mode, but then silenced. I dismissed the incident.
About an hour ago, though, I entered the house from outside while the system was in away mode. Again the keypads beeped once and then silenced, and I watched the green light appear on the keypad that was in view. The system had, upon receiving what should was a valid alarm scenario, simply reset itself to off mode.
I can replicate this at multiple exterior doors, and the system ignores the alarm scenario and sets itself to off from either day mode or away mode. If set to night mode, however, and I open a door or trip a motion detector, the system goes into alarm mode, the siren sounds, etc, and all's right with the world.
I am running firmware that's about 2 years old now, can't remember the version. I have the new firmware chip but haven't installed it yet. I have PC Access and Haiku, if that makes any difference.
I disconnected the battery and unplugged the controller, then fired back up again only to find the same problems. Can anybody suggest anything? Doesn't do much good to have an alarm that turns itself off, kind of like having a guard dog who licks the burglars hand.
