Re: Alarm panel stopped responding

[Vargster <vargster@xxxxxxxxx>]

It could be any number of things.

To basically reboot the panel, you need to remove the power. There should
be
a fused spur near it somewere, pull the fuse.

Then there is the matter of the battery in the panel. This should power the
panel (to cover power cuts) but usually doesn't on old panels, the panel
powers down and the bell boxes (external sirens) go off - see later.

The battery is normally connected with small spade type connectors, the
problem is that opening the panel should cause an alarm (basically the
panel
being attacked). So quickly open the panel and disconnect the red connector
to the battery (big oblong gel battery).

Removing the fuse (from the spur) and the battery from the panel, should
silence it, but then the batteries/capacitors in the external bell boxes
will start wailing as they think the panel has taken out, which may go on
for up to 20 mins (noise pollution laws:).

Reconnecting the power to the panel may start everything wailing again,
which entering the user pin may or may not silence as the panel has been
tampered with. For that you may need the engineers pin, which if it's an
alarm you got with the house you may not have.

Have a google first on the panel to see if you can find the default pins.
If
all else fails leave the battery disconnected and the fuse out, in a while
all the noise should stop. Then it may be a case of buying a new panel and
replacing the existing one. Screwfix do some cheap ones.

Lee


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