Re: Programming problem on Vista 20P

[Crash Gordon® <NONE@xxxxxxxx>]

Tech support says that the TM should be mounted between 1-2' from the =
reciever antenna on the same plane (ADT had installed it 2" from the =
reciever). They also recommend moving the reciever & TM up above the =
mirrored doors (DUH)...currently they're both mounted about 12" from the =
floor...and too close to each other.

Kinda what I suspected.

He could not find any mention of voltage drop while siren was running in =
tech data regarding this particular revision...he said maybe on an =
earlier rev. This one turns out to be rev 12 (1997+)

Now, I just gotta find an empty reciever case so I can remote the =
reciever.


"Robert L. Bass" <robertlbass@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message =
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> > This was a takeover from a 3letter company. I've personally only =
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> > a handful of 5804bd/tm's. I'm not a big fan of devices that disarm a =

> > system without a code entry.
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> > But, anyway...the orig. installing co. put the box/5800tm/5881/ all =
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> > on the floor in a closet with mirrored doors. I think I spoke about =
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> > before...but it's happening on and off. Sometimes it works=20
> > fine,,,sometimes it's slow...the other day it wouldn't disarm when =
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> > accidently set it off, they had to enter their code at the keypad.
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> > It's an old Vista 10se ver. 12. Owners say its 10 years old. =
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> > works fine except this intermittant behavior of the 5804bd (actually =
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> > have two of them).
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> Hi Crash,
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> Not sure if this is it but on some older panels I've seen a problem=20
> responding to RF remotes when the siren was active.  It turned out to =
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> power problem.  The siren would draw so much current that the voltage=20
> available at the receiver was dropping.  You can check to see if this =
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> happening by testing the voltage at the receiver with and without =
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> It's a long shot but it's easy enough to check.  If that does turn out =
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> the problem you can offload the siren(s) from the panel power supply =
with a=20
> relay wired directly to the battery.
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> Frank would remind you if I didn't to run the power through an inline =
fuse.=20
> :^)
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> Regards,
> Robert L Bass
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