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Re: Need help adding a keypad



"steve" <steve@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:1122917178.270691.98320@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>I just bought a home with an existing alarm system, ADEMCO, Vista-15
> with 2 ADT Safewatch Pro 3000 keypads. I did not have the master code,
> but was able to find out the installer code. I used this to reset the
> master code. Things were looking good until I decided to try and make a
> change, I tried putting an exit delay on the back door. I was not
> familiar with the programming mode so I messed another zone up. I could
> not fix the zone, so I reset the programming data by using *97 in
> programming mode.
> Things started looking better until I noticed the second keypad was not
> working. I did a little research and found that by pressing 1 & 3
> together I can see the address of the keypads. The one that is working
> is 16 and the one that is not is 17. I was able to change the address
> by powering down and then up and hitting 1 & 3 together. I only tried
> changing the one that was not working. Nothing that I changed it to
> helped. When I changed it to 16, the same as the working one, the
> 'ready' light came on but neither keypads worked properly. I assume
> it's because they are not allowed to have the same address.
> So, if anyone knows what I need to do to get the second keypad working
> again, I would appreciate a little advice.
> The keypads are identical and they were working before I reset the
> system (*97).
> Thanks.


RTFM!!!  :-))




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