Re: Connecting 4-wire smokes to Ademco V15P

["Crash Gordon" <webmaster@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

It was worth a think-over. Usually fire zones require a diff. EOLR since the
device is 12 v but noticed that the vistas all use one value resistor.


"Frank Olson" <feolson@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> "Crash Gordon" <webmaster@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>> I've always used Zone 1 since it's designated as the 2 wire fire zone.
>> But, I suppose you could measure the voltage across zone 1 and compare it
>> to the other zones...it "may" be the same since all EOLRs are the same
>> value...if the voltage is the same you could try it.
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> It won't work.  A guy that's now a customer of mine already tried it.
> Screwed up his system big time (he didn't "break it", but we had to rewire
> it and reprogram the thing).  You can program other zones as "fire", but
> only for four wire smokes and contact devices.  Two wire smokes must be
> terminated to zone one.
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