Re: Behavior of Disconnecting Keypad From Ademco 128BP Panel?

[Joe <joeraisin@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Mark Leuck wrote:

> That'll work too, my suggestion is 23 since with many installations using
> multiple keypads one may not know what addresses are being used but 23 is
> almost never used

When I install my keypads, I have a little pigtail in my tool box I use
to ower up the keypads and address them.  That way I don't have to run
around addressing KP's after plugging in. (most of our installs have at
least 2)
Then I hook up my programmer buy clips or with the flyleads (rigged up a
male end) and with 16 already active I can program away.

Although with never really having to think about the program kp address
I have gotten to a job on a monday (forgetting I did a quick service
call on my way home friday night on a FA162 system) I took a while
trying to figure out why the damned programmer kp wouldn't work.

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> "Joe" <joeraisin@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>>Mark Leuck wrote:
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>>>"petem" <petem001@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>>>>we have to disconnect the keypad in place cause,its at address 16 and
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>>>>the only keypad enabled in the panel..
>>>>and as you should know if 2 keypad are connected whit the same ecp
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>>>>they will freeze...
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>>>>what's dumb about that?
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>>>Whats dumb is not going into programming and enabling another keypad
>>>location then connecting the programmer set to that address, thats what
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>>>do, usually address 23
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>>We do it in the other direction.  Our programmers are always address 16
>>and the first keypad on the system starts at 17.
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