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

["Mark Leuck" <m..leuck@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

I hated those pigtails when the 6128/6139's were out now I miss em with the
6150/6160 series

"Joe" <joeraisin@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Mark Leuck wrote:
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> > 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.
>
> >
> > "Joe" <joeraisin@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> >
> >>
> >>Mark Leuck wrote:
> >>
> >>>"petem" <petem001@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> >>>news:cKXBe.91$Ci4.80697@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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> >>>
> >>>
> >>>>we have to disconnect the keypad in place cause,its at address 16 and
> >
> > its
> >
> >>>>the only keypad enabled in the panel..
> >>>>and as you should know if 2 keypad are connected whit the same ecp
> >
> > address
> >
> >>>>they will freeze...
> >>>>
> >>>>what's dumb about that?
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>Whats dumb is not going into programming and enabling another keypad
> >>>location then connecting the programmer set to that address, thats what
> >
> > I
> >
> >>>do, usually address 23
> >>>
> >>>
> >>
> >>We do it in the other direction.  Our programmers are always address 16
> >>and the first keypad on the system starts at 17.
> >
> >
> >