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Re: Strange DSC 832 behavior



"Bobby_M" <rmierzej@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:1119285957.504378.307040@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> I'm totally lost. I have an all-hard wired 832 system with one
> expansion board. I have 7 magnetic contact perimeter zones, one window
> bug (vibration) on my sliders, and 4 motions that are set as inide
> zones.
>
> Last night, my alarm woke me up at 2am, siren blasting. I got up and
> looked at my bedroom keypad and it did not indicate any zones that were
> responsible for the alarm condition. I haven't tested the system in a
> while, but I recall that the keypad displays and cycles through each
> tripped zone both during the alarm, and after the swing.
>
> I disarmed and it didn't show me any tripped zones in memory.
>
> Any ideas what's going on? This is the second time this has happened,
> the first time was over a year ago.
>
> I know the system monitors for dial-tone because i've heard the keypad
> complain "error" when I work on my phone line but this has always been
> in a non-armed state. Does the system alarm if it loses dial tone when
> armed?


Blame your telephone company.  They're usually working (or upgrading) on the
lines in the "wee hours" when people aren't supposed to be using their
phones...  I wouldn't disable the line monitoring feature though...  It's
often your "first line" of defence.  The "perp" will probably cut your lines
before he tries to gain entry into the house...




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