Re: Strange DSC 832 behavior

["Doug L" <vssdoug@xxxxxxx>]

Programming section 15, # 8  will determine if the TLM is audible or not
when armed
Also if you have an LCD keypad then you should look in the event buffer,
this may show the event that caused the alarm

Doug L

"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?
>
> Bobby
>