Re: Help needed with programming for DSC PC2530

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

"Brian O" <briano1812@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Ok, now my next question.  I just replaced the battery in this alarm (DCS
> PC2530) and I believe it is giving the symptoms of "runaway".  The reason
I
> say this is because there is a red led on the pc board that didn't light
> when the other battery was on there, even though the battery is bad.
Every
> 30 seconds or so, the led begins flashing in an 11 digit sequence (flashes
> once, then flashes 8 times, then 8 times again, etc) It looks to me as if
> its trying to dial out. Its not connected to the phone line at the moment.
> Is this "runaway"?  If it is, will this stop when the new battery becomes
> fully charged or is this something that requires service on the system
> board?  If its something simple like changing a transistor, etc, I can do
> that but would need to know what to change. If its an eprom problem, that
> would be a different story. Any ideas? I really need to get this system
> running again. Thanks again for all the help.
> B

Your best bet is to remove low battery reporting from the panel, I do that
on all 1550/2530 panels