Re: DSC Maxsys PC 4020 Reporting probs.

["mikey" <someone@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Have you tried listening to the calls with a butt set?

"Anonymoose" <none@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> At my job, I work mostly with ademco panels. But on a recent remodeling
job,
> our wonderful project management team decided to install one of these DSC
> panels (Not knocking them, it seems like a nice panel its just that I'm
> barely at all familiar with these). Well it just so happens that I'm the
> only tech that works with the alarm panels and they decide to throw me to
> the wolves on this one too. Anyway, sorry for blabbing.. The problem I am
> having is the DSC panel is not reporting to either of our CS-1 (Ademco
> 685's). It dials, attempts to communicate but the receiver just drops the
> call and gives one of its 11 RCVB 5555 5555 etc errors tryin to tell me it
> didn't understand the call. Now heres what I've done:
> 1. I've replaced the board, left all zone devices off
> 2. I've tested & changed the phone line to another # and cable
> 3. I've deleted all programming and left only phone #1 active
> 4. I've changed power supplies
> 5. I've dabbled in programming changing subtle settings.
> None of these work.
>
> my dept. (well, me) maintains two 685 receivers. security monitors one and
> the sheriff dept the other. I've changed phone no. 1 to to dial one
receiver
> to the other and it still does it. I've also verified that both the
> receivers and the panel are set to Contact ID reporting. I now have no
idea
> what else to to. I would like to resolve this as my boss is planning on
> changing out the panel to an ademco panel if its not resolved and with 97
> zones, I think it would be a huge waste of time and taxpayer's $ to do
this
> when I'm sure its prolly something right under my nose thats causing it.
if
> anyone can shed some light onto this subject it would be greatly
> appreciated.
> Oh and just to be a lil more specific, there are a total of 33 alarm
panels
> (all ademco other than the DSC) that report to the receivers and the DSC
is
> the only one not coming thru. It was working fine and then all of the
sudden
> it stopped.
> Thanks for your time and efforts.
>
>