Re: Ademco 5820s

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

<jimwalls@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:1129766073.901027.70950@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> I replaced three old Admeco 5816 Wireless Transmitters with new 5820
> Slim Line Wireless Transmitters and sent my new serial numbers off to
> my installer to have all three added to my system.
>
> He said it's taken care of (and charged me $40 for the "install"), but
> all three zones don't register the "open/closed" state. They register a
> tamper if I try to remove the cover, but nothing when it comes to
> opening the window.
>
> Do the 5820s require different settings than the 5816? Any ideas?

He got the loop number wrong programming it, that one uses loop 1 instead of
loop 2 like the 5816's. The installer SHOULD have tested it and he would
have found that out instead of you