Re: NAPCO EAGLE 4700/DL

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

"Jim" <alarminex@xxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>
> Mark Leuck wrote:
> > "Proguard Security" <info@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> > > Dear NG readers,
> > > i've got an old Napco Eagle 4700/DL at one of my clients house
installed
> > by
> > > a previous company.
> > > The problem there is that the keypad does not work at all. Only
illuminate
> > > the keys. Zone lights and all the other leds are dead.
> > > Also when i press any key nothing happens. Even there is no beep at
all at
> > > any key press. What might be the problem? The keypad or the panel?
> > > And if it is the keypad does anyone knows a equivalent new one?
> > >
> > > Thank in advance!
> > > Spyros Kintzonides
> > > Thessaloniki - Greece
> >
> > The only thing close is an FBI keypad but I don't think one works with
the
> > DL panels
>
>
> I don't know if you've got any old Napco kepads around, but I seem to
> remember that some of keypads from newer panels worked with some of the
> older panels. The only difference was that the red LED comes on when
> it's disarmed and the green when it's armed. You'd have to try
> different four wire keypads. Either they'll work or they wont. You wont
> hurt the panel if the keypad you're trying isn't compatable. I've never
> heard of a keypad from another manufacturer working with a Napco panel
> but I guess it's (remote-ly :-) possible.

The 4600 (non DL) could use the old recessed FBI keypads but the DL in my
experience couldn't. They won't work with Napco keypads at all.