Re: DSC Power 832 Puzzle (Long)

["Bob Worthy" <securinc@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

You have some power hungry devices there as well. Is the battery the
original battery and what size is it? You may want to go from a 12V4ah, if
that is what you have to a 12V7ah seeing as how you are not always at home.
It's only been two + years since you had the system installed, but don't let
that dictate whether to consider the battery or not. Batteries can go bad. I
don't know if there were any power outages during your alarm, (even a short
blimp). Have you had any extended outages since the system was first
installed? Figure out your amp draw and do a load test on the system. If the
battery isn't holding, it can cause a false on a power device (motion). The
other thing that comes to mind, is the basement damp. Slightest bit of
condensation on the PIR board could also do it as well.

"Crash Gordon" <webmaster@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:7VAXe.13$8z1.3627@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Its good that  you cleaned it all up. But I would have started trbl
shooting
> with the pir that falsed...first the wiring...no nicks or loose wires for
> the loop or power?...then investigate environmental problems in
> basement...rodents, spiders, temperature changes, water drips, is it
looking
> at a water heater, airconditioner, furnace...and clean the pir...junk like
> that. I've even seen a pir looking at a fax machine...that was a tricky
one
> to figure out.
>
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> "Armond Perretta" <newsgroupreader@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:l96dnf8qU4IEVrPeRVn-jw@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> | Disclaimer:  This is largely a DIY setup, but I hope you will agree that
> it
> | has been very carefully done (in major part by alarm pros), and that
this
> is
> | a serious inquiry.
> |
> | Setup:  Power 832 5010, 2 LCD5500 Keypads, 5208 PGM board, Escort 5580
> | board, 5108 zone board, 5132 wireless board.  All window and door
sensors
> | hard-wired, 4 PIRs hard wired, 2 key fobs (in cars) on the wireless
board.
> | No additional wireless sensors.  All programming using DLS 2002 (which
> shows
> | no errors).
> |
> | The physical system has shown no errors since installation in June 2003.
> | Except for HA programming on the Escort board in the last few weeks that
> | involved changing PGM 3 to 10 attributes on the main board, there have
> been
> | no additional recent changes.  No errors have occurred with the HA (X10)
> | portion of the system in the 2 or so weeks since the Escort programming
> | changes.
> |
> | On Friday 16 Sep in the afternoon I armed the system in "away" mode to
run
> a
> | few errands.  About 10 minutes after my departure the basement PIR sent
a
> | series of alarms to the monitoring station and I was contacted.
Returned
> | home to disarm the system and check the premises, but no physical
> intrusion
> | observed.  No pets or other persons in this home, etc.
> |
> | I put the alarm into test with the monitoring company, put the system
into
> | section 901 installer "walk-thru"  test mode, and tried to check the
> | basement PIR.  At this point the system crashed and I was unable to use
> the
> | keypads.  I tried for about an hour to recover, but no go.  Frustrated,
I
> | removed the AC and the battery, vowing to extract my revenge the next
day.
> |
> | On the next day, I removed all wiring from the main board.  The wiring
was
> | unfortunately a bit of a rats nest, following the initial installation
(by
> | the builder's sub), some work by an alarm pro friend (who added the PIRs
> and
> | the zone expansion board and got me started with the programming about 2
> | years ago, and myself (who added the wireless,
> | the 5208, the Escort, and probably a few other things).
> |
> | Removing, labeling, and cleaning up the wiring took a very long time,
but
> it
> | was done with care.  I used a small 66 punch-down board to connect the
> main
> | bus wires from all the expansion boards to the main board, and to
connect
> | all the PIR aux wires to the main board aux terminals.  All connections
> were
> | tested carefully prior to reinstalling.
> |
> | While the main board was "naked" I defaulted the panel by shorting the
PGM
> | "1" and the Zone "1" pins.  Following re-connection of all wiring (in
> | stages) I powered up the panel with no errors, re-assigned the keyboards
> | (slots 7 and 8), and re-downloaded the panel using the backup from the
DLS
> | 2002 software.
> |
> | All went "per design" and the system appears to be working perfectly,
> | including the basement PIR that seemed to be the initial culprit.
However
> I
> | am a little spooked by this incident, since we tend to go away for days
at
> a
> | time.  I am now looking at the setup with just a bit of suspicion.
> |
> | I am (obviously) a DIYer (although a careful one), and I am wondering if
> the
> | pros have any constructive comments on what might have happened..
> |
> | --
> | Good luck and good sailing.
> | s/v Kerry Deare of Barnegat
> | http://home.comcast.net/~kerrydeare
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