Re: Ademco Vista 15

["Crash Gordon" <webmaster@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

The battery is part of the system, it needs to be there and it needs to be
in good shape. Unless you intend on getting up in the middle of the night
repeatedly you'll need to replace the battery. Or, of course, just power the
system down. The panel may act goofy if you don't have a good battery in
it...for instance; you may arm the system and go out, when you get back you
may not be able to disarm the system.



"Tim" <topsoil@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:1156347580.856126.226480@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
|> Also, at random time frames, the keypads start beeping for no
| > reason until the code is typed in, followed by the "Off" button to turn
| > the system off.. This only happens with the phone line disconnected,
| > even though the system is not armed.
|
| Hrm, I'm unsure if this is the same problem, or another unrelated
| problem, however, twice last night I was awoken by the alarm beeping at
| me. I did however notice that pressing ANY key (doesn't need the code
| to be typed in) will stop the beeping. I also noticed the word "BAT" is
| now lit up on the display, thus I believe the battery is probably
| failing, and the beeping is it's way of indicating that to me. Also,
| just checked the user manual, and rapid keypad beeping indicates, among
| other things, a low battery. (The other options do not apply to me.)
| Since I have no intentions of replacing the battery (I'm planning to
| use the alarm system more as a 'toy' for at least the immediate future,
| thus it really doesn't matter if there is no battery backup), is there
| a way to disable the beeping low-battery alert?
|
| The manual simply says to press "Off" (1) to turn it off, however, that
| only turns it off for the time being, a few hours later, it's doing the
| job of my alarm clock again, but earlier than I'd like. :)
|
| Thanks again.
|