Re: Help with an old alarm system

["Crash Gordon" <webmaster@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Label the wires, make a nice wirelist.
Remove the alarm panel and throw it in the trash, don't waste your time.
Remove anything that indicates an alarm exists in the house, but don't
destroy your wiring.
Now it's a "prewired for security system"  house for sale.

OR

Hire any reputable alarm company to reinstall a new system.

OR spend a few weeks figuring out how to get a 20+ year old alarm system
working - and it actually may be fried anyway...why waste  your time?


<nfitzkee@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:1154476995.190733.51700@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
| Hello,
|
| I have sort of an interesting dilemma, and I was hoping to get some
| help here.
|
| About 20 years ago, my mother had an alarm system installed in her
| home.  The company that installed it did a nice job, and all of the
| downstairs windows and doors were wired as well as a motion sensor
| placed on the first floor.  After a while, though, she stopped using
| the system except on rare occasions.  Although equipped with the
| ability to call the company that installed the system, she didn't use
| that functionality, and she stopped paying for monitoring years back.
|
| A few months ago, my mom was having trouble with the system, and for
| some reason or another she severed all of the connections in the access
| panel.  Recently, she passed away, and I am looking to sell the house.
| I assume that having a working alarm system would be better than not
| having one.
|
| I'm fairly adept with electronics, but I don't really know where to
| begin with restoring the connections other than trying to match colors
| and gauges with wires.  Ideally, I would like to have some manuals for
| the various components.  On the other hand, it may be that it's not
| worth the time.
|
| Here are the components I need information on:
|
| Ademco 1023-12 (Alarm processing center)
| Ademco 216 (Adapter)
| Moose Products, Inc. MPI-11 (Electronic siren driver module)
| Acron [Lakewood, NJ] DD-2 (Digital communicator)
|
| In addition, I'm wondering if I would need other parts to complete the
| repairs--something to reprogram the system, etc.  Unfortunately, the
| company that installed this particular unit (Penn Alarm) no longer
| exists.
|
| Thoughts, advice, and assistance would be greatly appreciated.
|
| Thanks,
| Nick
|