Re: How do I restart House Alarm

["tourman" <rh.campbell@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Yes, Bob's instructions are very thorough and pretty much sum up
everything that could have possibly gone wrong. And your best bet is
also to contact the installing company as he says.They may very well be
able to do things remotely right from their office.

But there is also another option as well if you cannot find an alarm
company that is willing to bother with setting up the system as a
"local" (non monitored) system. Go up on the internet and download the
installer manual and programming sheets from wherever you can find
them. Then default the panel back to factory according to instructions,
and reprogram for local use (this assumes the panel is not "locked" in
software, in which case everything will go back to factory except the
installer code, and the panel is now useless for all intents and
purposes). But if it does default, you can start fresh (If it doesn't,
then you have the choices of either buying a new board, or sending it
to one of three places to be unlocked - approx cost $20)

Next comes the problem of knowing how to do this of course, and this is
where the assistance of someone who knows how to program it is very
useful (and in most cases this IS the alarm company installer). It's
somewhat unfortunate, but alarm panels by and large are not "end user
friendly" when it comes to low level programming and set up. They are
sold primarily for use and service by professional alarm companies, but
there are an increasing number of sources to buy them directly on the
internet these days.

At some point, the cost / benefit point has to be looked at to decide
just how far you may or may not want to go with the whole business of
doing it yourself. However, I point this out ONLY as perhaps the last
alternative if all else fails. And this whole post might very well be
carrying the subject line a little too far.....like  this might be more
information than you wanted to know...:))

Good luck in any event !

R.H.Campbell
Home Security Metal Products
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
www.homemetal.com

amanda.j.young@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
> Wow, that's a lot of stuff.  Thanks for giving me so much detail.  I'll
> definitely be contacting a professional to help get it set back up.
>
> Thanks