Re: Gemini P3200 - * ZONES FAULTED ***

["Roland Moore" <roland@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

>Any other ideas on why the system thinks all of these zones are open?

There is an easy way to find out. If you have a simple volt/ohm meter
(VOM)you can remove the wires from the respective problems loops and read
the ohms present. If you don't have a VOM, the cost is much less for a cheap
home type VOM than a service call from an alarm company. Use the meter to
check and if the loop shows open (infinite resistance) then the problem is
not in your panel but elsewhere. One of the reasons then may be due to
rodent activity. If that is the case I suggest getting the critter problem
addressed first and then fix the loops, otherwise the problem will repeat
itself. If the loops show good and show open (when doors and windows open)
and closed (when the process is reversed) then it could be that the system's
program is confused thinks it should have EOLs (when it actually does not
have EOLs) or shouldn't have EOLs (when it actually does have EOLs). Rat
chews are easy to fix, but sometimes hard to find. Worse, sometimes they are
easy to find but hard to get to.

<mpsully@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:1167586096.233162.156190@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Thanks Robert.    No recent lighting or storms.   I tried to download
the software from your site, but had some problems.   I sent you a
separate email.     If it does turn out to be a bad board, is there a
way to buy just a replacement board rather than a whole new P3200?

Any other ideas on why the system thinks all of these zones are open?

Thanks!


Robert L Bass wrote:
> > Did mother nature pay a visit recently? You know, nearby lightning
> > strike? Utility pole transformer blow up? Or something like
> > that?
>
> I've seen an occasional Napco Gemini panel lose its programming or
> otherwise behave erratically.  None of the instances (and they've
> been very few) I came across involved lightning though.  I'm not saying it
> couldn't happen, but when I've seen it there was no
> report from the customer of recent storm.
>
> --
>
> Regards,
> Robert L Bass
>
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