Re: Missing Zones/Caddx NX-8e

["Russell Brill" <russwbrill@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

"Chub" <w@xxxxx> wrote in message
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> "Nick" <pn.damico@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>>I have a Caddx NX-8e with two 216 expander cards.  One 216 is fully
>> populated with no issues.  The other card has half of the zones
>> populated with the remaining zones jumpered with a resistor.
>>
>> I added a zone tonight.  The zone was working fine; it is 33.  After a
>> little while, 33 and 34 are missing when I look at the zone status on
>> the keypad.  Zone 33 is connected to the device; EOL resistor at the
>> device.  34 is jumpered with an EOL resistor.
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>> No matter what I do, I cannot get 33 and 34 to show back up.  Even if I
>> remove everything from these zones, they do not display.  I tried to
>> use a different common port; still nothing.
>>
>> Any ideas -- do you think the 216 card is fried?  I did double-check
>> the dip switch settings, 1 and 2 are on; the remaining are off.
>>
>> Thank you.
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> could it be you have the zone nulled in programming?  If there is a zero
> [0] in 'partition select' it will null zone out of existence
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I hadn't thought of that one........ Good point.........