Re: Napco MA3000 - Dialer Test on both Lines?

["Mark Leuck" <m..leuck@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

"Robert L Bass" <robertlbass@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> > I openly admit I don't know anything about this
> > particular panel, so maybe I am missing something.
> > Let's go through this step by step...
>
> Ok.  Two programmable relays are set to interrupt a  24-hour test zone and
> to short phone line 1 at the designated time.  This causes the panel to
> report the 24-hour zone as a silent alarm, but the code/zone is configured
> at the c-station to be viewed as a test signal.  A third relay can be
> triggered by "general trouble" and run in series with the phone shorting
> relay so that line 1 will not short out if the panel is currently
> experiencing a trouble condition.

So now one relay (as you mentioned in your original response) turns into 3,
thats 2 additional devices that can fail which makes it an even dumber thing
to do.