Re: Need Help with odd Ademco Vista 20P problem

["Katerina" <safechecker@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Apr 15, 2:49 pm, "alarman" <alarman2...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> safechec...@xxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> > Hi.
>
> > I have anAdemcoVista20P, using ADT monitoring.  I have had the
> > system a couple of years with no changes made to it.
>
> > For the past week, on about half of incomingphonecalls, after one
> > ring thealarmboard is answering the incoming call, giving the caller
> > about 2 seconds of a data squeal, then hangs up on them.  Again, this
> > happens only in about half of calls that are made to me, and it just
> > started about a week ago.  I know it is thealarmboard doing this,
> > because I can hear the relay click when it answers the call and hangs
> > up.
>
> > MyVista20P is very simple - nothing fancy...
> > -8 zones (all wired, no wireless) just doors and a few motion
> > -No X-10, nophonemodules, no PC downloading setups, no wireless.
> > -Made no recent changes to phones orphonelines in house.
>
> > I rechecked lines on the RJ31X and everything appears OK, and wired
> > properly.  Line seizing capability works fine in testingalarm
> > system.  No line work was been done on the phones or thealarm.
>
> > On a whim, even though I do not use pc downloading with myalarm, I
> > viewed the settings for *95 and *94 and it is set to 15 rings, with no
> > downloadphonenumber (which I believe is correct.)
>
> > Except for having the entire control board replaced, I am stuck for a
> > solution as to why thealarmwould answer half of myphonecalls
> > (after 1 ring) and give a squeal then hang up.  Frustrating. Looking
> > for a solution or a way to bypass please.  Thanks!
>
> Have you tried calling ADT?
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Got the fix - thanks to Apu.  But I am curious why the board would
only recently start trying to answer my incoming calls.