Re: New House Alarm - Am I locked out?

[Frank Olson <Use-the-email-links@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

jasonextras@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
> Hello all.  I recently purchased a 7 year old home that has a built-in
> alarm system.  The previous owner chose to purchase the unit as part
> of the then-new home's price rather than lease, but when he had the
> monitoring turned off prior to sale it looks like they locked the
> board.  They used a First Alert FA147c panel and a fixed word keypad.
> It permanently displays "dl" on the display, which according to the
> manual means the system is disabled.  No notices for zone trips are
> provided and the motion sensors are shut down.  I cycled the power and
> used both * and # methods to try to retrieve the installer code, but
> #20 makes the system display "EE" on the keypad.
>
> It appears I'm locked out and the system is permanently disabled.
> Does anyone have any experience with this board to know if this is the
> case for sure?  If it is locked, what are my options?  Can I swap
> boards with a Vista 10SE and keep my sensors as they are, or do I have
> to ditch everything and start over?  A drop-in FA147c replacement has
> proven impossible to locate, and even then I'd have to procure a Alpha
> keypad to program it.  I'd just like to be able to use this alarm
> locally without a monitoring service.
>
> Thanks for your help.
>

If you own the equipment, call the servicing company and tell them to
unlock the board and program it as a "local" for you and restore the
installer code to "default".