Re: New House Alarm - Am I locked out?

[JoeRaisin <joeraisin@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

jasonextras@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
> On Apr 19, 10:52 pm, Nelson Muntz <n...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>>The security system is not controlling your lights.  If anything there
>>is an X-10 module that makes them blink.  Take a picture of the
>>transformer and send it to alarm...@xxxxxxxxx
>
>
> That could be it, then.  I see there are motion sensors on the lights
> themselves that don't trigger, so I figured they're all hooked in
> together.  I can get you pictures of anything tomorrow, but I'm not
> exactly sure what you're asking for.  The AC to DC transformer is
> hidden behind insulation and I can't get at it, but I can have picture
> of the system box itself or the exterior lighting.  The lights
> themselves are flush mounted and caulked, otherwise I probably would
> have pulled them out already to see what could be done with them.
>
>
>>Tell ya what --- I'll send you a Vista-15P brand new board and program
>>it for $100.
>>
>>You need to provide the telco hookup so I can connect to it with my
>>down loader.
>
>
> This I might take you up on.  I'm considering going with a telco DSL
> internet solution which provides an incoming phone line at no charge,
> so you'd be able to dial in.  The telco said they could have a line up
> within a week.  Give me a few days to get things in order and I'll get
> back to you.  I really appreciate the offer.
>
> On Apr 19, 11:59 pm, "Crash Gordon" <webmas...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
>
>>before you rip it apart figure out what the zones are and write it down. tag
>>the wires so  you know EXACTLY where they go...then maybe take Nelson's
>>offer and you can get it back up and running with new board.
>
>
> I see where each zone connects on the board itself.  I could tag the
> wires so they go to the same zones on the new board, but I still
> wouldn't know what each zone does.  Is there a way to determine what
> zones monitor what sensors when the alarm is completely
> nonfunctional?  I can bring up programming mode, but pretty much every
> setting I tried to access I was locked out of.  I remember seeing a
> test mode, perhaps I'm not locked out of that.
>
>
I am familiar with 142's 162's and current panels but have never seen a
147 but the terminals should follow the same layout.

On the door to the panel there should be a print of the board and which
terminals comprise each zone.  Remove the wires from the zone terminals
(wich are then tagged) then connect a mulitmeter to them.  you should
read about 2 K ohms on each zone for this board (If I'm wrong someone
shout out)  Then open doors and windows until you get an open (or a
short if the device is normally open).  Powered devices like motion
detectors will have to be connected to 12 VDC.  If the system was
installed like ours then this should be the red and black wires on
terminals 4 & 5 (again - if this is wrong someone correct me.)

If you can't tell then there is no harm in connecting everything from
terminals 4 & 5 to the battery but I generally connect the pairs one at
a time to see what they are powering.

Good luck.