Re: Lynx battery replacement in motion detector?

[EyeBee <spam@xxxxx>]

hfx_chris wrote:
> Greetings,
>
> recently my Ademco Lynx woke me up by beeping in the middle of the
> night to tell me the batteries are running low in my wireless motion
> detector.
> I've had this happen a few times in the wireless smoke detector, and
> it's quite easy to replace the batteries in that one -- it takes two 9-
> volt batteries.
> I opened the cover on the motion detector, and the panel downstairs
> immediatly started making a rapid beeping sound -- I did a <code> +
> off and it silenced it, I assume this is some sort of tamper alarm? So
> basically what I want to know is, when I remove the battery (it's a
> small little 3-volt I believe, had to find it at Radio Shack), is it
> going to mess anything up as far as the motion detector is concerned?
> I recall when it was installed, the installer said something about
> setting up the motion detector so that our cat wouldn't accidently set
> it off, so I'm wondering if these settings are stored in the motion
> detector, and will removing the battery reset it?
>
> Thanks for any help,
> Chris
>
go ahead and replace the battery.  nothing will change as a result.
except for the low battery alert.