Re: Lynx battery replacement in motion detector?

[Michael <sirflannelS@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

When you replace the batteries, leave the batteris out for at least 30
seconds, and push the tamper switch (small lever switch on the lower
right of the circuit board) a few times, to make sure the on board
capictor discharges. If not, the low battery message won't go away
after you put the new batteries in

On 1 Feb 2007 10:31:35 -0800, "hfx_chris" <grady.chris@xxxxxxxxx>
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