Re: swapping out a keypad?

["Tommy" <tommy at leesecurity.net>]

Bob,
do those keypads have the little rubberbuttons with the carbon on the back
to make the button circuit?  I don't use the gemini panels, so i have no
experience. I have used a pencil eraser to clean the contacts on the circuit
board and get a little more life out of the keypad. usually just enough to
get a new one in and schedule a service call.


"Bob La Londe" <nospam@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> "Ziggy" <sziegler@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>> On Feb 12, 1:31 pm, "Jim" <alarmi...@xxxxxxx> wrote:
>>> On Feb 11, 9:12?am, "Ziggy" <szieg...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>
>>> > I have a Gemini 816 series panel with two keypads model RP1CAe2. One
>>> > keypad, the main one we use when entering and leaving the house is not
>>> > working properly, it seems that when we press numbers on the keypad it
>>> > does not recognize them or I have to press it a few times before it
>>> > works. I assume after time the keypad becomes worn out?
>>>
>>> > How do I change it, do I just buy a new one and replace it or are
>>> > there other steps that I need to do first?
>>>
>>> > Thanks in advance
>>>
>>> > Steven
>>>
>>> Also, if you do reach the point that you are changing the keypad, make
>>> sure that you use the same series.  If you have the "K" serries,
>>> keypads, you have to replace the bad keypad with a "K" series keypad.
>>> Or, the original series kepad with an original. You can tell the
>>> difference in that the old series has an ON/OFF button and the K
>>> series has an ENTER button.
>>
>> Thanks for the info. Does this keypad have this happen often that
>> after a few years of use they keys no longer work?
>
>
> I have hundreds of RP1CAe2 keypas in service.  I don't recall replacing
> any with bad keys.
>
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