Re: Paradox Esprit fails to activate alarm siren in 3 Zones

["Crash Gordon" <webmaster@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

tick tick tick..Joe's time must not be worth very much to him. If he had
called his alarm company and paid them whatever their service fee is he
would be done by now. This is exactly what I was talking about...it's not
just a matter of pushing buttons. Deeper and deeper he will go...is it
programming...hmmmm lemme just change this...oh wait maybe it's a short
somewhere...hmmm that didn't fix it...lets go back to programming...dang now
this doesn't work. Two weeks later Joe needs to buy a new board because he
fried something or defaulted it accidently or its totally scrambled.



"tourman" <robercampbell@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:1168867650.078311.269230@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
| This is not a programming problem. Something else is going on. What
| chip version is this panel. If it's earlier than 2.0, the board may be
| experiencing some of the wierd things that went on with the earlier
| versions (most were pulled from service long ago). If its a later
| version, I cant explain long distance what is happening..sorry
|
| R.H.Campbell
| Home Security Metal Products
| www.homemetal.com
| Seagrove Gardens, Florida
|
| Joe H wrote:
| > Thanks Tourman for these comments. The system was working correctly with
no
| > silent zones until recently when we did some tests to see the system
worked
| > correctly with the power off. We decided to put in a new battery (as it
was
| > 8 years old) and it was after this that we noticed 3 zones had become
silent
| > ones. I guess some programming might have been lost as a result of these
| > tests? Before the battery was changed, the outside siren was activated
as
| > soon as the power went off, but this hasn't happened since the battery
was
| > changed.
| >
| > Regards, Joe
| >
| > "tourman" <robercampbell@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
| > news:1168823554.632476.109980@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
| > > Sir, I am in complete agreement with Doug on this. I have over 600
| > > Paradox panels in service, and they are not something you want to mess
| > > with unless you know exactly what you are doing. Finesse with
computers
| > > stand for nothing. Alarms have a language all their own, with a
| > > complete set of definitions all their own. Save yourself some grief
and
| > > have someone do it who has done it before.
| > >
| > > It seems the last installer didn't know what he was doing either, to
| > > set zones to "silent" that didn't need that feature.
| > >
| > > Cheers !
| > >
| > > R.H.Campbell
| > > Home Security Metal Products
| > > www.homemetal.com
| > > Seaside Gardens, Florida
| > >
| > >
| > > Doug wrote:
| > >> There is nothing difficult really about setting up the average alarm
| > >> system,
| > >> its the reasonable IQ that will help you set up your system
correctly,
| > >> not
| > >> familiarity with computers. I never really understood why people seem
to
| > >> preface " I should be able to <fill in the unrelated to computers
blank>
| > >> because I'm a computer whizz.
| > >>
| > >> Try www.tech-man.com for an installation manual.
| > >>
| > >> Doug
| > >>
| > >>
| > >>
| > >> "Joe H" <Joe@xxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:45aabdc6$1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
| > >>
| > >> > Can anyone tell me why the installation manuals are not on internet
and
| > >> > are not available from the alarm companies? What is so difficult
about
| > >> > setting up an alarm system to people who are familiar with
computers
| > >> > and
| > >> > have a reasonable IQ?
| > >> >
| > >> > Regards, Joe
| > >> >
| > >
|