Re: swapping out a keypad?

[secure15 <secure15@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

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secure15 wrote:
> Do a Google for Mike Sandman the Telco guy from Chicago area. He has
> cleaning kits for phones, keypads etc.
>
> Tommy wrote:
>> 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
>> news:45d1b354$0$16268$88260bb3@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>> "Ziggy" <sziegler@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>>> news:1171371877.027181.83050@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>> 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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