Re: Testing Popits

["Just Looking" <nospam@xxxxxxxxxx>]

That's when you find that installer and hang him with a few twists of the
data run right from that same spot; and leave his mummified pelt there as a
warning for the next installer not to do that.

"Crash Gordon" <webmaster@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> and hopefully some idiot installer didn't hide the popit 35' up in the
> rafters somewhere
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> "Just Looking" <nospam@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> | There is not a way to test POPITS with a multimeter that I am aware of.
> | Popits work differently than say a Honeywell SIM. There is not serial
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> | in a POPIT. It works by timing. There is a start signal from the panel.
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> | there are about 250 "slots" allocated in aprox 10 ms increments and
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> | gets reported in at that time slot is going to be the condition of the
> zone
> | associated with that time slot. The horror of troubleshooting a system
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> | a lot of POPITS is that the extra or missing POPIT number showing at the
> | keypad means almost nothing once its timing is off. There is a divide
and
> | conquer troubleshooting technique that takes many hours to use to
discover
> | the guilty dog.
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> | "T.J." <super2324us@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> | > On Jul 7, 8:54 am, "Roland More" <NoSpamrol...@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> | > > What are you testing for? Are you having problems with the system?
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> | > > "T.J." <super232...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> | > > news:1183752900.513859.87840@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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> | > > > Can somebody please tell me again how I can test popits? Thanks!-
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> | > Hi Thanks for the replies. No I am not having trouble. Our companies
> | > Alarm Tech is moving and I wanted to try and be the new one, so I am
> | > just trying to learn and refresh what I do know. I thought there was a
> | > way to test popits with a Multimeter?
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