Re: Adding a 2nd Ademco 6128 keypad to Vista 10SE W/E2

["Roland More" <NoSpamroland@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

>"and I am afraid there will be some kind of fine-print clause preventing me
>from adding components"

As a practical matter, no alarm company wants to have and end user fat
fingering the system it installed. It is not hard to understand why. If you
or someone else other than ADT owns the equipment (and since you didn't sign
an agreement with ADT) I think it would be hard for you to be bound by that
agreement. In this case your system is so old (last made in 2001 I believe)
I doubt it is under any sort of warranty that you would void and I doubt if
ADT has reliable records of exactly how many keypads it has on that system.
Since the panel itself doesn't know how many keypads it has, it won't
(can't) signal to ADT any information regarding a change in keypads attached
to the system. In other words, ADT won't know (much less care), unless they
read this post. If there is some sort of loss due to equipment failure, and
legal finger pointing starts, your efforts may come to light.


"Dan" <none@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> "Just Looking" <nospam@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>> Set all addressable keypads to address 31, which should be the factory
>> default address for 6128,
>
>> It would be better to call the monitoring station and put the system on
>> test
>> first, then power down the system (AC and battery), then connect the
>> keypad,
>> and then power it back up again. Then test the system and call the
>> monitoring station to verify signals, and then take it off test.
>> Best of luck.
>
>
> Thanks for the helpful reply.  I did check the address for the existing
> keypad, it is 31.  I see in the instructions that came with the new one
> that as you said, the default is 31, so it should be too.  If I put the
> system on test, (code-test) then unplug the AC adapter, then disconnect
> the battery, I am assuming the system will effectively be non-existing to
> the ADT, correct? My concern about contacting them is that, since the
> system was here when I moved in, I am not sure who "owns" it, me (e.g., if
> the previous owner had paid for it) or ADT (if the previous owner had
> leased it).   My experience with alarm companies is limited to a year at a
> nearby rental, and about 2 months here.  I am quickly learning they can be
> bastards (my last company was Protection One, don't get me started... ),
> and I am afraid there will be some kind of fine-print clause preventing me
> from adding components, or charging me some ridiculous fee if I do so.
> I'd really rather just do the work then fire it up, if this is feasible.
>
> BTW, based on your knowledge of these systems, how old is this alarm
> likely to be?
>
> Dan
>