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

["Crash Gordon" <webmaster@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Have a feeling this system is an ADT system but is not monitored...Dan never
really said so or did  he?





"Roland More" <NoSpamroland@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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| >"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
| >
|
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