Re: Adding Ademco LYNXR Zone

[BFlaherty_2003@xxxxxxxxx]

On Jun 9, 11:11 am, BFlaherty_2...@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
> I am having trouble adding some wireless zones to my Ademco LYNXR
> series home security system.  I studied the manual, and I was able to
> add 4 zones, and I believe they are configured correctly.  The system
> seems to recognize the new zones, but I am getting sporadic false
> alerts from some of the zones.
>
> Another odd behaviour that I noticed is that when I reset the panel,
> all seems well.  Then when I test one of the zones by opening a
> window, the system recognises that the window is open, but when I
> closed the window, the system does not recognize that the window was
> closed.
>
> At first, I felt that I had not placed the magnet close enough to the
> transmitter, so I staged up a test platform, and placed the magnet
> exactly where it is meant to be placed, and the system does not
> recognise when the magnet returns to the "closed" position.
>
> My second thought was that I am using old batteries in the
> transmitters, but I think that my system is set up to recognise when a
> battery is low.
>
> My third thought is that I am using the wrong battery.  I added an
> ADEMCO 5815 wireless transmitter, and used a 5899 battery.  The 5899
> box says that it can be used on a 5700 series as well.  Maybe this is
> the reason that I am seeing issues.
>
> So,  based on all of that, I have 2 questions:
> -Does anyone have any suggestions as to what I can do to resolve this?
> -ADT is the company who monitors my system,  do I need to notify them
> when I add a zone?

After looking at my system again, it appears as though the transmitter
that I was using has 2 zones, or loops.  I was using the incorrect
loop.  When I changed to using the second loop, it seems to have
started working better.