Re: Adding Ademco LYNXR Zone

["Crash Gordon" <webmaster@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

5899 is the magnet and almost any magnet will work if it is strong/close
enough to pull the switch.
Yah..you probably programmed it for the wrong loop.


<BFlaherty_2003@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:1181415326.737951.43840@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
| 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.
|