Re: New House Alarm - Am I locked out?

[JoeRaisin <joeraisin@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

jasonextras@xxxxxxxxx wrote:

> Hello all.  I recently purchased a 7 year old home that has a built-in
> alarm system.  The previous owner chose to purchase the unit as part
> of the then-new home's price rather than lease, but when he had the
> monitoring turned off prior to sale it looks like they locked the
> board.  They used a First Alert FA147c panel and a fixed word keypad.
> It permanently displays "dl" on the display, which according to the
> manual means the system is disabled.  No notices for zone trips are
> provided and the motion sensors are shut down.  I cycled the power and
> used both * and # methods to try to retrieve the installer code, but
> #20 makes the system display "EE" on the keypad.
>
> It appears I'm locked out and the system is permanently disabled.
> Does anyone have any experience with this board to know if this is the
> case for sure?  If it is locked, what are my options?  Can I swap
> boards with a Vista 10SE and keep my sensors as they are, or do I have
> to ditch everything and start over?  A drop-in FA147c replacement has
> proven impossible to locate, and even then I'd have to procure a Alpha
> keypad to program it.  I'd just like to be able to use this alarm
> locally without a monitoring service.
>
> Thanks for your help.
>

First thing you need to do is to ascertain whether or not the smoke
detectors in your house are connected to the 110VAC circuits or are
controlled by the alarm panel.

Its likely that they are connected to the 110 and in that case you have
no problem.  If they are controlled by your DISABLED alarm panel then
you need to have someone come out and rectify this at once.

Please look into this immediately.