Re: Ademco Vista10-SE installing new 5808 problems?

[Jim <alarminex@xxxxxxx>]

On Feb 5, 7:44=EF=BF=BDpm, Thomas Hellmer <thell...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Well just to rule out zones or problems with the 6128RF keypad/receiver n=
ot
> recognizing zones 17/18, I just got finished trying enrolling the new 580=
8
> as Zone 11 and it still didn't work. I removed a motion detector from zon=
e
> 11, reenrolled it as zone 17 and it worked fine, so then I added the new
> 5808 into the old zone 11 slot that was working fine with the motion
> detector of course using zone type 09, rf, loop 1, and manually entering =
the
> serial number. =EF=BF=BDIt did nothing, so I removed the serial just for =
kicks and
> tried having it send it, but it still wouldn't send a serial number with
> either the test button or with the magnet base removal. So I entered it
> manually again, reset the system, and put it into test mode and all the
> other house sensors worked but not the 5808. So I pulled that new one, tr=
ied
> the old one that I had mentioned worked once before and it wouldn't work
> either. Batteries had been left in both 5808's all night though (as I had
> them mounted for use as stand-alone units) - maybe batteries have tobe
> removed for several days? I wouldn't think so. =EF=BF=BDAnyway, for some =
reason the
> microprocessor must be disabling the wireless side or something. They are
> both 1999 models per a post in the DIY alarms forums that told me how to
> read the code, but the one is brand new but old stock. I opened the chamb=
ers
> just now to see if they had dust, residue, or anything in them and they b=
oth
> looked brand new with the sensors being crystal clear. Could the
> microprocessor know they are 10 years old somehow? I don't think the Vist=
a
> 10SE has a date entry anywhere in it. Maybe capacitor drift from old
> capacitors? I do know capacitors can dry out even unused, but I'd think t=
he
> new in the box one even if old stock should at least work longer than a d=
ay
> - plus they all seem to work as a standalone device, just not with the
> system. Still a puzzle. Just like any malfunctioning computer program or
> electronic device, the most aggravating thing about it is trying to figur=
e
> it out. lol
>
> On 2/5/09 5:01 PM, in article vdKil.1723$Ft....@xxxxxxxxxxxx, "Jim Rojas"
>
>
>
> <jro...@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > Yeah, I hear ya...trip and roll using the tamper instead of the test
> > button...Some panels require 2 trips to confirm...gets confusing. Then
> > you wonder why Loop 4 comes up. Check and make sure the serial number
> > matches, and the Loop is 1.
>
> > Jim Rojas
>
> > Crash Gordon wrote:
> >> I've not that problem. But I always...hand enter the SN...because I HA=
VE had
> >> problems with the old trip to enroll method.-

Just a shot in the dark, cause I'm not familiar with Ademco, but try
enrolling the code while standing close to the receiver. Some of the
old wireless stuff wouldn't enroll to good, but once enrolled .....
was ok.