Re: Wireless Trouble 7 "Burn in" on DSC 1555 panel

[mleuck <m.leuck@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Jun 25, 1:37=A0pm, tourman <robercampb...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Jun 25, 1:41=A0pm, mleuck <m.le...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> > On Jun 25, 11:45=A0am, tourman <robercampb...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> > > Something I found out recently might help out if you experience a
> > > problem eliminating a trouble 7 (wireless problem). It seems, if you
> > > have a wireless receiver and at least one wireless point of entry
> > > (door or motion) on a DSS 1555 panel, after some time, you may
> > > experience a trouble 7, which doesn't respond to changing the battery
> > > in the wireless device, defaulting and reprogramming the wireless
> > > receiver, or even changing out the wireless component itself. Bottom
> > > line, there seems to be some sort of glitch in the firmware somewhere=
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> > > whereby the panel keeps cycling, looking for a wireless keyfob (even
> > > if none is present on the system). If none is actually programmed in
> > > the system, after a long length of time, this trouble may permanently
> > > "burn in" to the panel itself, and cannot be cleared without changing
> > > out the panel for a new one.
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> > > It seems the solution is to program in some number other than 000000
> > > in section 41 of the programming in section 804 of the wireless
> > > receiver.
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> > > I have no idea why this happens, but this is the second occurrence of
> > > this problem that I have experienced.
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> > > Hope this helps someone else
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> > That is because you are using a v4.2 wireless receiver which sometimes
> > caused phantom keyfob low batteries. The prevention was to program all
> > keyfobs with something other than 000000 however if it already
> > happened you had to replace both panel and receiver. Never heard of
> > the zone 7 part tho.
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> > They had a warning and new v4.22 firmware out about 5 years ago.
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> RHC: Thanks Mark, good to know. However, in my case, I didn't have to
> replace the receiver just the panel. I will dial in though and put
> numbers in the balance of the wireless keyfob locations.
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> The trouble 7 indicates a wireless trouble. I brought the old board
> back, defaulted it again, and powered it up with just the keypad
> attached.....definately trouble 7 still there. Next step ...garbage !!

Trust me, replace the receiver too