Re: troubleshooting old alarm, worked perfectly till this am....

[Wednesday Rowan <wednesdaytgw@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Monday, July 20, 2015 at 6:40:44 PM UTC-7, Wednesday Rowan wrote:
> my old hardwired alarm system was set off last night (someone trying to o=
pen the front door). Weird because there is no access to the wiring from th=
e outside..... maybe coincidence....=20
> now it won't set... no "green light" on keypad with all windows and doors=
 in place.
> I've checked the magnets in the window frames, the doors sensors are inst=
alled in door and frame.=20
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> control box shows a red light in "zone 1" (I can't say what it used to sh=
ow, never paid attention until it stopped working)
> I thought the problem might actually be the keypad, it didn't show the al=
arm on, I left the house thinking it wasn't set..... then when I came back =
from the dentist it was set... prealarm went off and the alarm turned off w=
hen I keyed code in (I didn't have time to go see if the "zone 1" red light=
 was still on),=20
> then... no green on the keypad and shows a red light in "zone 1" on the c=
ontrol box.=20
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> Q... can I find out which wire is to which door or window by detaching th=
e connections one at a time and see if, when I detach the one that is the p=
roblem.. which one it is?
> seems like that is the first step...
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> I'd call someone but, I don't have money now, and, not in the best neighb=
orhood... don't want to be without the alarm.
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> I'm not any kind of handyman or electrician, but I have installed dimmer =
switched and a CFI... and I put a new battery in the alarm some years ago.
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> would appreciate any help....
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> I have pictures of the alarm interior...=20
> box says "Protection Products Inc" model 30-433
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> the key pad is a dti dcu-20 (found pdf manual for that, nice, I'd forgott=
en how to add/remove an auxiliary code)

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alarm is kind of simple... only, zone 1 zone 2 for two doors and 6 windows.=
.. old system... they are bunched together=20

I took three of the "magnets"(?) off that looked like they might be lose en=
ough to shift and re glued them (e6000) no idea what the original glue was.=
. it was clear but dried... is there a better glue? *********
they just dried enough to replace windows in the frame, and....=20
"Green Light"
it is working now ;-)
so my idea of putting a magnet at the sensor to see if it was a connection =
problem in the door or window didn't work?

I am keeping your info, the system is old and some of the sensors don't wor=
k... there were some mats at doors and stair base for when no one was home,=
 they stopped working... I want to familiarize myself with it better before=
 there is need...=20
a more sophisticated control might be nice and I'd like to add the garage d=
oor to the system and eventually get cameras at front and patio doors...
I want to learn how this works
so, thank you for the information ;-)