Re: Elk Doorbell?

["BruceR" <brNOSPAM@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Excellent! Happy to hear it worked.

From:Mitch
sumcoolgai@xxxxxxxxx

> Thanks for the tip... that got me searching.
>
> I set the "fast loop response time" and the "slow loop response time"
> for the zone to 20 ms (the lowest it would go) and that seems to work.
>
>
> BruceR wrote:
>> Is there an option to set the zone to "immediate?" To prevent falsing
>> the zone may be looking for the closure to last longer than just a
>> button push.  If you need a sustained press to activate it you could
>> use a 555 timer circuit (about $10). The button press would trigger
>> the timer to close a relay for as long as you need to fault the zone.
>>
>> From:Mitch
>> sumcoolgai@xxxxxxxxx
>>
>>
>>> By the way... I tested the connections and there is continuity
>>> throughout.
>>> I also just took out the doorbell switch and held the wires together
>>> and the chime came on after about 3-4 seconds.
>>>
>>> So, is there a way to get a momentary closure to trigger the alarm?
>>>
>>> thanks,
>>>
>>> Mitch
>>>
>>>
>>> Mitch wrote:
>>>
>>>> I thought it would be easy to wire the doorbell to a zone, set it
>>>> to normally open and then have a voice chime on the doorbell button
>>>> being pushed.
>>>>
>>>> So, I hooked it up, but it doesn't work.
>>>>
>>>> Am I missing something?  The doorbell's just a switch, shouldn't it
>>>> work? Thanks,
>>>>
>>>> Mitch