alarm

Hi, The issue is solved but I'm curious as to if anyone knows what the issue was, or how to fix it in future. Veritas 8C, installed by yours truly 2 years ago. I had to power off the garage for a couple of days (the alarm is solely in the garage, monitoring the garage). When I turned the...

Hi, I'm having problems with my magnetic alarms door sensor on my patio door. I can't set the alarm as it says the zone is open. It's a Scantronics 9651. The sensor is old has been glued together by the looks of things. I had a look at the wiring from the back and see the following colours...

Hi there, I have an Accenta G3 alarm that makes all the right noises to set but then does not activate when I try and set it off. There are no errors showing on the keypad. There are 3 PIR sensors connected and i have completed the walkthrough in Engineer Program Mode and they all work...

I’m in the market for a monitored home alarm system, to be installed professionally. No DYI – so I hope this question is not off-topic, but I’m asking here in the hope people will be familiar with all aspects of how alarms work, not just DYI. Most installers in my area install either Texecom...

The battery on the Deltabell siren box outside my property has gone, and I need to replace it. The siren is intermittently sounding, I assume because the battery is low and causing fluctuations. I just wanted to ask someone whose replaced the battery how easy is it to do? I need to go up a...

Hello, I have a TS690. After a recent power cut the battery also died. When power came back, the alarm would not silence saying battery fault, so I disconnected from mains and ordered a new battery. Fitting the new battery (whilst still disconnected from mains so not to activate outside...

Hi all. After some advice. I've got a veritas 8 alarm system. A couple of days ago the external bell started sounding. No activated zones on the panel and internal bell was not sounding. Exeternal bell only. Main battery was replaced last year. I thought the fault was in the bell box so...

Hello, I installed a Powermax wireless alarm last year. Really happy with it. Installation was tricky as not being a pro I found the instructions hard to follow but got there in the end. However i couldnt set the zones/PIRs up properly to allow me to have the alarm on overnight with the house...

Hi there, I have successfully installed a Texecom Elite 64W Ricochet with SmartCom and it is working very well with notifications sent correctly to my iPhone. What is odd is I must have missed a setting on the panel - as the notifications are always missing a word - it says things like...

Does anyone have the manual on how to reset the alarm without the code please? I can't set the alarm for my new apartment!

Can someone please help me with some useful information. I literally have a headache trying to solve this problem! I have brought a apartment and moved in today. There is a alarm control panel on the wall intellisense c02-203! I have no contact information for the previous owners. Can someone...

Hi there, I'm wondering if anyone could help me... I've recently got a Honeywell Galaxy G3-48C System However when I power the system on, there is a consent buzzing noise from the keypad. When I look at the keypad display it's displaying "Call Alarm Co. Quote Code 71105*" *Different code on...

My Pyronix Enforcer panel a few days ago started to make an alert sound whenever I try to set the alarm using the key fobs; the key fob flashes amber, the normal 30 secs alarm arming beep sequence gets interrupted just after a few seconds and the alarm doesn't set. I checked the alert in the...

Hi guys, I need some help as I have a now out of contract ADT alarm that I cannot use as I have no idea what my user code is to login. It had tripped and needed a managers code and I couldn’t shift it as I couldn’t remember my code. I have managed to login as an engineer but is there any way to...

Hi All I’ve downloaded both manuals (Installation & User) but I can’t find how to setup the part set zones. I’m wanting to change the entry and exit zone when on part set as at the moment when we put it on part set the alarm instantly goes off when one of the zones picks us up. I still want...

Hello there, First time poster been driven to the site by a constant alarm notification going off in our home! 10 days ago now, my family were woken by a distant (but very noticeable) alarm noise. Not like a house alarm where decibels are high, more a constant repetition Pip Pip...Pip Pip Pip...

Evening, Im moving house in the morning and planning to leave the yale smart alarm at the current property for the new owner. Im struggling to find a way to do a factory reset or something of that nature, does anyone know. I could just remove the devices, but dont know if the hub could just be...

Hi. I have installed a few intruder alarms over the years and I have just been asked to install one for someone at a new-build bungalow, which is ground-floor only. I now have a decision to make. I can either install the bell box at ceiling height, under the eaves, at the front of the property...

Hello everyone, I am looking for a DIY wireless smart home alarm with sim card autodialer (don't mind using a gsm gateway if needed). The only two reputable options that I have come across are the ERA homeguard and honeywell evohome, but can't find many reviews online. Does anyone have any...

Hi, I have an Veritas 8 alarm system that is less than a year old, when trying to set the alarm this will not set as the panel shows PIR 4 (living room) lit up. On checking it it seems that this PIR is frozen, the red led is constantly on I have made sure that there is nothing in the path that...