alarm

Hi all, I recently posted a question asking about a 24h contact with override key switch (http://tinyurl.com/jdtyw6f) I have installed the zone with the key switch to shunt the contact with so the gate can be opened without the alarm activating, however I am now getting an open signal from the...

Hey Everyone, I hope someone out there can help me, basically I have an old Accenta 6 (with LED keypad alarm system) with 2 external sirens. Recently the alarm system has been triggering off randomly and has been playing up lately (keypad not responding at times, different zones triggering off...

Hi guys. Would like some advice regarding intruder alarms. I am currently renovating a small 3 bed house and would like to install an alarm system. I have boiled it down to either: 1)Yale Easyfit Telecommunicating system (£180) 2)Texecom Ricochet (£210) I would have liked wired as apparently...

Hiya, I've just bought a place and it's got no alarm system. I urgently require a wired alarm that I can install myself to cover the whole of ground floor as well as the garage. I have some basic education of installing an alarm, but I'd rather be sceptical and say that I know very little...

Hello, I'm wanting to purchase a wireless kit, but also has wired capabilities. I rang one of your highly recommended companies, Pyronix today, but unfortunately they are closed over the weekend, so I decided to post on here. I want a wireless alarm system for ease of install, but I was...

Hello all, I'm looking at installing a wireless alarm, I know a wired version is better but its just not convenient for me to start lifting carpets and floorboards hence the wireless choice. I'm not looking to install a cheap system, I just want a good one. The three I have read most about...

Hope someone can advise as ive dropped a bit of a clanger! Recently bought my first house and in the process of decorating the hall and came to doing some prep work in there tonight. There are 4 wires (red, black, blue & yellow) sticking out from the silicone sealing around the front PVC door...

I just moved in to a property that has the 9448 alarm installed. It seems to be working properly, arming the alarm when leaving, but when re-entering the house, I have basically no time to disarm the alarm and both internal and external bells go off. The alarm panel is basically 1 meter away...

Hey. I have a Accenta/Optima Mini G4 that was installed by the previous owners of the house I've recently moved into. It was all working fine the RCD in the consumer unit was turned off so that some electrical work could be done elsewhere in the house. I thought nothing of it, once the work was...

Hi I have a 9448 alarm system with a main unit upstairs in the cupboard and a separate keypad next to the door. I have just returned home from a weekend home and found the keypad by the door to not be working. I have not had a power cut as far as I am aware. The key pad is fully lit up and...

Recently a neighbours house was broken into. I then realized that a couple of elderly neighbours had also recently complained about issues with their home alarm systems. My own alarm system also seems to have suddenly stopped working properly for some reason. It has managed to reset its self...

Random alarms starting beeping every 30 seconds last night. I removed the heads, hoovered them and changed the batteries. Still beeping. So i've turned off the mains power and removed all the heads and they are still beeping even though there is no head (the thing with the battery and the test...

Hi all, is anyone else having problems regarding the Pyronix Cloud capability of the HomeControl+ alarm panel from Pyronix? Everything was working fine up to about 5 or 6 weeks ago :); and now all the panel gets is the GSM network service (Basic Network - Sig stength 13-15 avrg ) and without...

Hi, I've installed a Texecom Premier Elite system in my home and it's working great. I've got all the downstairs zones assigned to Area A and all the upstairs assigned to B. When I full set A and B set fine and everything works as expected (Alarms are instant in the Guard zones) and entry /...