ADT Galaxy Upgrade - looking for suggestions

[gingerangles]

PS... looks like that sorted the ROI... an extra 8 Zones showed up

 

[GalaxyGuy]

OK, thats picked up an additional module... there are 6... presumably Panel, ROI, SAB, Keypad, speakers? what's the 6th?

When I try to get out of engineer mode get a power fault "ROI 100 Batt Test Fail". New battery for the main panel then?

1 x Onboard PSTN Comms
2 x internal RIO
1 x external RIO
1 x Ethernet
1 x Keypad

Hopefully it's the battery and not the board. Screwfix do the battery if you need one locally. 12V 7Ah.

 

[gingerangles]

Not plugged the ethernet in yet!?

Errr yes... hope it's the battery!

 

[gingerangles]

PS... what would cause a battery fail? Its kicking out 13 odd volts

 

[GalaxyGuy]

Does the system stay powered up when the mains is disconnected ? A battery showing 13V doesn't mean that it will hold when under load!

Also, the other device is the USB port.

 

[gingerangles]

I'll grab a new battery and see what that does... this one ok?...
https://www.screwfix.com/p/sealed-lead-acid-battery-12v-7-0ah/38315

Do I need to configure the speakers as an 'output' also? They dont appear in the output menu at the mo.

 

[GalaxyGuy]

The speaker on OP3 at the panel is the default - they do not need configuring. It should be giving tones at the default - power up new settings.
When you booted this panel did it first say 'Press any a key to continue', or as an ebay purchase has it been used before ? The two PCB screws are missing, did you remove them? Hopefully this isn't a bad returns board that's been swapped out on site...

The test for the battery is to see if it holds up with the mains off. If the panel instantly dies then the panel is suspect. If it dims or remains powered up, but the voltage at the battery terminals drops considerably, then the battery is suspect. If it runs fine on battery and the battery remains at 12V or thereabouts, then again, the panel is suspect.

 

[gingerangles]

It did go through the 'press any key' at power up yes, as per the install manual.

I'll give the battery a test in the morn.

Which PCB screws?

 

[gingerangles]

The test for the battery is to see if it holds up with the mains off. If the panel instantly dies then the panel is suspect. If it dims or remains powered up, but the voltage at the battery terminals drops considerably, then the battery is suspect. If it runs fine on battery and the battery remains at 12V or thereabouts, then again, the panel is suspect.

OK... so when I pull the power the lot seems to die... the LED on the panel stops flashing. Voltage at the battery drops from 13.6v to 12.3v.

 

[gingerangles]

Bit more detail...

Although there is 12v at the battery there is no power coming out of this little board on the right...

 

[sparkymarka]

Looks like some type of battery saver module ....have you tried bypassing it ?

 

[gingerangles]

Close up...

 

[gingerangles]

Looks like some type of battery saver module ....have you tried bypassing it ?

I did wonder that... Can I? Shall I?

 

[gingerangles]

So I've bypassed that little PCB and it did then let me out of the engineer's menu successfully.

However, continuing to configure the zone names and spares and also add the ethernet module I've got the problem back!?

When trying to exit engineer's mode I get "ROI 100 Batt Test Fail". When aborting out of the exit I get the error "0001 +CU-BATT".

I'm getting 13.6v ish at the battery terminals on the board, when I cut the mains the battery drops to 10v. Is this pointing to the battery or have I a duff panel?

The battery in the siren seems shot as the siren wont sound without mains power - couldn't be this causing the fault could it?

 

[sparkymarka]

Sounds like the battery is faulty