Can you re-set an intruder alarm system

[flipfloppi]

get a new one , as said before, much less hassle

i will definetly get a new one, but now that Richard C mentioned the re-set code, i just want to check out of curiosity...

anyway the panel i've got is primitive, and doesn't look user friendly at all

thanks mate

 

[breezer]

panels do not have a "reset code"

you can default all panels back to factory default, which is by various means (depending on panel)

a lot of panels have the buttons you mention.

also if yours is under the stairs, not very user friendly is it, newer panels have a remot keypad which you can put some where more conveiniant

 

[Space cat]

I would expect the lights to have the following meaning:

Mains: You are running on mains power. If it's out you're on back-up battery.

Day: The system isn't armed. I imagine that this one is lit now.

One to five: One or more of these will be lit if the alarm has been activated.

Tamper: This will light if your tamper loop is broken.

The tamper loop consists of two extra cores in each cable wired up as a single, unbroken series circuit. Anything that can be opened, including the alarm box itself, should have a switch wired into this circuit to break it if the lid is removed. A tamper loop should always be active but if the main alarm is not armed it is unlikely to set off the outside sounder, only a small beeper in the alarm box itself.

With the limited number of keys that you have, I would suggest that either # or * functions as a reset key (probably #). The other one might be used to arm the alarm. If the thing is going off I would try #XXXX where XXXX is your four digit code. If that doesn't work try *XXXX.

The obvious problem with such a simple keypad is the programming. How do you change your code? Does pressing # and * together get you into program mode and, if it does, what next? Maybe someone else can help.

 

[breezer]

bristis standard 4737 says only one light for cct should be lit,(to indicate which cct went off) so that bit is wrong,

the panel is inaceesable / useless position.

there is a time to stop trying to flog a dead horse

 

[Richard C]

Richard C,

have you got instructions mate??? the one i've got is 5 zones not 3 as i said previously (i just had another look)

cheers

Fraid not, I left them at my previous house; but I would have thought they shouldn't be too dificult to get hold of!