Accenta 8 keypad inop

[joe-90]

What do you do when your computer crashes? It freezes, doesn't make any sound or respond to keystrokes?


You disconnect it and reboot it.

Then the keyboard starts to work again.

Alarms are just the same. They are microprocessor driven.

If the keypad is genuinely dead and unrecoverable - then it needs replacing.

Don't listen to Daisy, he'll lead you round and round the houses and then leave you to sort it yourself.

Sooner or later you have to give it a whirl or get someone in to do it for you. You don't have any other options.

 

[rickj63]

ive purchased a lucas battery via a battery seller on ebay ,listed for the accenta 8 ,should be here around tues , weds next week ,so according to general advise , turn off power , open control box, remove old battery, install new, turn power back on ,alarm i presume will be activated due to opening box,hopefully code pad will now work input code and alarm will shut down, if code pad still does not work i will either have to wait till battery backu p drains down or remove bell box and disarm that way,,,YES.....?

 

[joe-90]

Yes. I'm glad that you finally realised that Daisy was going round in circles without a clue as to how to do anything other than what we've told you to do. If he has a better idea - let's hear it here in the forum.

 

[bernardgreen]

If he [unchained dazy] has a better idea - let's hear it here in the forum.

He had a good idea, he started deleting his posts.

 

[alumni]

If he [unchained dazy] has a better idea - let's hear it here in the forum.

He had a good idea, he started deleting his posts.

Rather strange behaviour.

 

[Europlex]

rickj63, while waiting for the battery, turn off the mains to the alarm, open the panel and remove the old battery. Close the panel and turn the mains back on, now you will have enter your code to stop it.

Do this to save the panel from any more problems that the faulty battery may cause.

 

[Europlex]

Well done T.P.C.

 

[rickj63]

rickj63, while waiting for the battery, turn off the mains to the alarm, open the panel and remove the old battery. Close the panel and turn the mains back on, now you will have enter your code to stop it.

Do this to save the panel from any more problems that the faulty battery may cause.

And how do i enter code to stop it.......yet again the code pad is not working!

 

[joe-90]

rickj63, while waiting for the battery, turn off the mains to the alarm, open the panel and remove the old battery. Close the panel and turn the mains back on, now you will have enter your code to stop it.

Do this to save the panel from any more problems that the faulty battery may cause.

And how do i enter code to stop it.......yet again the code pad is not working!

I'm not explaining it to you again. Buy a new keypad.

 

[chaindaisy]

I deleted my posts purely and simply because you chose to follow the amatuers. Now keep on following them and watch for smoke coming from your panel. It was your choice. A new panel is about £70. And no recognisable trade trouble shooting formula has been followed by these people. Your choice.... They are already telling you to buy a new keypad when no trade tests have been carried out. Ask them to prove to you conclusively that the keypad requires renewing. Conclusive evidence based on trade trouble shooting formulae.

 

[rickj63]

I deleted my posts purely and simply because you chose to follow the amatuers. Now keep on following them and watch for smoke coming from your panel. It was your choice. A new panel is about £70. And no recognisable trade trouble shooting formula has been followed by these people. Your choice.... They are already telling you to buy a new keypad when no trade tests have been carried out. Ask them to prove to you conclusively that the keypad requires renewing. Conclusive evidence based on trade trouble shooting formulae.

ive not followed anyone my friend, in fact ive thanked you a number of times,iam simply getting annoyed at people telling me to turn the alarm of via pad when in the very first post it clearly states it aint working, to be fair you have not told me to turn off this way so ive listen to what you have said,ive bought a battery as it seems clear advise leans to this being the fault,i didnt know it was that easy to order as thought they would be a few variants ,
ive no idea what the deal is between you and others on here as iam new to site but a few seem to behave like children and keep repeating the same instructions to me knowing dam well i cant turn the alarm of via pad.
sorry if you felt offended its not my itention to offend anyone,
iam a member of a few motor forumns but never come accross this level of abuse.
regards rick

 

[joe-90]

You just aren't getting it are you?? The alarm has crashed and will come back to life when you reboot it. We are tired of telling you the same thing over and over and over and over.

If you choose to believe that it is knackered - then get a new one. If not - then do as we tell you. Dithering around listening to old Daisykins is futile.

 

[chaindaisy]

Quite simply, it's the difference between professionals and plumbers. but you are not expected to be bothered about that. If you are having the same old story from the same people, doesn't it tell you anything at all ?

You were earlier told to replace the keypad, by a plumber. He is now telling you that you are not doing as you're told ... naughty boy.. I think the last post speaks for itself. But the plumber has not proved to you with one iota of evidence that the keypad is at fault. Again, I request that you ask him point blank for irrevocable evidence based on what he now knows about your system. Ask him.

 

[joe-90]

Come on Daisy. Tell us all about it. What's the problem here?(he won't).

 

[bernardgreen]

Rick
Micro-processors can "crash" in the same way as a computor can crash. With the processor "crashed" the keyboard will be inoperable until the micro-processor has been recovered from the crash.

The processor has probably got stuck in an endless loop of instructions and cannot break out to service the keypad. Removing power means it will stop working and when power is restored the processor will re-start and perform its initialisation processes before resuming normal alarm functions.

Those normal functions include servicing the keyboard so when the processor is re-started the keyboard is likely to become operational.

While it is not 100 % certain that removing all power ( mains and battery ) for a while and then restoring it will recover the processor it is the easiest and most common way to achieve a restart of the processor.