Have had some trouble with our alarm at home, seemingly triggered by having our electricity meter swapped for a smart meter (not the cause) but presumably the period of power outage knacked something up.
No idea when the alarm was installed by the previous owners, it was an ADT alarm but has been out of contract and disconnected from the phone line for the last 3+ years.
Every time when setting it in night or full mode it was getting triggered by zone 3 (identified the sensor). I managed to reset the codes by pulling the fuse and disconnecting/reconnecting the battery so I could get into programming mode through the reset engineer code.
The only thing I could see in the manual that would deactivate the problem zone was by putting it into a soak test. Am I right in thinking the every time this sensor now triggers the alarm the 14 day counter for the soak test will reset so effectively indefinitely ignoring this zone? Or is there another way to do this?
Leading on from this, is it likely that this is a faulty sensor, and that it could (no guarantees) be remedied by replacing the sensor for a new one? I noticed in the process that another sensor might not be active at all so possible that it would also need to be replaced.
Or should I quite while ahead and get someone professional in to do the job (avoiding this option initially as planning to move in the near future, so temporary fix was enough for now).
Appreciate any help received. Haven't been on here for about 7 years but will try to stick around for a bit now I've re-discovered the wealth of information here, and try to give a bit back on the subjects I know about.
No idea when the alarm was installed by the previous owners, it was an ADT alarm but has been out of contract and disconnected from the phone line for the last 3+ years.
Every time when setting it in night or full mode it was getting triggered by zone 3 (identified the sensor). I managed to reset the codes by pulling the fuse and disconnecting/reconnecting the battery so I could get into programming mode through the reset engineer code.
The only thing I could see in the manual that would deactivate the problem zone was by putting it into a soak test. Am I right in thinking the every time this sensor now triggers the alarm the 14 day counter for the soak test will reset so effectively indefinitely ignoring this zone? Or is there another way to do this?
Leading on from this, is it likely that this is a faulty sensor, and that it could (no guarantees) be remedied by replacing the sensor for a new one? I noticed in the process that another sensor might not be active at all so possible that it would also need to be replaced.
Or should I quite while ahead and get someone professional in to do the job (avoiding this option initially as planning to move in the near future, so temporary fix was enough for now).
Appreciate any help received. Haven't been on here for about 7 years but will try to stick around for a bit now I've re-discovered the wealth of information here, and try to give a bit back on the subjects I know about.