optima xm

newbury · 5 Sep 2010

Hi everyone, hope some one out there can help.
We have an Optima XM system that was working great until we had some building work carried out. We found one problem and fixed it but one of the sensors that was working perfectly is not responding IE does not light up when you are near to it, the system when you try to set it is not making the noise it use to, also we have had the box repositioned and have been assured that everything is as it was but obviously it is not working as it was.
Hope you can help.
Thanks
Newbury

caretech · 5 Sep 2010

Does the system respond to your code or does the alarm do nothing.
The system might have crashed and needs reprogramming. Who repositioned the box ? If it was a "company" can you not get them back to sort it for you.

Grahame

newbury · 6 Sep 2010

Hi Graham,thanks for the reply.
The system was moved by an electrician who has attempted to fix the problem several times , the system seems to set when we leave the house but as i said the noise it emits is not the same as it was and i can not understand why the sensor will not respond to movement, we have checked the other senors and they are working fine
is there any sort of check we can carry out to see if the sensor is conected properly to the system.

joe-90 · 6 Sep 2010

Set the alarm and walk in front of it. If it isn't working and is open circuit then the panel will emit a different tone - which I'm guessing is what is happening. Try omitting that zone and see what happens.

newbury · 6 Sep 2010

Thanks for your info joe
set alarm as you said sensor did not pick me up, how do you omit a zone? and what does this signify if that zone will not respond. Can it be fixed? is it a case of resetting the whole system? appreciate your thoughts.
newbury

joe-90 · 7 Sep 2010

The odds are that the sensor isn't connected properly. Undo the panel and check that the power for all the sensors goes to the right place. If so, check inside the sensor and see if the wires are in the right slot.

Can't remember how to omit on that one but if you google for a user manual you should soon find one.

mryoung · 7 Sep 2010

Think it was

code - omit - zone number - set

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