Hi Im hoping someone can help. I have an Accenta alarm. Not sure what model as it was in my house when I moved in but it must be over 10 years old. The electricity for the whole area went off a few nights ago due to a fault in our area and in turn set my alarm off. This has happened for a few ights now (yes, as luck would have it, its always in the middle of the night when it happens)! Now I cant reset the alarm or do anything with it. The key pad buttons/numbers are lit up but thats it. If I press a button to rest or put my alarm code in, nothing happens. It looks like all the power to it is off. The very small dots at the bottom and the side of the panel that usually show red or green look like they have no power to them. The alarm box outside the house is constattly flashing (blue light). Does anyone know what the problem could be and how I could resole it? Ive tried phoning a couple of alarm people but although they book an appointment they are not turning up!!! Any help would be very much appreciated!
Accenta alarm fault
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New standby battery rqeuired.
Thanks for the feedback...very much appreciated. Are they easy to replace?
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Open panel ( mains present, so isolate first) remove battery ( or see what size it is and go get a new one). If so lid back up and reapply power.
Replace, close lid repower enter code job done.
External bell/sounder should ring when doing this but if your quick enough not to worry.
Replace, close lid repower enter code job done.
External bell/sounder should ring when doing this but if your quick enough not to worry.
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I take it you mean the "stand by" panel that was installed in one of the bedrooms (back up) and not the panel of the key pad? Apologise if I seem a bit slow...Im in my 80s now! Thanks again for the advice.
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No battery in the keypad.
Yes the main control panel, could be the bedroom.
Yes the main control panel, could be the bedroom.
thank you very much for all your help with this.
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Hope it goes well.
If you get any problems get back to us.
If you get any problems get back to us.
cheers!
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Hang on, guys...
It sounds as if the panel has locked out (keypad not responding). If powering down the mains, fitting a new battery and powering up does not get the system functioning, then you will need to reset the system. What you do to do this depends on which panel you have.
If you cannot get the system back to life, take a piccy of the inside of the end station & post it here, then we can examine it to see which version you have and consequently what needs to be done to reset it.
It sounds as if the panel has locked out (keypad not responding). If powering down the mains, fitting a new battery and powering up does not get the system functioning, then you will need to reset the system. What you do to do this depends on which panel you have.
If you cannot get the system back to life, take a piccy of the inside of the end station & post it here, then we can examine it to see which version you have and consequently what needs to be done to reset it.
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A power down and battery change should do the trick.
Its called a power recycle in other terms.
And a faulty battery generally does this and the NVM does not need to be reset.
Its called a power recycle in other terms.
And a faulty battery generally does this and the NVM does not need to be reset.
Alarm.
thats another name for a watchdog fault!
ADE (phillips electronics) had that engineered into the system to prevent overloading of power supply (i think)
if the battery goes below a certain volt/ah capacity or the external SAB battery goes to kaput,
it locks the panel out.
and as you say by cycling the system, mains off, new battery, mains on it should be ok, but if it don't work, change the external siren unit as well, (of the battery if you can get it apart, and its changeable).
Oasis
thats another name for a watchdog fault!
ADE (phillips electronics) had that engineered into the system to prevent overloading of power supply (i think)
if the battery goes below a certain volt/ah capacity or the external SAB battery goes to kaput,
it locks the panel out.
and as you say by cycling the system, mains off, new battery, mains on it should be ok, but if it don't work, change the external siren unit as well, (of the battery if you can get it apart, and its changeable).
Oasis
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Accenta will recycle.
Thanks all,
Think it may be a bit too complicated for me now...age does a terrible thing to a man.
Does anyone know where I can look for an alarm company in my area? Ive tried a couple of numbers but no response.
All advice very much appreciated!
Think it may be a bit too complicated for me now...age does a terrible thing to a man.
Does anyone know where I can look for an alarm company in my area? Ive tried a couple of numbers but no response.
All advice very much appreciated!
I thought that power down and battery disconnect reverted Accenta G4 to factory defaults including engineer and operator codes.
Therefore would not a full reset be needed?
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