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Well that's annoying!! Spent ages trying to figure out what was wrong. Thank you

I've just started setting up this system, I've programmed a key prox to a user but the keypad only accepts it if I first wake the keypad up with a button press! Without the button press it doesn't know its there, even for disarming I First have to activate the keypad! I've had a Good search of...

I'm replacing 3 that are currently in the house wired traditionally, I think I'm now planning to wire each to a separate zone, more wiring but should be worth it.

thanks, so having review the manual for panel and smoke heads again, the 12v comes from the 12v in the panel, the 0v comes from Output 1 (set to fire) in the panel then either leg of the zone connections goes to either point A (N/C) or point B (Com). Is the zone then programmed in windex to say...

Right got it, I'm happy for it to operate as traditional fire alarm instead of rewiring. So which leg of the smoke does Output 1 go to and which leg does the zone connection go to? Thanks

Also whats the situation with firmware upgrading can I do this from a pc connected via the smartcom? thanks again for the help

ok so I get the wiring for pir now and ill need a expander. Having reviewed the smoke head wiring I can see I need 12&0v to E & D but then from the panel instructions it says to use Output 1 for fire detectors, so is this just 1 wire going into A at the head and out at B to the next head...

Thanks for quick reply. So by the term "zone" this actually means device??? I'd planned to have 5 pirs linked in series connected to 1 zone in the panel!

Hi, this is my First intruder alarm install (at home) I'm a electrician & fire alarm engineer so reasonable background knowledge. I'm planning to purchase a 64w system (want to be mainly wired), 3 zones over 3 floors (radials with 3-5 pir on each floor, 2 x keypads (1 wired by the panel, 1...