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Yes, thanks did that...but took longer than expected. Tested it and seems to work ok, but fingers crossed it stays that way. Will come back if not.

We moved the PIR to a different connection in the panel, it’s ok now but we will have to see what happens in the next few days, since the problem was intermittent. Thanks for your suggestions.

Absolutely certain...seems odd that the red light flashes but none of the alarm bells actually sound ...and that it can sometimes stop flashing again and allow the alarm to be set. Grrrr!

Thanks will have a go tomorrow and let you know how it goes. Thanks and have a good evening. Jane

Thanks, are you suggesting moving the PIR wiring to a different (empty) connection in the panel? If so will try it tomorrow. Please can you explain what you mean by ‘short alarm pair out in PIR’ Thanks for your patience ...

Hi The light flashes and the beep changes when I am still in the cupboard with the panel, so the PIR has not been activated.

You can’t see the PIR from the cupboard. Sometime the alarm sets ok, sometimes when I put the code in the zone flashes and there is a different beep, if this happens then 1 of 2 things happens, either it stops after a few seconds and alarm sets ok, or it doesn’t stop and I have to put in the...

Hi Yes, it’s the exit zone, we have a PIR for it, it has worked for years without a problem (PIR replaced last year but made no difference). There are no more devices attached to that zone. The panel is in a cupboard under stairs so I don’t affect the PIR when I am setting it. If I put the code...

We have an old Optima G3 hard wired alarm system with an intermittent fault- when setting the alarm one of the red zone lights flashes and the beep tone is different. Sometimes it resets itself without any action from us and we can continue to exit with no problem and when we return all is ok...