alarm

Hi, We have a Pyronix wireless system installed just over 4 years ago and have had Wireless Low Battery Siren messages and alerts for a few days. We have dummy alarm boxes externally, but as far sias know only the internal panel siren. Once I opened the panel up I could check the internal...

Hello alarm gurus, I have never installed an alarm system before but I am looking forward to giving it a shot. I have put quite a lot of thought into how we would like the system to work and I believe I have chosen a system that is capable of meeting these requirements but I would like to get...

I have just moved into a house with the above alarm. Following a power cut the keypads are emitting a constant tone, which I cannot stop. I have replaced the backup battery but still cannot stop the noise. The code will not work and I do not know what to do next, can anyone help?

Hi, I'm adding some additional sensors to my alarm system. As expected, when I remove mains from the panel then disconnect the battery, the bell rings. I can disable the bell from ringing by setting an internal jumper on the bell temporarily, but, this involves going up a ladder and the...

The other day for the first time in 4 years, my Pyronix Enforcer Home Control+ panel started beeping and went into a fault condition for the first time under a normal idle state. The error what I believe caused the "fault condition" was a "SMS call Fail" event, although not sure why it...

Have a scantronic panel (white panel with 2 screws at the top) with a keypad (929) photo attached. I need to know how to reset it as I cant remember the passcode to do anything with it. Tried earlier and the alarm went off so had to disconnect the sounder. Anyone able to help ?

Hi, The issue is solved but I'm curious as to if anyone knows what the issue was, or how to fix it in future. Veritas 8C, installed by yours truly 2 years ago. I had to power off the garage for a couple of days (the alarm is solely in the garage, monitoring the garage). When I turned the...

Hi, I'm having problems with my magnetic alarms door sensor on my patio door. I can't set the alarm as it says the zone is open. It's a Scantronics 9651. The sensor is old has been glued together by the looks of things. I had a look at the wiring from the back and see the following colours...

Hi there, I have an Accenta G3 alarm that makes all the right noises to set but then does not activate when I try and set it off. There are no errors showing on the keypad. There are 3 PIR sensors connected and i have completed the walkthrough in Engineer Program Mode and they all work...

I’m in the market for a monitored home alarm system, to be installed professionally. No DYI – so I hope this question is not off-topic, but I’m asking here in the hope people will be familiar with all aspects of how alarms work, not just DYI. Most installers in my area install either Texecom...

The battery on the Deltabell siren box outside my property has gone, and I need to replace it. The siren is intermittently sounding, I assume because the battery is low and causing fluctuations. I just wanted to ask someone whose replaced the battery how easy is it to do? I need to go up a...

Hello, I have a TS690. After a recent power cut the battery also died. When power came back, the alarm would not silence saying battery fault, so I disconnected from mains and ordered a new battery. Fitting the new battery (whilst still disconnected from mains so not to activate outside...

Hi all. After some advice. I've got a veritas 8 alarm system. A couple of days ago the external bell started sounding. No activated zones on the panel and internal bell was not sounding. Exeternal bell only. Main battery was replaced last year. I thought the fault was in the bell box so...

Hello, I installed a Powermax wireless alarm last year. Really happy with it. Installation was tricky as not being a pro I found the instructions hard to follow but got there in the end. However i couldnt set the zones/PIRs up properly to allow me to have the alarm on overnight with the house...

Hi there, I have successfully installed a Texecom Elite 64W Ricochet with SmartCom and it is working very well with notifications sent correctly to my iPhone. What is odd is I must have missed a setting on the panel - as the notifications are always missing a word - it says things like...

Does anyone have the manual on how to reset the alarm without the code please? I can't set the alarm for my new apartment!

Can someone please help me with some useful information. I literally have a headache trying to solve this problem! I have brought a apartment and moved in today. There is a alarm control panel on the wall intellisense c02-203! I have no contact information for the previous owners. Can someone...

Hi there, I'm wondering if anyone could help me... I've recently got a Honeywell Galaxy G3-48C System However when I power the system on, there is a consent buzzing noise from the keypad. When I look at the keypad display it's displaying "Call Alarm Co. Quote Code 71105*" *Different code on...

My Pyronix Enforcer panel a few days ago started to make an alert sound whenever I try to set the alarm using the key fobs; the key fob flashes amber, the normal 30 secs alarm arming beep sequence gets interrupted just after a few seconds and the alarm doesn't set. I checked the alert in the...

Hi guys, I need some help as I have a now out of contract ADT alarm that I cannot use as I have no idea what my user code is to login. It had tripped and needed a managers code and I couldn’t shift it as I couldn’t remember my code. I have managed to login as an engineer but is there any way to...