Alarm not setting

[Kevin Wednesbury]

Got a veritable alarm and it will not let me arm it beeping 9 times

 

[bernardgreen]

Best to post this in alarms and telephones.

Mods have been asked to move it for you.

 

[securespark]

Sure it's not 10 times?

Is the power light flashing?

You have no mains power to the system.

 

[securespark]

Sorry, my mistake. Is the tamper light on?

You have a tamper fault in the system somewhere.

That means on the end station lid, in the bellbox or somewhere in the circuits, eg, damaged cable or a PIR cover not pushed or screwed home.

 

[Kevin Wednesbury]

All zone lights red tamper and unset lights on then go off and beeps continually 9 times

 

[securespark]

Yeah, sounds like a tamper fault.

Is the lid secure?

How old is the bellbox?

If the lid fits well and the bellbox is fairly new, chances are it is a fault with the wiring, or an ill-fitting PIR lid.

You could confirm a tamper fault to the wiring by disconnecting the two wires from the TAMP terminals and replacing them with a short piece of wire to simulate a closed loop (effectively what a healthy closed tamper circuit is).

If when the panel is closed up the tamper light goes out and the system allows arming, you have found your fault. You will then have to use a multimeter on continuity to test the tamper loop to find the break.

If fitting a loop to the TAMP terminals does not solve the problem, then you will have an issue with the lid tamper on the panel or the bell box tamper.

You may find that you have several pairs of wires joined together to form a series loop. Each pair of tamper wires in each cable represents the tamper loop to that area, zone or individual accessory.

In which case you could check each individual cable's tamper loop to pinpoint the problem.