A relative has an old Gardtec 300 series house alarm (control panel says 300 series on the PCB), RKP is a LCD screen with LED lit number pad, it's somewhere between 15 and 20 old. Fairly basic, but has worked perfectly up to now. I've replaced the backup battery twice and adjusted it a few times for them over the years, so I'm reasonably familiar, have all the codes, including engineer.
It has developed a tamper fault in the external bell box, I can't get up to check as it's incredibly high up on an old property. I suspect the tamper switch has failed due to age. I will replace the bell box with a newer model for them when I can borrow a longer ladder, but in the meantime need a temporary fix so it will at least arm correctly internally (it has an internal sounder which is working).
The 6 SAB connections on the control panel are: SAB Tamp, Bell Hold, + and - for bell power and two final connections for the strobe.
Can the SAB tamper be shorted out temporarily until they replace the bell box? If so, which connection does the SAB tamper need to be shorted to to close the circuit? And will it require a specific resistance across the two, or just shorted?
It has developed a tamper fault in the external bell box, I can't get up to check as it's incredibly high up on an old property. I suspect the tamper switch has failed due to age. I will replace the bell box with a newer model for them when I can borrow a longer ladder, but in the meantime need a temporary fix so it will at least arm correctly internally (it has an internal sounder which is working).
The 6 SAB connections on the control panel are: SAB Tamp, Bell Hold, + and - for bell power and two final connections for the strobe.
Can the SAB tamper be shorted out temporarily until they replace the bell box? If so, which connection does the SAB tamper need to be shorted to to close the circuit? And will it require a specific resistance across the two, or just shorted?
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