Strobe on alarm bell box contantly flashing PLEASE HELP ME

[themrhook]

i have just replaced my old bell box with a new one, however my old one had 6 wires and the new one only has 5 inputs there is a + & - stobe on my old box and only a - strobe on the new one.
i was told to just tie up the blue wire (stobe +) and connect the white (strobe -) to the stobe - connection. i have done this but once i tested the alarm the stobe stays on flashing even though the panel has been reset ??

is there anyway of getting around this problem, for the time being i have disconnected both the strobe wires and system works fine (but with no strobe at all) but i would like to be able to get the strobe to work in alarm condition and then switch off when reset.

any help gratefully appreciated

 

[cpm25]

what is the strobe- connected to at panel end?

 

[themrhook]

it is connected to strobe + & Stobe - at the panel

thanks

 

[cpm25]

what panel is it?

 

[themrhook]

i do not know what panel it is to be honest it was already in when we moved in the house. i have a booklet that says it is an SL8 G3 intruder alarm panel model is 8SP 402 SL8 G3 other than that i do not know.

in the panel it has :

strobe +
strobe -
T -Ve tamper
A -Ve supply (0v)
D +Ve supply (12v)
B -Ve sounder trigger

but my new bell box only has the 5 connections no Strobe +

 

[cpm25]

sounds like an old panel, i will see if i have a manual for it, it will prob be programed as +ve for strobe activation, all modern bell boxes are -ve strobe trigger, you could attach strobe -ve to -ve for bell, that means the strobe will flash when bell ringing.

if i find a manual i will look if it can be re-programmed to -ve on activation.

 

[themrhook]

if i link the -ve strobe to -ve bell would that not overload the circuit an possibly cause the fuse to blow or even worse ??

 

[cpm25]

think its an accenta g3, can you take a pic of keypad to confirm, i will have a manual for that if thats the panel.

 

[themrhook]

were can i send the photo too ?

 

[cpm25]

you can post it on here and delete when finished

 

[themrhook]

As I said above if i link the -ve strobe to -ve bell would that not overload the circuit an possibly cause the fuse to blow or even worse ??

 

[cpm25]

i have done it many times not ideal but never caused a prob for me.

 

[themrhook]

I have the manual here but gives no help. Says stobe is 12v latching if that's any use ?
If I did the link on the bell strobe would it cause any electical problems with fuses etc (fire possibilities etc...)

 

[cpm25]

that means that the strobe give 12v from the panel to activate must be a quite old panel, other than putting a relay in, you may not have a choice then to link it with neg bell output, some panels you can alter the programming but with out knowing for sure what panel it is i can t confirm this, it would not cause any fire probs worse case it would blow the bell output fuse but i would be very surprised if it did. Again if i new exactly what panel it was i could look at the output limits but i dont think there will be a problem.

 

[Alarm]

As said we need to know the panel.

Any photos?