Texecom Premier 24 driving me crazy

[Tamadus]

I have installed a Texecom premier 24 with an expander to add extra zones for outbuildings. It has two keypads at both front and rear entry/exit doors. Neither of these keypads appear to be proximity pads although the installation manual that came with them suggests otherwise. They are LCD/P keypads

1. According to the manual it will accept 4/5/6 digit user keys but only 6 digits are accepted, have I missed something here or have texecom changed things?
2. When adding a user it asks if I want to assign a key tag, to which I have answered no. However when I set the system using a user code it arms perfectly but when disarming, it demands a key tag and says the user code is no good. Attempting to assign a tag is ignored by the system and no verification tone is heard.

Any help will be gratefully accepted.

 

[Serg]

LCDP is keypad with prox reader. Look for Prox print under LCD display on left side. It is where to present prox tags.

1. Global options - System config 37, change it to Grade 2 to have 4 digit codes
2. It is because the panel is Grade 3. Change it to Grade 2 as above and programing users make sure option Locked by Timer is switched off, take the C off.

Hope it helps.

 

[Tamadus]

Thanks Serg,

The strange thing is that the keypad doesn't have the prox print on any of the units so I am suspecting they are not the porx version but the standard type, I may have to get some replacements.

Changing the control panel to grade 2 should be a big help. I have looked at the C when programming users but can find no mention of it but I'll have another look today and find out how to remove it.

 

[sparkymarka]

Think the tag unset option has been removed ( default ) on the V3/4 panels , possibly when you make it grade 2

 

[Tamadus]

WooHoo many thanks Serg, the need for 6 digits and a prox tag has now gone and everything seems to be as expected. Now all I need to do is the same programming mods on another almost identical system I have and get wintex connecting properly.

Many thanks again you have saved my sanity

 

[Tamadus]

Sparkymarka, thanks for your reply but please see the above post as everything now seems good and system arms in all modes as expected.

 

[sparkymarka]

That was the tag C option you couldn't find !

 

[Tamadus]

OK another problem has appeared with next to no information in the manual. I have an expander in the garage to add PIR's for the garage and a couple of sheds, The Expander doesn't seem to be set up so I need to know how to set it up and programme 3 new zones using PIR detectors with EOL wiring.

 

[Handymanjo]

Expander zones start from zone 9 onwards
They come not used
You will need to program each zone type and also select which area you require A or B

 

[Tamadus]

Handymanjo thanks for the reply, the expander shows up in confirm devices but I don't seem to have access to zones 9-16, if I select 9 for example it tells me that zone 119 isn't available and seems to add a 1 to any zone number I enter. The main panel covers the house and zones used are 1-8 in area A so maybe I need to designate the outbuildings as zone B. I have also wired them in 4 wire for the alarm and tamper because the expander has terminals for that method but I'll change that to EOL and see if it responds correctly.

 

[sparkymarka]

What actual panel do you have ? Is it a 24 or 24 w ?
You don't have to bother changing the Zone resistor type on the expander it will be ok if you have 4 wired it

 

[Tamadus]

Sparkymarka, It's a premier 24 with 2 keypads, 5 PIR, 2 dor contacts and a smoke detector fitted in the house, which uses all 8 zones on the control panel.

I added an XP8 expander in the garage which covers the garage and 2 sheds using PIR detectors. This is wired back to the control panel which during confirm devices sees both keypads and the expander.

The problem occurs when I try to programme the extra zones on the expander. The manual says that a * should be in front of the zone (ie. *A) when it is functioning, this doesn't appear and nothing seems to make any difference. Zones 9-16 do not appear available.

 

[sparkymarka]

Go to program zones , scroll down until you get to 9 ( it will say not used ) press no scroll until zone type you want e.g. E/exit press yes , now you can program options

 

[Tamadus]

OK problem solved. looking at the manual everything on the network should have different address numbers. With 2 keypads set at addresses 1 &2 I had set the expander to address 3, low and behold setting it to address 1 and the 8 additional zones suddenly sprang to life. Obviously the expander has a separate address system to keypads.