Texecom Riccochet Sounder won't re-connect after battery replacement

[SlyOne]

I have a Texecom GEW-0001 64-W Wireless control panel, with a Premier Elite Odyssey 3-W GBR-0001 Wireless Bellbox. The sounder was complaining of a low battery, so I replaced them with the Energiser Lithium batteries reccommended. I have 14v on the terminals. The sounder would not re-connect to the Riccochet network. In debugging it, I accidentally deleted all the devices. I have since added them all back, but the sounder still won't re-connect. Even after unmounting it, and performing the re-connect from next to the alarm box, I just get the fast flashing left light.


I followed the documented procedure, by moving the jumper to off for a period, and back to on, both just before, and just after telling the alarm to listen for new connections. All other devices re-connected fine, why is my sounder not? What else can I do to debug it?

 

[secureiam]

Did you add the sounder ?

Just your saying it wouldn’t reconnect but you deleted all the devices off and then relearned back on.

So are you saying you relearned the devices back on and they all work but tge sounder won’t trigger and is in hold off mode?

 

[SlyOne]

I can't add the sounder back in. it never re-joins when I put the panel in learn mode. It just flashes the green light, in the same searching pattern. As I said, I have tried telling the pannel to listen for a new connection but it still does not join.

I also tried joining it to a different Zone number.

 

[secureiam]

what can you see in ricochet monitor?

What zone was it on originally?
When you try to rejoin does the timer run out or does it beep before it runs out?

 

[SlyOne]

I have not looked into the ricochet monitor. Is that something you use the laptop connected to the main box, or do i need additional hardware?

When I try to join, the timer runs out. The device or box do not react in any way. The sounder just has the fast flashing green light

 

[secureiam]

The difference is a beep before the timer runs out, means the device is already learned on to the system.

Wireless bells, you putting the batteries in and that puts the bell in learn mode, or once in placing battery jumper to on position.

In zone setup start the learn process, turn on wireless bells, probably easier to move the jumper across.

Do this as close as possible to wireless expander to make it easier.

 

[SlyOne]

i took the bell box down. No way I was getting up and down in time to do both ends. I tried both starting the learn first then moving the jumper. I also tried moving the jumper then hitting learn. I don’t think I got a beep in either method. I can go back and re try on sunday. I was about 1m away from i checked the voltages too and the battery is good.

What should the ricochet monitor show me? Is that worth looking into?

 

[secureiam]

From what you have said no.

It should be very simple process to be fair, however, if it’s not learning on either process not being done correctly (most common) or a mistake has been made.

But the early beep didn’t sound from the panel/keypad suggesting the device is t already learned on.

 

[secureiam]

So if it’s a case of if it’s still not learning.

Delete all wireless zones one by one in zone setup and same process for each of free slit, so reset to start the countdown and then reset to delete any devices on the slot.

So 8xp-W that’s 8 dots or 32xp-W is 32 slots
Default the wireless expander

Then try and relearn bel on first, I prefer to stick the bell at the highest zone on the expander.

 

[mikehammer69]

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[secureiam]

Elaborate

 

[secureiam]

If it’s learned to the panel it would show in zone setup against that zone. The LEDS should return to normal with the tampers closed.

Just you say it’s not learned.