Wiring in Texecom Odyssey 3 bellbox to look like live

[iwest]

Hi there, I have just bought a 1988 house that requires renovation, it has a hardwired and powered down/redundant 1988 alarm system.

I have a new Odyssey 3 external sounder and what I want to do as a temporary measure, while I work in the house, is to remove the old sounder, wire in the new Odyssey 3 to the front of the house, and to go to the old alarm panel, disconnect the ext sounder cable and connect the relevant wires to a suitable 12v supply to get the two alternating LEDs flashing on the ext sounder to give the illusion of a live system, until I am ready to replace the whole system.

I fitted several alarms a long time ago but I just need reminding of what I need to connect to 12v, what to connect to 0v to achieve the above.

The Odyssey connections are:

S strobe trigger. I guess connect to 12v

C tamper return ?

D -ve hold off I guess connect to 0v

A pos hold off I guess connect to 12v

B bell trigger I guess connect to 12v


Last question - the alarm looks well installed, assuming the cable is proper 6 core alarm cable, do you think the old cable would be OK to use on a new system, subject to correct checks of resistance etc.

Thanks

 

[sparkymarka]

Just connect the 12v + and 0v Unclip the plastic cover and remove one of the sounder wires ,it won't cause an issue and WIL flash the LEDs as normal