PeterJames

They will only work with a "2G only" SIM good luck with finding one though, most new SIMs are 3G or 4g with 2G onboard they wont work no matter what you do. You may get lucky and find a phone shop with really old stock, I couldnt when one of my customers needed to change his SIM in his GSM entryphone system

Its a white box about A4 with a red light on it could be in a cupboard or in the loft follow the wires from the detectors

The uk and the eu security industry is far more secure than the us. There are touch screen keypads out there, but I would agree that many of the uk rkp's are not that aesthetically pleasing but Ive yet to see a rkp that is fantastic. Personally if you dont like the look of the rkp then put it in a cupboard, if you are having the system installed by a professional they will have alternative methods of arming and disarming your system you need the keypad from a programming point of view, but thats it nowadays you can use your smartphone, or a proximity reader and fob, or a wireless device, or even locking unlocking your door to arm/disarm the alarm.

Eee its cheep oop narth!

They already sound cheap to me, I would say replacement control panel would be between £500-£700 depending on expanders ect. I too disagree with their diagnosis the keypads are probably fine, its most likely just the panel thats gone. You wont find a 1990's panel in the wholesalers and the keypads wont work with the new panel so they have to be changed anyway. They are probably right regards the panel though. unserviced equals a knackered battery which will draw more current from the panel and weakens components over time, spikes in the mains when the power comes back on is also likely to cause damage on an old and weakened panel.

You may be better getting an engineer to come and decommission it if your not using it, otherwise it will just be another nuisance everytime you get a powercut. It all depends on if you think you might be burgled or not, as to wether you replace it

I cut my teeth on Regalsafe engineers of today dont realise how easy life is for them nowadays with eth yes no questions in full LCD text, and the upload download from apps and laptops

Is your telly 30 years old or your fridge? if this alarm panel was a car it would be classed as a classic, and there are collectors out there that would buy it off you you can then get yourself a nice late panel with a quiet switch mode psu that will consume less power too

Assuming you are forwarding pictures by email you need to use the smtp settings for o2 these are the outgoing settings (you would be better off using a contracted sim over payg imo) if the arc is using an Immex server then its the ports that need to be open on the SIM and thats when it gets tricky with PAYG https://smtpimap.email/o2-co-uk-smtp-imap-email-settings.html O2 SMTP settings

Happy Christmas

In order to help it would be an idea to say exactly what is, or is not happening and what you did to cause it to happen or not happen. We are alarm engineers not mind readers

I think the Jury will be back soon!

Its love island bronze actually"

If the battery hasnt been replaced in 22 years its probably cooked. It will normally say "alarm" on the keypad when you switch it off press yes (or it might be press no) and it should tell you what activated it. If the battery has cooked, the charging circuit will be pulled down which may have knackered the non volatile memory. So when you had the powercut the panel forgot everything. So when you part set the alarm it didnt know what zones where supposed to be omitted and didnt omit any so if its the bedroom or landing detectors that activated, its time for a new panel

Tasmota it and stick it on HA it will be fine !

Circa £40.00 on ali express https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005003735491158.html?spm=a2g0o.productlist.main.3.51066d580Wdc1y&algo_pvid=fcafbac2-a0ed-4224-836c-9961699468fa&algo_exp_id=fcafbac2-a0ed-4224-836c-9961699468fa-1&pdp_ext_f={"sku_id"%3A"12000026979349599"}&pdp_npi=2%40dis!GBP!85.76!43.74!!!!!%40211bda9b16714881671228733d0750!12000026979349599!sea&curPageLogUid=A1vO9z52cUt1 Though you need a sonoff relay to swich the heating on and off another £10.00. they also need live and neg to work. Ive tasmota'd mine and run them in Home Assistant but you can use the welink app

I am using my light switch's https://ewelinkstore.com/product/sonoff-nspanel-2-gang-smart-wifi-wall-switch-with-led-panel-thermostat-and-smart-scene-switch-feature/?v=fa868488740a

Mostly locksmiths and photo copiers shops installing it round these parts. I understand why people would use their local locksmith to install alarm tat, but photocopying shops selling alarms and CCTV on the side just seems bizarre

A broke clock is right twice a day, but you cant rely on it to be right when you need it to be

What is it doing?

You never nissan we keep giving you advice and you no nissan!

What makes you think its the keypad?

Its cus you no nissan!

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It seems to take forever to get it transfered and it cost about £20k Ive been waiting months for my £10 million and Ive paid out £5k a time to try and speed things up but it doesnt seem to work, just a few more days and Ill be a millionsaire