PeterJames

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Most app panels do this though? The ARC reports when my wifi goes down my app is usually much quicker,the arc never reports the wifi is back whereas the app does. But the ARC is only ever gonna report problems, theyre not really cut out to report when the problem is fixed. I dont like the Ajax either, if you want something like that you can do it for a quarter of the price using something like Sonoff.

Is the existing speaker 16ohm or 8ohm? You may be better off with a keypad rather than a speaker

I dont really know the visonic tat that well, its one way wireless and I wouldn't touch it. But I dont know any panel with an app that doesn't work via the manufacturers cloud/servers. When a customer cancels their contract the panel id gets switched off at the cloud/server. So unless you build your own cloud and work out a way of making your panel talk to it you wont get it to work DIY. To talk to it through the USB you would need the manufacturers engineer software, not readily available. I know that its not very green to tell you to bin it if it doesnt do what you want, I would suggest that you can either put an aftermarket dialler on it if you need notifications. Or bin it and get something that will do what you want. I would be cautious of any free app alarms though, servers cost a lot of money to run, and if someone is providing a service and not being paid for it, they are less in a rush to fix it when it goes wrong(They have already sold you the alarm kit there is no benefit to them rushing to fix something your not paying for)

Hi and welcome..... not sure that you will be much help though, the sort of help we need is that special sort

You could try replacing the PSU but in my experience this rarely fixes it its normally the panel buggered down to the batteries not being replaced frequently enough

We get so many of these and always the op is convinced that its the alarm, I remember as an engineer telling a customer over the phone it was a low battery on their smoke, they insisted I come out. £70.00 plus VAT (it was the early 90's) callout later, I found an old smoke detector in a kitchen drawer with the battery still in it. Its like we tell them what it is and the dont believe us

No it doesn't need any more wires adding the sounder should self activate when you take the lid off Wires dont remove themselves, I cant think why you would think they do ?

No it doesnt look like it, whoever installed it linked out the tamper

Check your drawers for an old smoke detector

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Nobody else was

That's what I said, is there no manual in the downloads ? Pff! Grandad yourself, you're not far behind me you know! James knows Im only bantering

Oh and Map 6 as the name suggests is limited to 6 fecking detectors, that's four fecking less than ten!

Define "a bit like"? My definition would not be "its the same as". My definition would be "it is a similar idea" Both systems use id chip of one form or another on one fecking circuit! Yes that's where the similarities end but you cannot deny that they are similar. Its not a pair of cables per zone is it? And the Map 6 we have is on a big house and its on old alarm cable, but not a small circuit by any means

I have a site with one, he has a proper alarm as well, but uses the map 6 to check if doors are open before setting, the leds are active wether its armed or not. I would say its 40 years old rather than 30, late 70's early 80s.

HKC still have ID

The map six is wired in series with what look like diodes across each circuit. The diodes are all numbered and when the circuit is open it changes the current flow on that circuit so the panel knows which circuit is open. A very clever design, bit like how ID systems work nowadays.

When was the battery replaced last? There is no EOL resistors on this panel its double pole, tamper and circuit. I would start off metering the cables wired to Z3 removed from the PCB if they are closed circuit then fit a link in Z3 and see if the fault is still there, it could be a fooked panel especially if the battery hasnt been touched since 2014

Lots of crap I agree its almost what I would call you get what you pay for. Not in my experience, cameras that know the difference between a human and an animal or vehicle, face recognition, face detection, line crossing detection, intrusion boxes, work very well

Panic button pressed somewhere?

I have to disagree re CCTV too. I remember when CCTV could only tell you what happened, nowadays AI CCTV tells you its happening. Plus picture quality FPS and everything else is better than it was last week let alone last year, or ten years ago.

Unless your over 50 and dont understand tech, why wouldnt you use this shite, some of it works really well "Alexa, turn on the TV" Strangely I spotted one of these Ring bell boxes while walking the dog this morning. Its only about ten doors down from me, it looked quite good.