sixwheeledbeast

If you need 7 cores, that's what you need. You either rewire in 8 core or wire as Grade 2.

A recording backup?

Values of P2P as close to 1.00v and Sync 300mV, you need a CCTV signal tester like a Ranger for those. It does sound like an earth loop then. I'd agree with UPS.

I am assuming both buildings only have single phase supply? Where are the camera's powered from? Humbug's are for earth loops, there is a possible issue of an earth loop, but really a humbug is only masking the issue anyway. Have you tested P2P, sync etc?

Either bell is faulty, bell battery is faulty or hold off voltage is still present. The latter two are easy to test with a multimeter.

Yes, the voltage at the detectors and at the panel, for a start.

Yes, I concur. Had an increase of magnets broken early morning calls over the last 12 months. I went to three in one night, two of these site had this before. This was maybe a month ago, during a midweek "derby" football match. One of these was a flush one.

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Well yes that is an old version. Engineers manuals are not posted for security reasons. I agree with you, especially the beeping and batteries, but there are reasons why fire should be fire. Really a fire alarm system or mains interlinked would be best here to keep with the rules.

Unlike the Excel you may not get an installation manual in the box, professional panel generally don't provide manuals as they expect you to know what your doing. You maybe lucky enough to get one with a CD inside and therefore pdf manual. ComGSM can be tricky to setup correctly and strong signal strength is a must. Best to use a contract sim if possible as PAYG topping up can be an issue. As with any this type of private reporting there is no polling so not fool proof security wise. Exodus smoke detectors work well, however, an intruder alarm is best for intruder not fire for safety reasons.

I know a lot use Dropbox for there business. Make sure you have the latest version. http://securityintelligence.com/droppedin-remotely-exploitable-vulnerability-in-the-dropbox-sdk-for-android/

Obviously it depends on the garage and there client base. One thing is people are willing to spend on there cars, even if they don't like spending the law requires some maintenance. Another is the motor industry is always moving forward, whereas compared alarms are stuck in the stone age IMO. No pun intended.

Yeah there's Lead Carbon, Sealed Gel but also LiFePo batteries are getting popular for mobility stuff and available in 7Ah I believe. But again is it worth the cost, really the system needs checking yearly anyway.

That was what I thought when I switched but I have been thinking for a while now maybe I should have gone a different path.

Can you read my mind...

Lol, bit tricky to get the right voltage. You can get other types like gel and lithium but are they really worth the extra?

Removing the hold-off for a minute or so is enough to check the battery. If the sound dips or has a low output it's likely it's near to failure. They are Nicd so last longer than the lead acid type batteries in the panel. Depending on the box you can't disable the sounder triggering. It will have at least one fixing screw you can't have something like that in the elements only clip on.

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The kits can be cost effective if you don't mind the stuff that comes with it. I am not keen on the Texecom sensors personally, so would buy the panel, keypad and tags separately. Us in the trade here will buy from a wholesalers or trade counter, so maybe we are not the best to ask and your favourite search engine is your friend there. The last picture looks like a flush keypad so maybe avoid if your not planning on chiseling a huge hole in the wall.

To do what you ask just put voltage across the hold off terminals, leave the battery in the Off position. Bit of an odd thing to do mind.

Ln is Learn mode, or so I thought.

Possibly. The fault may reoccur again. Intermittent issues are hard to diagnose and as you can see from the list of things suggested it's difficult to say for certain what it was. If it hasn't been serviced for a while you need an engineer anyway. The battery will only last 4 years or so.

If you have tried factory defaulting the panel and the engineers will not reset the panel is locked/faulty. TBH the Excel is a basic panel like I said at the start. I wouldn't fit one new it doesn't offer the functions of a the Premier. As mentioned, if you upgrade to a PE24 poly you will need to replace the keypad as the Excel one is specially for the Excel Panel. The PE24 Poly cab is the same as the Excel but don't bother swapping it's insides about just use the same fixings. You will need to swap the resistors too, the Excel values are odd and even tho the Premier has selectable EOL values Excel type isn't one. Oh and finally don't buy Texecom stuff

I'd use beams and shutter contacts with decent JB's.

I also not long ago started to make a habit of making the admin code == engineers code. This was mainly due to the increased number of lost admin passwords locking systems out. The only issue is if your engineers code is compromised all your sites are too.