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Yes, funny things like connecting it to a computer, quickly writing a communication program and cracking the UDL and engineer's code. I just managed to do all of those things so there's that. ? Point of this excercise was that I've already paid for the system, wanted to use it as is without buying a new board, and also learn how it works. Now with Wintex access and engineer's code I have full control which I'm happy about - it finally feels like I'm the real owner of the device and hope to learn system configuration further. I am OK with maintaining the system periodically myself. Maybe for average user paying for that service is fine but not for me - as said before, among other reasons I prefer to keep an eye on sensitive things at my place personally (same thing goes with installing physical locks, cameras, etc.). That's why I'm here and happy to learn about those things. About a week ago I had no idea how this works at all, mainly because that knowledge was never needed for me, but now I feel I learned a ton within a week (which was real fun tbh). I understand why most of the replies tried to persuade me to call a professional and I generally agree with this sentiment when it comes to average user. Anyhow, I'm still left with the siren box problem: I haven't taken down the siren box yet. The problem is its location which is very high, right below the gutter. When replacing the batteries I was barely able to reach it and open/close the compartment with them. I hope I could reconnect it with the main unit without taking it down? What would be the correct procedure to do so? FWIW, I can now provide more details from Wintex to maybe give more clues about the problem with it. Cheers!

Thanks for all the replies, very informative! The previous owner used it unserviced, he disclosed it at the time of the purchase. According to him it was just a matter of replacing the batteries so at the time I didn't think anything of it as I didn't know much about the system. However, he didn't mention that the engineer code is changed (and tbh I doubt he knew about it, probably whoever installed it for him did it as a rule of thumb and just left him with the master code). We inherited this problem so now have to deal with it. I'm not too scared of reprogramming it if that's a possiblity. I can deal with more arcane technical things (and tbh I prefer to know all the ins and outs, especially when it comes to things installed in my own place, if in future I'd like to expand the system with more zones and sensors, I'd like to be able do it myself). Being a software engineer I always try to find a solution to the problem and it's fun to find out how things work (learned plenty about the system already). Happy to learn about better ones - please send recommendations. I noticed that there's "Enable Engineer" option in the user menu but AFAICT it doesn't seem to change anything after enabling - what's the purpose if this? Cheers!

Thanks for the reply! I use Energizer Ultimate Lithium batteries as per recommendations so they should be ok. It looks like the previous owner was fed up with the siren and took out one of the (now dead) batteries to silence it. It's frustrating because we actually paid him extra for the system - since it's all mounted I thought it's going to be easier than buying new set and setting it up myself. So if I understand correctly, if I try to load factory defaults with NVM locked will it brick the PCB board permanently? I'm not sure if this gives any clues, but once I was able to clear the "Zone Tamper" error for siren box from the keypad with master code when it was going off (the "Radio Conf Fail" error was persisting though so probably that's why it was sounding the alarm?). I'm not sure if that means the siren can be sorted by master too? Would Wintex software help me in this situation - happy to get the cable to get this sorted as long as it's a viable solution. Cheers!

Hi all, We bought a house recently with Texecom Elite V3 system installed in it and I am trying to get it sorted. The previous owner didn't leave us with any details unfortunately - the system was not maintained by anyone. We don't know who installed it in order to get the engineer code (the default doesn't seem to work so I assume it was changed when installed). Thankfully the default master code worked so I was able to reset most of the errors (mainly from PIR/door sensors that had dead batteries). The only issue left is the siren box which is triggering as soon as I put new batteries in. I assume I need the engineer's code in order to reset the error (I tried with master's code with no luck). The manual claims engineer's code can be reset if the NVM is not locked. How can I tell if that's the case? Will anything go wrong if I still attempt to reset it with NVM locked or will it just do nothing? FWIW, the keypad shows "Radio Conf Fail" error for siren box zone. Any help would be greatly appreciated. I'm happy to take this to PM if the information is too sensitive for public. Cheers!