Texecom Alarm Up & Running

[IanHug]

Just a quick post to say that my alarm's up & running and thanks for all the help & advice.

In the end the spec I went for was:

Texecom Premier 48

AMDT detectors (x5) for the rooms downstairs & the upstairs landing - wired T-EOL & with a test output from the board.

Shock detector for upstairs landing window - used with the night set to fill in for the upstairs PIR

Door detector on front door.

Panic alarm in bedroom

Speech & text dialler

2 x RKPs - downstairs linked to a daytime set & upstairs linked to the night time set.

Finished programming & switched everything on at the weekend & all seems to work ok so far. Programming the panel was a bit of a chore but apart from that and getting three of the wires labelled to wrong detectors (bit of head scratching until I worked out what I'd done) all went smoothly.

Next step will be to add a couple of external detectors.

So, thanks for the helpful & advice. And say hi to Dave the alarm man if you see him

[bigstevex]

I'd like to set my panel up so i can do a night time set from my upstairs panel and normal full alarm from down stairs, how do i do that? Is it on a page in the install manual?

[simonrob]

That would depend on whether you have access to the the engineering code. The information you require will be in the installation manual but if you are unsure what you are doing, you would be better advised to get a local installer to do the programming for you. Without knowing what you are doing could cause you a load of problems.

What type of panel have you got?

Simon

[bigstevex]

its a premier 48 i use wintex to program it, i just need the page number it relates to or the menu its on, i'm sure i've seen it already. Or would it be easier to just make a different arming code for night time?

[IanHug]

I'd like to set my panel up so i can do a night time set from my upstairs panel and normal full alarm from down stairs, how do i do that? Is it on a page in the install manual?

I've used the "Area Arm Suites" - pg 40 of the install manual.

With the Texe 48 I can have up to 4 keypads, I think with the 88 you can have 8. Each keypad is associated with an area arm suite RKP1 - suite 1, RKP2 - suite 2 etc. You assign "zones" to "areas" and "areas" to "area arm suites" and provided you DO NOT check the "Use Keypad Areas" on the keypad options set up, arming from the keypad will automatically arm the zones in the areas in the area arm suite associated with that keypad.

I've got detectors downstairs in Area A, upstairs landing in Area B and upstairs shock in Area C. Area arm suite 1 = A + B. Area arm suite 2 = A + C. RKP 1 is downstairs & will arm Suite 1 (the daytime set) and RKP 2 will arm Suite 2 (the night time set).

Works a treat & is actually very easy to set up - at least it's easy using the Wintex software. Might be a bit of a chore using the keypad.

[breff]

What happens if you forget its on and go downstairs? Does it go into instant alarm or do the access zones work as entry/exit?

[IanHug]

What happens if you forget its on and go downstairs? Does it go into instant alarm or do the access zones work as entry/exit?

Instant ear piercing alarm! Keeps the kids on their toes.

[breff]

One disadvantage of using area suites instead of part arms.

[IanHug]

One disadvantage of using area suites instead of part arms.

Fair enough - can't see us forgetting twice though!