Gardtec 800 Problems

[proxide]

Hi All,

We've recently moved to a new house which has a guardtec 800 alarm installed. We've never had the code for it as previous owner has alzeimers and company who installed it have gone out of business.

I've had it unplugged for a few months while renovating and have just reconnected it all.

The keypad has the 2 character led display (big chunky thing) and they don't appear to be showing anything, however, the little LED to the left of the 2 display characters appears to be lit dimly.

Alarm goes off as soon as it's powered up.

Gardtec gave us the default engineers code but it didn't work so am assuming it was changed on original installation.

Could anyone advise me on how to get this up and running?

Thanks in advance.

[Guest anguscanplay]

Hi All,

We've recently moved to a new house which has a guardtec 800 alarm installed. We've never had the code for it as previous owner has alzeimers and company who installed it have gone out of business.

I've had it unplugged for a few months while renovating and have just reconnected it all.

The keypad has the 2 character led display (big chunky thing) and they don't appear to be showing anything, however, the little LED to the left of the 2 display characters appears to be lit dimly.

Alarm goes off as soon as it's powered up.

Gardtec gave us the default engineers code but it didn't work so am assuming it was changed on original installation.

Could anyone advise me on how to get this up and running?

Thanks in advance.

default engineer codes no good to you, or the changed one, you need to follow the "lost codes " procedure in the manual

[kka]

with this panel, its would be worth it, to get a pro in and have it serviced and reset...a very good panel worth the effort....

[arfur mo]

with this panel, its would be worth it, to get a pro in and have it serviced and reset...a very good panel worth the effort....

agreed, darn near bullet proof quality.

you could have a later LCD keypad fitted which will look far better (pleasing the partner) and can allow operation by proximity fobs depending on the panel software version.

being it is fairly old installation (i know this by the keypad box) you would be well advised to have it all tested and reviewed by a competent engineer, who will also advise you on your protections suitability to your own current requirements (not the previous owners previous one's ).

alarm kit has moved on in innovation and development at a great pace, especially the last 5 years, so if you have pets for instance the system can be adapted to cater for them.

regs

alan

[proxide]

default engineer codes no good to you, or the changed one, you need to follow the "lost codes " procedure in the manual

Sorry to be stupid, but what might be the lost codes procedure?

[arfur mo]

Sorry to be stupid, but what might be the lost codes procedure?

this is where we come to a full stop, as forum rules (based on common sense - honestly ) forbid us to instruct how to reset the codes.

regs

alan

[djandysp]

Weve recently started doing takeovers which in my opinion is a bad idea and theres a few gardtec 800 panels where the engineer code is locked so be careful. If it is locked youve got to send the panel away to Gardtec or is it Risko now can never remember

[kka]

not strickly true, about returning the panel...............