Texecom Veritas R8 Plus

[Dud]

Hi all,

I have a Texecom Veritas R8 Plus wired system with an Odyssey 3 ringer.

When the external alarm sounds the strobe is activated.

The strobe does not remain on when the alarm is reset as it says it should in the manual.

Therefore if we return to our house and the alarm has gone off, there is no way of telling until you are in the property.

There is an option in one of the programming menus that means that the strobe is cancelled with the ringer, but this is not set.

Two other things to mention.

Then you set the alarm and leave the property, I have programmed the system to flash the strobe when the system is armed.

This does not happen.

Also when you do an equipment check, the strobe does not flash when the relevant option is taken.

But, the strobe does flash when the alarm is ringing.

Before I get the installer back, I would like to hear if anyone has had a similar problem, or that I have missed something very basic.

Thanking you in anticipation

Dudley Evans.

[antinode]

Sounds like the strobe has been connected to the sounder, so that when the sounder stops so does the strobe light. This would also explain why the strobe won't flash for setting confirmation.

Depending on the amount of wires in the cable going to the bell box, it might not be possible to change this. Best give your installer a ring and see if he can sort it out for you.

[A-G]

The strobe and sounder have been wired together.

... maybe because the external unit is wired with a 4 core cable instead of 6 core.

Did you have an old alarm before this one was installed? If so, the installer may have used the old 4 core cable rather than cause disruption to your decor.

.... like antinode said ..... but quicker

[Dud]

Hey antinode and AlarmGuard

Thanks for your responses.

That makes a load of sense.

There was an old alarm, and the strobe did function seperately, which would suggest a 6 core cable.

Perhaps the installer got a bit lazy.

Thamsk for your replies.

Dud.

[antinode]

Hey antinode and AlarmGuard

Thanks for your responses.

That makes a load of sense.

There was an old alarm, and the strobe did function seperately, which would suggest a 6 core cable.

Perhaps the installer got a bit lazy.

Thamsk for your replies.

Dud.

Possibly a little lazy, although it's not as bad as it seems and he may have good reason. Suppose your alarm goes off for 15 minutes, stops and the strobe carrys on flashing all night. To Joe burglar, this may tell him that no one has been home to check up and reset the system, whereas if it stops with the sounder, he is none the wiser.

The strobe flashing to confirm the setting of the system would be nice, but you should be able to hear the alarm setting from outside.

[Dud]

Possibly a little lazy, although it's not as bad as it seems and he may have good reason. Suppose your alarm goes off for 15 minutes, stops and the strobe carrys on flashing all night. To Joe burglar, this may tell him that no one has been home to check up and reset the system, whereas if it stops with the sounder, he is none the wiser.

The strobe flashing to confirm the setting of the system would be nice, but you should be able to hear the alarm setting from outside.

Good point antinode.

Thanks again for the response.

Dud.

[Dud]

Quick update.

Armed with the Control Panel PCB wiring plan and your suggestions, I removed the panel cover (having first isolated it from the AC mains input) and discovered that the cable to the external bell is indeed 4 core.

You guys were bang on the money.

I shall leave as is, to save the decor.

And as you pointed out antinode, it is probably a good arrangement.

Dud

P.S. I am also a little embarrassed about suggesting that the installer was lazy. Lesson learnt.

[antinode]

No problems, happy to help.

[Guest anguscanplay]

P.S. I am also a little embarrassed about suggesting that the installer was lazy. Lesson learnt.

strictly, strictly speaking the strobe should never have been wired to trigger longer than the sounder under BS4737 it was just one of those not really important deviations but new noise abaitment rules make it more so now adays.