Veritas R8 Keypad Issue

[wathman]

Hi,

I have a Veritas r8 alarm fitted with no issues until yesterday.

The alarm went off when set with no zones showing at fault.

Looking around the alarm i found that one of the keypads is not working correctly. Every time i press a button it thinks that i have pressed omit button.

My question is:- does this mean the keypad needs replacing or re-programing?

Any suggestions?

Thanks in advance

[MrHappy]

I suspect the membrane is damaged, so new rkp ?

[Ronnie]

Hi,

I have a Veritas r8 alarm fitted with no issues until yesterday.

The alarm went off when set with no zones showing at fault.

Looking around the alarm i found that one of the keypads is not working correctly. Every time i press a button it thinks that i have pressed omit button.

My question is:- does this mean the keypad needs replacing or re-programing?

Any suggestions?

Thanks in advance

You could have re-prog quicker than it took you to type the message so you could have ruled programming out already.

[magpye]

Just a thought, how old is your battery?

[wathman]

Hi I have not re-programed as i do not know how to do. Was going to look into it.

Battery is about 6 years old.

[wathman]

I have pressed every button on the second keypad and the only buttons that work are Full, Part. Most of the other buttons are making the chime as if i pressed the Chime button... It has also made the chimes on its own when no one is around to press.

The First keypad is working fine.

[wathman]

Update.

In the mean time i thought i'd take the keypad panel off and clean. I remove the keypad buttons and also remove from connector at side. I blew it and then put it back together..

All working fine for now.

[magpye]

Hi I have not re-programed as i do not know how to do. Was going to look into it.

Battery is about 6 years old.

Change it, should have been done before now.

Taking the voltage reading from the battery & getting say, 12.8v is NOT a propper check of the battery condition, be on the safe side and for the cost of the battery a lot of agravation could be stopped.

They may be rechareable but they don't go on for ever.

ps It could even be on the way out and is causing your problem.

[Graham Preston]

Yeah, replace batt every 3to 4 years, also reboot the panel, the transformers in those don't like any power issues. Check for enduced v, get an eng in if you can

[itesecurity]

Agreed, it was more than likely the fact that you disconnected and then reconnected the keypad that sorted the problem. Graham is right, veritas panels do not like power issues. If you had have disconnected mains and battery at the end station and then reconnected it would have had the same effect. Get your battery changed.