Problems With Optima Compact 4 Internal Sound

[matt5595]

Hi, 

 

Just installed an optima compact 4 the other day, finished the programming, and everything seemed to work fine then needed to finally remove the extension speaker to a different position, so I did this whilst in engineers mode.

 

I had to add this as the speaker on the box itself only worked whilst this was connected.

 

I then reconnected the speaker and firstly there was no sound inside at all no keypad beeps or setting beeps.

 

Is this normal and is there something that could be causing this??

 

for any help in advance 

 

 

Also the control panel then seemed to lock up

[Alarm Protection]

Dodgy spkr?

[james.wilson]

where did you get this speaker from. sounds like you have blown the driver in the panel

if nothing is beeping anymore. have you tried disconnecting thism speaker and reconnecting the internal one

[matt5595]

the speaker wasn't even working before i connected the internal extension one anyway, the speaker is a dual sound bomb.

 

I also noticed that the terminal screw for the connection scb A was not tightening enough aswell then the cable just kept falling out.

 

Could that maybe have been the cause??

[james.wilson]

are you connecting this sound bomb to the speaker connections?

[sixwheeledbeast]

Erm, a "dual sound bomb" isn't an "extension speaker"

[james.wilson]

that was my point

[matt5595]

yeah i connected it in parralell with them am I meant to connect it somewhere else?, just in the optima compact 4 manual it says that you can connect an extra speaker to the speaker output aslong as its 16 ohms??

[james.wilson]

yes you can but you have a sounder not a speaker. a speaker is ac, a sounder is dc. you cant connect a sounder to the speaker terminals

[Rulland]

Speaker works on millivolts, and connects to speaker terminals, sound bomb and sounders work on 12 volts and connect to 12 volts, mix the two and it tends to hurt the main panel unfortunately.