Micros Mobile Posted December 5, 2016 Posted December 5, 2016 (edited) Hello I was fitting a laminate floor today and whilst using an oscillating power tool to cut out the architrave I cut through a hidden alarm wire. This has happened many times over the years (occupational hazard) and having installed a few Optimas and Accentas in the past so I do not usually have a problem (ie solder, insulate, reset tamper). But today that all changed after cutting through the wire there was no give at all to repair the wire. Had to take up a lot of flooring and sub floor, then soldered and heat shrinked it. The alarm panel is showing: Exp 01 Tamper / Reset Required so couldn't do usual reset. My customer has give me a couple days to fix it. He bought the house with the alarm on and doesn't have the manual or any information. I have since downloaded it but it doesn't help me-no mention of this type of tamper. Exp I am guessing is an expander problem or the installer has programmed engineer reset only? but to tell you the truth I am out of my depth and the clock is ticking . . .Please help PS I have tried the default engineer code xxxxx and xxxx doesn't work Edited December 5, 2016 by MrHappy code removed Quote
Couger Posted December 5, 2016 Posted December 5, 2016 Any company branding by keypad or on outside bell box ? Quote
Micros Mobile Posted December 5, 2016 Author Posted December 5, 2016 There was but didn't take any notice of it because I thought I had indentified the make, but I am back there Wednesday (just to see about the alarm). I have just remembered that upon seeing 8 core wire going to the PIR (This is the one I cut- forgot to mention it was just one wire going to a PIR) it I popped off the the front off the PIR to see if all wires were in use and then dropped it! sure enough it fell under the floor boards but I found it and put it back on. Just a thought but could a spring fell out of the cover without me noticing when dropped and that's what's showing this tamper? Quote
Couger Posted December 5, 2016 Posted December 5, 2016 Being honest approaching a approved company to put this right may br the best option putting money aside his property and possesions are better protected if its correctly repaired, do the right thing Quote
Micros Mobile Posted December 5, 2016 Author Posted December 5, 2016 Ok no help then. BTW he does not use the alarm but I have insisted I will return it to working order anyway. Quote
james.wilson Posted December 5, 2016 Posted December 5, 2016 that's not a detector that's an expander issue but if they don't use it they don't care about it Quote securitywarehouse Security Supplies from Security Warehouse Trade Members please contact us for your TSI vetted trade discount.
Couger Posted December 5, 2016 Posted December 5, 2016 11 minutes ago, Micros Mobile said: Ok no help then. BTW he does not use the alarm but I have insisted I will return it to working order anyway. I am offeing you my help ive advised to get a pro in its as James said a expander issue and out your remit system needs someone who knows what they are doing Quote
al-yeti Posted December 5, 2016 Posted December 5, 2016 1 hour ago, Micros Mobile said: Ok no help then. BTW he does not use the alarm but I have insisted I will return it to working order anyway. He means get an alarm engineer to help, (approved lol) as you say occupational hazard , but sometimes leads to problems you can't normally solve So if it's an engineer reset then you are stuck , it may require code reset reprogramme and so on Thing is if you have it fixed then you should also charge the customer for its reset , as you only want someone to clear tamper and put it back how it was , customer might get cheeky and say we will use it then As above its an expander issue so you havnt worked it out correctly , opening more covers on an old systay make matters worse Quote
datadiffusion Posted December 6, 2016 Posted December 6, 2016 A fuse will have blown in the main box. But as above this will require an engineer code to reset once the box has been opened, even if set for user reset on everything else. Quote So, I've decided to take my work back underground.... to stop it falling into the wrong hands
Micros Mobile Posted December 6, 2016 Author Posted December 6, 2016 Al-yeti & Datadiffusion- Thank you Use option 1 to enforce engineer reset. Cute. Quote
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