Marcous Posted February 7, 2018 Posted February 7, 2018 Hi all, I bit the bullet today and decided to try and repair/set up my mums alarm which has been powered down and nonworking for some time. I’ll try and state all the steps I’ve made- then it’ll help with any advice you all might offer. Please excuse my lack of knowledge and experience, I’m quite the newbie. Currently at my mums house whilst she’s away hoping to sort this for her as a surprise for when she’s home. (I believe her alarm is an sl8 ade/accenta sl compact but I’ll attach photos for confirmation) SO! after having power drop out to the keypad some time ago I checked the panel box and found the PCB was bent and cracked from being not being clipped into its slot properly back in installation back in 2000! When I pushed on the board power was temporarily and intermittently restored (wiring to the pcb was fine) so I deemed a new pcb might be worth a shot. I swapped over all the wiring and powered up. (See first two pics for the model) immediately both the internal keypad chime and exterior alarm sounded. When seeing the keypad , only the far light led (power) was lit up - all keys made a sound when pressed. (Pic of keypad attached) So, where do I go from here? My next step I assume would be to reset the panel box- enter engineer mode- set new code for alarm system and yay! Problem is I don’t know how to do this! I think from a google search the system is an sl8 compact, but it could be a g3, it’s a bit confusing! Any VERY basic step by step instruction would be much appreciated! The PCB is in the loft- so I’m sprinting downstairs to the hallway each time to check things! many thankyous. Quote
sixwheeledbeast Posted February 7, 2018 Posted February 7, 2018 So the panels going to need programming, I assume it came with a manual that would be the best reference to program your system. If you want to mess about and test without running up and down, you could temporarily wire the keypad on small piece of cable adjacent the panel. Quote
Marcous Posted February 7, 2018 Author Posted February 7, 2018 Urgh, alas it didn’t. Like I said it was done around the year 2000 - and an installation manual wasn’t provided. From what I can gather online (if it IS the sl8 model) I have to press reset twice within 5 secs of the alarm being powered up. That is only one of a few solutions I’ve found online so I’m kind of guessing. Provided I can pull up the wiring I could connect the keypad in the loft I guess.... (I don’t have any additional cable to run additional short cables from the pcb) Quote
PeterJames Posted February 7, 2018 Posted February 7, 2018 3 minutes ago, Marcous said: Urgh, alas it didn’t. Like I said it was done around the year 2000 - and an installation manual wasn’t provided. From what I can gather online (if it IS the sl8 model) I have to press reset twice within 5 secs of the alarm being powered up. That is only one of a few solutions I’ve found online so I’m kind of guessing. Provided I can pull up the wiring I could connect the keypad in the loft I guess.... (I don’t have any additional cable to run additional short cables from the pcb) No manual with the new PCB? Quote
Marcous Posted February 7, 2018 Author Posted February 7, 2018 Ah no- the only place I could find one was ebay! Quote
PeterJames Posted February 7, 2018 Posted February 7, 2018 (edited) We are unable to provide defaulting information, it could be that the PCB supplied had the engineer code changed already. Have you tried the default user code on power up? Its either #REMOVED# or #REMOVED# I cant remember its been a while. Edited February 8, 2018 by sixwheeledbeast Quote
Marcous Posted February 7, 2018 Author Posted February 7, 2018 (edited) Tried #REMOVED# I believe this was the default code, and #REMOVED#. It may be that you have to press reset twice within 5seconds (as per the sl8 compact manual) might try that after cutting off an end of wire in order to wire it upstairs in loft- defo worth a try? Edited February 8, 2018 by sixwheeledbeast Quote
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