CP8L - ZONE Error

[MattB]

Hi - I moved into my house about 18 months ago and the existing alarm system showed no sign of life.  Along comes the virus so I'm thinking it's a good time to try and get it fixed. After a bit of looking around, I bought a new CP8L control box, battery and panel. Disconnected the existing board, replaced and rewired everything up to the existing IR devices and the bell. After powering up, and entering the default engineer code I get a message that says 'cannot set zone 7' and then after entering the code again and the alarm going off, I get the !!!CHECK!!! zone 7 code. Having walk tested all 8 IR sensors I do get a red led from each sensor as it is activated. I can narrow down which IR is 'zone 7' based on where the wiring goes from the control box, but I cannot be certain which one it is. Ideally I'd like to fix the issue related to the zone but in the first instance I'd like to delete zone 7 to try and arm and test the system further - but I can't get past the initial menu options to access the delete zone option.  Any ideas?  Obviously, I'm a novice here... so grateful for any help!  Shall I just disconnect AZ7 +- wiring from the board?  Thanks - Matt

Edited April 25, 2020 by sixwheeledbeast
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[sixwheeledbeast]

Remove zone from the PCB replace with a link and test the circuit with a multimeter in the meantime?

[sixwheeledbeast]

1 minute ago, Logan said:

Shouldn't have used risco

10 hours ago, MattB said:

...I moved into my house about 18 months ago and the existing alarm system showed no sign of life....

Doesn't seem like a controls issue to me.

[datadiffusion]

8 hours ago, Logan said:

I can narrow down which IR is 'zone 7' based on where the wiring goes from the control box, but I cannot be certain which one it is.

 

You'll need to be absolutely sure which zone is connected to which sensor(s)* before continuing.

 

Also, do the detectors have resistors wired in the terminals?

 

*Should be one detector per zone, but older systems may vary.

 

To be honest, the CP8L was a poor choice given the competition, but I guess you're stuck with it now.

In use it isn't much different to many but is a bit quirky to say the least with some of the setup.

Edited April 26, 2020 by datadiffusion

[aissecur]

Hi, zone 7 factory setting is PA (personal attack), if this is not a pa zone then program it to what it is (12hr, EE etc)