Castle 2500 line fault.

[PeteGBR]

I have a customer with a Castle 2500 which has recently developed a line fault.

It has a DC 58 modem which has not had a phone line attached for years. This is sat on a Castle gateway PCB which goes off to a DCIF board, the outputs of this go up into the attic where a Dualcom sits.

The alarm is not communicating and the Dualcom is functioning ok.

As there are several keypads and this is quite a large alarm, (all I.D)  I would like to keep it running as long as it will. (So as there are 4 outputs on the 2500 endstation I want to utilise these).

The thing is the thing does not like me ripping off its piggyback boards. It needs a more sophisticated approach with some technical adjustment.

The line fault error remains and It's wasting power so the parasite boards need to go.

 

Can anyone guide me with this surgery and save my patient?

 

I have manuals for everything Castle except the 2000 series.

[MrHappy]

2500 is cira 20odd year old ?

 

8 minutes ago, PeteGBR said:

The alarm is not communicating and the Dualcom is functioning ok.

 

eh?

 

9 minutes ago, PeteGBR said:

(So as there are 4 outputs on the 2500 endstation I want to utilise these).

The thing is the thing does not like me ripping off its piggyback boards. It needs a more sophisticated approach with some technical adjustment.

The line fault error remains and It's wasting power so the parasite boards need to go.

 

Can anyone guide me with this surgery and save my patient?

 

I have manuals for everything Castle except the 2000 series.

 

 

any module, modem, keypad or zem ect... connected to the system is fault monitored,

 

should it be removed you will either need to program if off or default the system & reprogram it with out the device present

 

whats are you attempting to do with the 4 outputs on the endstation ?

[al-yeti]

2 hours ago, MrHappy said:

 

 

whats are you attempting to do with the 4 outputs on the endstation ?

To signal?

[MrHappy]

2 hours ago, al-yeti said:

To signal?

 

I'd assume dial capture was how the dualcom was working ?

[PeterJames]

Its not clear what you are trying to do, but if its not signalling then diss the dc and switch off line fault. 

[al-yeti]

52 minutes ago, MrHappy said:

 

I'd assume dial capture was how the dualcom was working ?

I assume he is saying , the line fault is on all the time , but same time saying he has no.manual , so assume he can't find the line fault settings in the menu , wants to dis the board but saying it's on another board that he needs 

 

I thought that just comes off , or as Pete said disable 

[PeteGBR]

You got it al-yeti. I need to lose the junk stuck on the board and configure the 4 outputs (close, zone omit, int and conf), to the dualcom and return a line fault to the panel via an input or zone with a bisquit..

The digi is just sat on the top doing nothing. The DCIF was sending pins - not anymore.

Just ripping it of I'm left with a fault. I tried taking it of a few years back, it needed telling it's not there. But now it is probably my problem.. Though not necessarily..

Thats why i'm asking deep thought.

Edited September 12, 2020 by PeteGBR

[PeterJames]

Stop talking in riddles and just say what you want to do FFS

 

If you cant un program the LF just link it out its not rocket science 

[james.wilson]

Is it a multi end station 2500 as the gateway board will be needed?

[PeteGBR]

What I posted is certainly not a riddle but looks clear as mud my problem. I need a manual.

Apologies. I thought it was totally unambiguous.