Optex driveway beam sensors connect to Texecom panel

[jmeader43]

I have a couple of these driveway sensors that work fine and I’ve just had to cut all the wiring out to replace the old unbranded panel with a Texecom Premier Elite 24 

The model of the driveway beams is

 

Optex
AX-100PLUS

I would like to have the driveway sensors make a noise on the speaker next to the alarm panel like before I cut it all out 

I was unable to trace the wiring without cutting it out unfortunately 

There is a third party relay on a PCB which I have still got and I think it was wired to the driveway beams to convert the n/o to a n/c for the alarm panel to monitor 

 

I also have a new Shelly Plus 1 relay I could use if it achieved the outcome 

[sixwheeledbeast]

|Doubt you need any relays. Just wire them into a zone, set as some unused/custom zone type and program as chime or 24hr whichever you want.

[al-yeti]

2 hours ago, jmeader43 said:

I have a couple of these driveway sensors that work fine and I’ve just had to cut all the wiring out to replace the old unbranded panel with a Texecom Premier Elite 24 

The model of the driveway beams is

 

Optex
AX-100PLUS

I would like to have the driveway sensors make a noise on the speaker next to the alarm panel like before I cut it all out 

I was unable to trace the wiring without cutting it out unfortunately 

There is a third party relay on a PCB which I have still got and I think it was wired to the driveway beams to convert the n/o to a n/c for the alarm panel to monitor 

 

I also have a new Shelly Plus 1 relay I could use if it achieved the outcome 

As above , why can't you just connect the existing relay output to a zone?

 

Etc relays probably can be used to activate something else like a light perhaps 

[jmeader43]

8 hours ago, sixwheeledbeast said:

|Doubt you need any relays. Just wire them into a zone, set as some unused/custom zone type and program as chime or 24hr whichever you want.

This sounds promising and I am wondering if the Premier Elite 24 panel can simply monitor the zone as a N/O circuit. I could also look at wiring the Alarm and Tamper on the Optex beam as EOL rather than Double Pole 

[jmeader43]

6 hours ago, al-yeti said:

As above , why can't you just connect the existing relay output to a zone?

 

Etc relays probably can be used to activate something else like a light perhaps 

Yes I would prefer to wire the Optex beam directly into the Texecom Elite 24 zone so I am going to try this and see if it can monitor the zone as a N/O circuit. The Optex beam was wired Double Pole but I may be able to change it to EOL too 

[MrHappy]

3 hours ago, jmeader43 said:

Yes I would prefer to wire the Optex beam directly into the Texecom Elite 24 zone so I am going to try this and see if it can monitor the zone as a N/O circuit. The Optex beam was wired Double Pole but I may be able to change it to EOL too 

 

post the facebook picture & some one will advise (saw you get slagged off

[jmeader43]

1 minute ago, MrHappy said:

 

post the facebook picture & some one will advise (saw you get slagged off

Thanks I think I have solved the issue. By wiring the beams as NO into the panel I can enable the Chime on a zone. I believe the third party relay was for a floodlight which is no longer there. I will upload the photos here as well 

 

[jmeader43]

[sixwheeledbeast]

There is a normally closed output on the relay too....

[jmeader43]

49 minutes ago, sixwheeledbeast said:

There is a normally closed output on the relay too....

Yes you’re right, I may actually just swap the wire over and keep it as NC. Makes me wonder why it was set as NO but I can test both and see what happens 

11 hours ago, al-yeti said:

As above , why can't you just connect the existing relay output to a zone?

 

Etc relays probably can be used to activate something else like a light perhaps 

Yes I would prefer to wire the Optex beam directly into the Texecom Elite 24 zone so I am going to try this and see if it can monitor the zone as a N/O circuit. The Optex beam was wired Double Pole but I may be able to change it to EOL too