Hi, After some help. My new build had an Alarm installed when I bought it. Consists of a CP8L, with an internal CQR SONIT2 Sounder, extender and a couple of KeyFobs. When we bought the house we got told the 'Code' by the Builder handover person, but never used it or set others, we just used the fob whenever we wanted to set the Alarm. We also ddi not sign up to the £200 per year Annual service fee, which seemed quite a lot at the time.
The Alarm has now started to misbehave, it goes off internally from time to time (not externally) and as we have no code the only way to get the sounder to turn off is to press the buttons on the fob.
Problem 1: It appear that to turn the noise off we have to press the 'Arm' button on the fob (the one with the closed padlock) the unarm button does not stop the noise, does not seem correct.
Problem 2: The KYP permanently shows **ENTER CODE** on line 1 and on line 2 **CHECK**, which does not appear to be a display shown in either the user manual or the Installation manual.
Problem 2: left my 18yo son in the house and when it went off (he was in the room next to the internal sounder), after failing to stop it with the fob, he pulled the SONIT2 sounder off the wall and simply cut the wires at the back - did the job.
Problem 3: No matter how I try to enter combinations of codes as per User manual the message above does not change...until I get a Lock out, which I can manage to clear by pressing the Fob buttons.
Problem 4: Occasionally, and not clear how, manage to get a different display after random keyfob pressing and am able to 'scroll' through zones, some of which have an ' o!' system on the right, except for one which has an 'L!', what does this mean? Manuals are silent on the symbol. I also think I saw that one sensor said something like 'HALL Can't Set', but cannot seem to replicate as can't get past the enter code/check message.
Problem 5: I have noticed that some of the PIR's have stopped the red flash from time to time, I though they were all wired, but if they are Wireless and have flat batteries would this impact the whole system? I did look for instructions on how to change battery on the RISCO DigiSense PIR's, but again did not want to take them apart as I am guessing they have tamper springs inside.
Basically I am stuck! Can't afford ATM to call in a 'Service Engineer' as I am totally skint, quite good at DIY, and the Installation Manual makes sense, but I cannot seem to get to a point where I can get a display that matches up with the manual. Any body any idea what may be going on?
I want to get back to a position where I know the Master ARM code, and have programmed a couple of others, and have the ability to actually test the zones to see what does and does not work.
When I take the CPQ apart, to get at the connector insider with some rather short wiring stubs, I am going to have to re-solder/connect some new wires the end of the short ones now poking out of the wall, I ma expecting to find the system identifies some sort of Tamper condition, again needing to do some re-setting via the KYD.
My next step is to remove the fuse from the spur, wait a while and then proceed according to the manual, but am I missing something?
Any ideas welcome on how to get to the bottom of my 'Mare'
Blue