Introduce Yourself

New joiner saying hello

I have recently found a new place and looking to install some security equipment. Hope to learn here more.

Hi, CCTV installer, prox and door entry, alarm, locksmith and spark. Pleased to meet you all. My specialty is Paxton, Axis, Lilin, QVIS and Texecom.

A big HELLO to everybody!

Hi all thanks for letting me join the group, I'm an electrician from Manchester I dabble on the odd occasion with security alarms but only when the customer pesters me

Old alarm boy, started out from school as a trainee alarm engineer with an NSCIA company, installing the 41a (has anyone heard of that panel) key operated, single zone, shunt lock etc well made and simple, Enjoy reading the comments here, while trying to keep up with the latest equipment.

Hello all, I am a first, and last, time self builder from sunny Sunderland who is currently on his 9th year of a project. I am in the process of first fixing electrical including an intruder alarm and hence I have joined up to hopefully gain enough knowledge to enable me progress without any major mistakes. Kind regards, Mark.

Hi, I found this site while searching for information on the correct way to add a second bell box to my system. The original control panel has died and i have replaced it with a Texecom R8 control panel. The bell boxes are AG6, i have been unable to find a wiring diagram and whilst searching i have also seen several refences suggesting that the second box is SCB but do not really understand how i would do this. I would appreciate your guidance on this, Thank you

Hi, im a Security technician from New Zealand, working on building up a tech support page for all security panels.

Hello, I am a technical field engineer in the Cambridgeshire area. I do Fire, Security, CCTV, Access Control, Gates & Barriers, Automation, Emergency lights. I will help with any questions where possible. Thank you.

Hi all Service engineer with scottish company.Has anybody any info on racal guardall Map 6

more years in this game than i care to remember. nothing is new, tech is going backwards, everyone is an expert.....i think im turning into Victor Meldrew.

Hi everyone , to be honest I dont work in UK but I have sign in this forum , because in my country(Bulgaria) companies mainly use -2 brands - Paradox and Teletek, however now I am looking for some recomendations for outdoor sensors( the same will be use on teracce of the last floor apartment in city building).Do you know is this model of pyronix TMD15 (Pir/MW) could be used outdoor?Otherwise I probably will use Paradox Dg85, but he is only pir and in the hot summers( >40°C) it doesnt work so well.

Had an alarm system fitted years ago by an electrician friend. Everything was working fine for many years, until about 4 years ago. I got a phone call at work from my partner, saying the alarm was going off, and wouldn't stop. A spark on our job asked me what make it was. He then said to press #### as a default code. I phoned her back, she pressed ####, and it stopped, phew! I then became very ill a few days later, and have spent the last few years in and out of hospital. Anyway, i was told that the alarm was going off at random times of day (just internally). She was doing the #### and it sorted it. The alarm hasn't been getting used for four years. I bought a …

just intoducing myself. I'm Tony (steely Dan), from Merseyside. I'm a retired (due to illness) joiner/kitchen/bedroom, bathroom fitter. I am now rattling around the house, looking for projects to tackle (non joinery). I am, hopefully either going to repair my existing alarm panel, or be able to change it, with a little help from my friends? Then, i wouldnt mind adding another, to my brick shed, out in the back.?