pmmunro

I would like to ask some questions relating to the Scantronic 9751/9752 please. Part of my electrical maintenance responsibilities is an intruder alarm system based on a Scantronic 9751 control board with hard-wired (9954) and RF (RFX08) expanders. The building, a church hall, is used by up to 40 keyholders all of whom are issued with proximity tags. I have a 9752 control board which I would like to use instead of the 9751 in order to have the ability to program and monitor the system using a laptop PC. I am registered with Cooper Security's "Touchpoint" and have been given a link to download the "Downloader" software but it's been made clear that the 9752 is now considered "out of support" despite still being on sale (possibly old stock?). The support from Cooper is therefore a bit unenthusiastic. The Downloader software asks for a password before it will open. Does anyone know the nature of this password please - is it an initial default password or something I need to request? The Engineer's Programming and Installation Manual I am using states that is is for software version 5. Is the software downloadable to the 9752 from a file on a laptop pc, or is it in fact firmware stored in the square plug-in IC on the board? The 9751 IC is labelled "9751EN V5.00.13 CS=04F7B57A" and the one on the 9752 board "9752EN V4.03.06 04FB1AB9" which would suggest to me that the 9751 version is considerably later and that they are specific to the board and cannot be intechanged. Can anyone confirm this please? Were, or are, these ICs available to buy in order to update the system software and what is their official name? Tayway

I am responsible for a Scantronics system based on a 9751 control unit and a 9943 keypad. The system includes a 9955 RF expander which receives signals from two 734r RF door contacts fitted to emergency exit doors at opposite ends of a hall. The main entrance door to the building is fitted with a pair of wired contacts and their zone is programmed to activate the chime when the main door is opened with the alarm in the unset mode. During weekdays the hall is used by a playgroup who find the main entrance door chime useful to keep a check on anyone entering the building, although normally they keep this locked. The playgroup leaders are concerned that a child may learn how to open the emergency exit doors in the hall and do this unnoticed, despite normally close supervision. They would like a warning signal different to the present chime to indicate if the emergency exit doors are opened. I cannot find any way of doing this with just the existing equipment but using the RF door contacts seems an obvious choice. Is there any reason why an independent RF receiver, such as a 762r, in "stand alone" mode could not be used to do this without affecting the original alarm system? With thanks in anticipation of suggestions or comments, PMM