james.wilson

System standard vs component standard are very different things. At the moment using components to Gx makes a system, however you seem to be advocating a system standard which we dont currently have?

It's not the middle if an insurer can reduce the payout they will. That's why loss adjusters exist. Unfortunately a lot of people assume they have insurance and assume in the never going to happen event that they need to claim they can. Then they look. We only look because of what we do

Agreed but still needs caution a 1A psu supplying 500mA would need a 6 A/h battery to last 12 hours. then the same to recharge but if you factor a 10% derate for age over 3+ years it would take you over. Some would still run a 1A psu at 0.95A anyway

15min cutoff now and 30 min iirc for battery calc only in as much as the psu has enough capacity to run the system and recharge the battery in the recharge time required. ie leaving 100mA isnt enough unless it a 1.2 A/h

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agreed

Best is difficult to say, ie what the best car? Best in my mind will be different to other members here. Also some gear is only available to trained installers etc. Also i would recommend using a paid for app so you have some guarantee on performance. No-one can support an app for free with decent support. Most products that have a free app outside of security are not mission critical.

Thats the point, same with locks etc only comes to light when a claim is made. Insurance co dont want you to look to close as it gives them ways to reduce payout size or even null the cover. Had one recently where a building burnt down but because the intruder alarm wasnt under a maintenance and support contract which was a condition of the insurance there was no payout

The reason for that is because the alarm company carries the liability of the system not performing. Noone is going to do that on diy gear that can't be controlled. The alarm Co own insurance would be invalid if they did

Code + and - options are just for setting. Yes you could keyswitch disarm with a magnet or button but it's poorly advised regardless of keypad position. Be like the switch on sensors that disable them. Get proper gear installed well managed by those that know what they are doing. I get some may think they are paying extra for something they can do themselves. Yes you can. Like you can extend your house, modify you car etc, thinking your fully insured and its the insurance company problem. The insurers want to sue someone when an intruder alarm doesn't perform to counter the claim.

As above nest etc not a graded part so approved companies cant work on it. Its a diy system for a reason.

You can't make it unset without a code anyway. You can program it to full set without the code

It's normal practice to change codes from default

definitely entering the correct engineer code?

The gateway module is the master keypad. The extra pins on the plugon footprint is the 485 for it. You can remove the modem from it though

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

Sorry we went offline for a short while but we have had a pretty large upgrade. There are many new features in your profile etc, clubs if you wish to create and run. But also new themes. James

When was it last serviced. Id assume the battery is failed. If it had no power to it it probably has at least 1 fault on it. You will need to find and fix the fault/faults. Also an xm will not default when removing the power so if you dont know the code it wont reset anyway

is it old firmware? id also talk to who you bought it from they have to support it

id try entering a manager code when it says that and see whats displayed

usually only see that when trying to get into engineers without manager authority. Whats in the logs?

You say can't get it see, what do you mean. What are you trying to do?

Hi there

As above