We have an 8 year old Accenta alarm system on a 3 bed room bungalow with connecting door to garage. We have exits through front, back and garage door each with a keypad. The installer has now retired and we have no appointed installer.

We have recentlly installed a power closer on the up and over garage door and need to reset the entry delay so that we can open the garage door, drive into the garage, get out of the car and walk over to the alarm pad and enter the code to cut off the alarm.

The alarm time is currently 20 seconds. How does one reset the exit/entry timer delay, please?

We have an 8 year old Accenta alarm system on a 3 bed room bungalow with connecting door to garage. We have exits through front, back and garage door each with a keypad. The installer has now retired and we have no appointed installer.

We have recentlly installed a power closer on the up and over garage door and need to reset the entry delay so that we can open the garage door, drive into the garage, get out of the car and walk over to the alarm pad and enter the code to cut off the alarm.

The alarm time is currently 20 seconds. How does one reset the exit/entry timer delay, please?

Hi there

seems to be the question of the week this one but the answer is youll need an engineer im afraid

Angus

We have an 8 year old Accenta alarm system on a 3 bed room bungalow with connecting door to garage. We have exits through front, back and garage door each with a keypad. The installer has now retired and we have no appointed installer.

We have recentlly installed a power closer on the up and over garage door and need to reset the entry delay so that we can open the garage door, drive into the garage, get out of the car and walk over to the alarm pad and enter the code to cut off the alarm.

The alarm time is currently 20 seconds. How does one reset the exit/entry timer delay, please?

Hello Hopabout, you'll need an engineer to do that, it's not a user function.

Depending on the alarm model you may only have the option of 30 seconds maximum anyway which may not be adequate, so a different solution will probably be needed.

As your installer has retired it's probably a good time to get a new contract for support & maintenance, have the system checked etc. But start by getting some proposals for a feasible solution to the problem.

No doubt someone will be along soon to say how this is "normally" done so you'll have some ideas of what is possible....

My solution to this when I was on domestics, was to have a DT doing the garage protection, and a n/o contact on the up and over door to put a shunt on the DT while it was opened. This meant that the EE time was irrelevant.

My solution to this when I was on domestics, was to have a DT doing the garage protection, and a n/o contact on the up and over door to put a shunt on the DT while it was opened. This meant that the EE time was irrelevant.

How many garages did you get broken into through the up 'n over then?

I've seen/heard of some stupid/daft ideas but this just has to take the biscuit.

If you didn't/don't know how to do this correctly you should not be in this business.

Hi ,

You just need a shunt circuit wiring into the control board or courtesy light, this will overide the alarm zone , giving time to disarm.

A good installer will know what to do.

Regards.

How many garages did you get broken into through the up 'n over then?

I've seen/heard of some stupid/daft ideas but this just has to take the biscuit.

If you didn't/don't know how to do this correctly you should not be in this business.

Never had one broken into. You ever tried forcing an up & over that's held by an automatic opener?

Edited July 21, 200718 yr by nikko

We have an 8 year old Accenta alarm system on a 3 bed room bungalow with connecting door to garage. We have exits through front, back and garage door each with a keypad. The installer has now retired and we have no appointed installer.

We have recentlly installed a power closer on the up and over garage door and need to reset the entry delay so that we can open the garage door, drive into the garage, get out of the car and walk over to the alarm pad and enter the code to cut off the alarm.

The alarm time is currently 20 seconds. How does one reset the exit/entry timer delay, please?

personally in your shoes i would look in my local newspaper , find the classified section for security/alarms and find a local independent installer who will sort this out for a reasonable sum - that way problem sorted and you will have a local contact for future security needs.

All it needs it a simple reprogramming/alteration with someone who is familar with this panel

paul

Never had one broken into. You ever tried forcing an up & over that's held by an automatic opener?

not personally as I find housebreaking clashes with my day job

however the manual release is the vulnerable bit

not personally as I find housebreaking clashes with my day job

however the manual release is the vulnerable bit

Point taken Dave

We used to only do this where there was a personnel door too. This meant we could leave out the external manual release, coz if the mains went off they could release from inside.