Please Can You Identify This Control Box

[bobmccall]

Hello,

I've just moved into a new house and need to replace one of the detectors and add a second RKP. I thought I had a Vertitas R8 (which I'm quite familiar with), but when I removed the cover, it seems to be something else, probably older. If I can identify what I've got, I can probably find a manual and program it how I want it - otherwise, I'll have to rip it out and put a new VR8 in.

Any idea what I've got? Pic attached.

Thanks for any help!!!

[markovitch]

Do you have a picture of the rkp?

If you look close in the center of the pcb is says texecom,so im assuming its a texecom panel.

Edited August 11, 2007 by markovitch

[bobmccall]

Do you have a picture of the rkp?

The RKP looks exactly like a standard Texecom Veritas RKP. I'm guessing the unit is the predecessor to the VR8 - whatever that was?

[miaren]

It sure looks like an R8, but my old manual shows on-board fuses and a central tamper switch on the pcb. You've probably a newer version/production of the R8.

Good luck

[breff]

Looks like a pre2000 veritas r8.

[j.paul]

Looks like a pre2000 veritas r8.

QFA, its a early Veritas 8 panel

[alterEGO]

Do you have a picture of the rkp?

If you look close in the center of the pcb is says texecom,so im assuming its a texecom panel.

lol, gets better.

[amateurandy]

lol, gets better.

From the texecom web site, www.texe.com :

Veritas Series Comparison Table

Veritas 8 Veritas 8 Compact Veritas R8 Veritas R8 Plus Veritas Excel

Number of Zones 8 8 8 8 8

EOL Zone Configuration

[CompostCORNER]

PCB clearly shows 'Texecom 1996' so looks like a Viritas R8 as already stated.

Looking at the last 4 terminals on the PCB. These were for the RKP. I remember you had to be very careful wiring up at this end of the PCB as the circuitboard wasn't supported and often, a year or so later, any cracking of the board would exaggerate and cause RKP problems that were a pain to trace.

Also on the example above, theres something else wired into the RKP power as well as the RKP. Not something that was tolerated before texecom created their smart datalines that resisted dirty data.

[bobmccall]

Thanks very much everyone.

I've been on to Texecom and they've sent me an install guide, so all being well, I can get it up and running again.

Thanks!