Finally

To be honest tho its a mute point - unless you really have to All 'points' be they PA's or contacts should be on individual zones IMHO

p

leaving aside PA`s ( cause they take priority in the signalling equipment) the Gardtec stuff see`s two circuits and an EOL as a Mask or Fault

so back to my original CONTENTIOUS question - you doing this for yourself or gain O/P (cause if its the latter you need to get the coil of cable back out)

Finally

thanks for that

now if you just said you put the alarm resistor across all 3 PA's i would have known what you mean (those of us familar with Europlex (aplex etc) will know that you have to use this method on a zone with more than one contact (ie a double set of doors) or it won,t work (i tried it the 'normal' way (alarm resistor across each contact) and when you open more than one door at a time it goes t*** up!!!

p

thanks for that

now if you just said you put the alarm resistor across all 3 PA's i would have known what you mean (those of us familar with Europlex (aplex etc) will know that you have to use this method on a zone with more than one contact (ie a double set of doors) or it won,t work (i tried it the 'normal' way (alarm resistor across each contact) and when you open more than one door at a time it goes t*** up!!!

p

hmm, but the problem is it leaves the first two devices without any short curcuit protection - nightmare

hmm, but the problem is it leaves the first two devices without any short curcuit protection - nightmare

that europlex for yeh......................

p

Finally

thanks spider,

it is a known wiring method to me, but i have never heard of that expression to describe it before, and i was just a tad worried i'd been left behind by you younger 'turks'

regs

alan

Edited December 22, 200718 yr by arfur mo

thanks for that

now if you just said you put the alarm resistor across all 3 PA's i would have known what you mean (those of us familar with Europlex (aplex etc) will know that you have to use this method on a zone with more than one contact (ie a double set of doors) or it won,t work (i tried it the 'normal' way (alarm resistor across each contact) and when you open more than one door at a time it goes t*** up!!!

p

on tunstal CPA6 you were allowed 5 contacts using a bridge resistor per contact, panel showed "contact+" to indicate more than one door open. Gardtec also allows but not sure what the limit is but think also 5.

regs

alan

Gardtec also allows but not sure what the limit is but think also 5.

regs

alan

not now it doesnt, once you select EN2 the stupid panel see`s mask / fault even if you don`t select a ELF type

on tunstal CPA6 you were allowed 5 contacts using a bridge resistor per contact, panel showed "contact+" to indicate more than one door open. Gardtec also allows but not sure what the limit is but think also 5.

regs

alan

now the question is would that be in parallel or series lol( i think arfur will get the joke)

Edited December 22, 200718 yr by mjw

was not having a dig in any way, just misunderstood the reply myself, so what chance a diyer.....

i would also agree that each pa ideally should be on its own circuit, but . the gentleman only has one zone left......

HI EVERYONE,LOOKS LIKE I GOT YOU ALL THINKING!I AM WIRING A LOAD OF TOWNHOUSE'S AND I TRIED ALL THE WAYS I KNOW AND EVEN ASKED COLLEAGUES WHO SCRATCHED THERE HEAD A BIT.

I HAVE LITERALLY ONE ZONE LEFT TO PUT 3 PA'S ON AND WANTED TO AVOID PUTTING RES IN THE PANEL DUE TO THE SITE MAY BE VISITED BY NACOSS AND I DONT THINK THEY WOULD LIKE THAT!

THANKS FOR YOUR TIPS AND DRAWINGS.

SVEN (MCFC)