Leigh1983 Posted February 10, 2009 Share Posted February 10, 2009 Hi everyone, Have been asked to quote for a take over of a the maintenance contract of a ADT Tyco fire alarm system. It is the Minerva MX100. I am fairly certain that ADT panels are closed protocol to some extent with issues taking over systems or getting service spares. Is this true or can anyone work on the system providing they have access codes? If an access code is avaliable is it necessary to have software to work on the system? With regards to the system do the devices self learn or is a manual loop learning sequence necessary? Many thanks with your answers. Leigh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jockney Posted February 10, 2009 Share Posted February 10, 2009 yes, u r correct, closed protocol indeed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sparky999 Posted February 10, 2009 Share Posted February 10, 2009 Hi everyone,Have been asked to quote for a take over of a the maintenance contract of a ADT Tyco fire alarm system. It is the Minerva MX100. I am fairly certain that ADT panels are closed protocol to some extent with issues taking over systems or getting service spares. Is this true or can anyone work on the system providing they have access codes? If an access code is avaliable is it necessary to have software to work on the system? With regards to the system do the devices self learn or is a manual loop learning sequence necessary? Many thanks with your answers. Leigh. Hi Leigh as Jockney said it is closed protocol. You can still service the system and change detectors that are faulty (like for like) no programming necessary. But if you need to add or take away from the system you will need ADT I am afraid. Spare you can buy from them I think?. I do have a code for Minerva panels but do not post them on the Public Area - Pete Peter Robinson Freelance M:07889038650 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MatonTE1 Posted February 10, 2009 Share Posted February 10, 2009 Hi Leigh as Jockney said it is closed protocol. You can still service the system and change detectors that are faulty (like for like) no programming necessary. But if you need to add or take away from the system you will need ADT I am afraid. Spare you can buy from them I think?. I do have a code for Minerva panels but do not post them on the Public Area - Pete You'll find that the engineers code Pete will only work within your hub (ADT office) . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sparky999 Posted February 10, 2009 Share Posted February 10, 2009 You'll find that the engineers code Pete will only work within your hub (ADT office) . Not sure about that but the code I have I was using on a previous company and not in the same " Hub " Peter Robinson Freelance M:07889038650 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ramite Posted February 10, 2009 Share Posted February 10, 2009 Hi Leigh as Jockney said it is closed protocol. You can still service the system and change detectors that are faulty (like for like) no programming necessary. But if you need to add or take away from the system you will need ADT I am afraid. Spare you can buy from them I think?. I do have a code for Minerva panels but do not post them on the Public Area - Pete You would need to re address heads if you swapped them on an mx ,with the service tool. Me fail English? That's unpossible Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MatonTE1 Posted February 11, 2009 Share Posted February 11, 2009 You would need to re address heads if you swapped them on an mx ,with the service tool. Can you not still do it via the panel - all the heads come pre-addressed with the same number.You then re-number it for the one you have taken out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skippy phillips Posted February 11, 2009 Share Posted February 11, 2009 Can you not still do it via the panel - all the heads come pre-addressed with the same number.You then re-number it for the one you have taken out. depends on the software version early mx's you can't later ones you can, its in one of the menu's don't ask me which one though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ramite Posted February 11, 2009 Share Posted February 11, 2009 Can you not still do it via the panel - all the heads come pre-addressed with the same number.You then re-number it for the one you have taken out. Yes but obviously it is one at a time . depends on the software version early mx's you can't later ones you can, its in one of the menu's don't ask me which one though Thought all mx's had this option in the menus ? Me fail English? That's unpossible Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skippy phillips Posted February 11, 2009 Share Posted February 11, 2009 Thought all mx's had this option in the menus ? we look after a site that has some mx's on it and because its an early mx panel it doesn't have this option, we just get all are stuff preprogrammed from adt with the address we need Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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