Hi 

Looking to add some extra zones to a castle care euro mini 10 panel , and the UR2-WE seems a easier option ,but not used one before .

It has 2 outputs each capable of 10 detectors or contacts etc will it be possible to set different detectors to entry route ,or intruder etc or what ever you set one to there all the same on that output effectively giving you 1 zone with 10 detectors on it 

thanks 

 

It has 2 channels; to be honest, universal expanders really are a 'poor mans' way of adding wireless, and IMHO only suitable when you have a ton of spare zones (i.e one zone for each device + generalised battery fail, + generalised fault/supervision channel etc...). or you only want a wireless PA added to a system. I suspect you don't have an expanse of spare zones, as AFAIK the Mini 10 is unexpandable.

 

You would be far better off replacing the panel (but usually not the keypad and rarely any of the wiring) for a Pyronix / Castle model that supports wireless 'natively' so all faults, battery low etc... are displayed in plain English on the keypad, relevent to the actual zone they are on.

 

Furthermore, wireless can be a PIA full stop. Are you sure you can't hard wire the extra zones??

Edited October 16, 20169 yr by datadiffusion

As above your best option would be swap out the mini for a 46 and add a wireless ZEM Instead.

Thanks for replys so far 

No only have 1 spare input but need to add 2 sensors 

In which case the 46 upgrade would be your best bet by a country mile!

You'll need a 46,1 ZEM8 & A ZEM-WE

the 46 only has 8 zones onboard against the Euro mini 10 so bare that in mind 

Ouch! Does the Mini suffer from using '0' rather than Zone 1, which as Scanny found out can't be transmitted via SIA? :doh:

Euro 46 has 10 zones out the box, 8 onboard and 2 on keypad. 

 

6 hours ago, datadiffusion said:

Ouch! Does the Mini suffer from using '0' rather than Zone 1, which as Scanny found out can't be transmitted via SIA? :doh:

Don't think so, wouldn't matter if it did as the mini doesn't have any Comms on it anyway. 

 

Thanks for all your help