Something in the shed triggered my alarm last night. I'm thinking warm air currents in front of sensors or tamper contacts stick/slipping in this heat because of expansion/contraction or maybe bats. Does this panel differentiate between an alarm triggered by a sensor in a loop on a zone or the alarm triggered by a tamper going o/c on that zone? The panel just says a"Alarm" with the zone name. These false triggers  are infrequent, maybe one or two a year, but always seem to happen in really hot weather.

Edited July 21, 20214 yr by Eugene's DIY Den

All systems should show alarm, tamper and (if radio) battery faults separately, it's an important part of diagnosing a false alarm event.

Unless you wire something up wrong, an alarm is the sensor triggering be that a fault or the environment.

3 hours ago, sixwheeledbeast said:

All systems should show alarm, tamper and (if radio) battery faults separately, it's an important part of diagnosing a false alarm event.

Unless you wire something up wrong, an alarm is the sensor triggering be that a fault or the environment.

So should it specify zone number, name, followed by type of alarm triggering event? I'll check if this actually does happen and report back. If it doesn't, does it mean I have detailed alarm event reporting turned off in the menu somewhere?

Tamper means exactly that the lid has come off something, or if hwired the cable may be damaged 

hkc  will normally verbally tell you the  fault "tamper zone 3" 

44 minutes ago, Eugene's DIY Den said:

So should it specify zone number, name, followed by type of alarm triggering event? I'll check if this actually does happen and report back. If it doesn't, does it mean I have detailed alarm event reporting turned off in the menu somewhere?

My alarm normally faults on the day everyone goes out (as we get to door) or heat is a problem , original wiring was loft and PSU can't take intense heat lol failed yesterday

 

Galaxy dimension was bullet proof PSU transformer 

3 minutes ago, al-yeti said:

PSU can't take intense heat

 

as I said to the postman today, 20 is plenty...

If its a pir in a shed that isn't a great idea

21 hours ago, PeterJames said:

Tamper means exactly that the lid has come off something, or if hwired the cable may be damaged 

hkc  will normally verbally tell you the  fault "tamper zone 3" 

Yes, I just confirmed that.

Edited July 22, 20214 yr by Eugene's DIY Den

20 hours ago, james.wilson said:

If its a pir in a shed that isn't a great idea

Can I use a double knock option on the same zone to only trigger an alarm after several operations of the PIR?

32 minutes ago, Eugene's DIY Den said:

Can I use a double knock option on the same zone to only trigger an alarm after several operations of the PIR?

You can, but you shouldn't.