I have a Caddx system installed in my home that I had installed when I had my home built ten years ago. I want to upgrade the system and make a few improvements.
I've been contacting the original installer and a few other installers in the area for a month and know one will call me back. I'm handy and thinking of taking the job on myself. The installer code has never been changed so I can get into the system. I took a look at the manual online and it doesn't make much sense to me. My system is currently working fine and has a expander card installed with 16 zones used and a few more left open to use. I'd like to add a garage door sensor with enough time for me to open the door and disarm the system.
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Also would like to add a water sensor in the basement and a sensor that detects if it gets too cold in the house. I can hard wire all the sensors so I don't need any wireless device. The keypad I have is a NX-148e. Anyone know ho to program this into my system? Doesn't look like anyone local wants to do it. Ok, well i played with it a little bit and must say it's the manual is quite confusing.
I was able to get it to programing mode. First, I entered.8, then I entered the user code of 9713. It then asked me for a device address and I believe I was to use 0#.
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It then asked me for a location number. From the manual the zones I want to use (17-24) are in location 29 so I used that for a location. I figured out that the segments are the zones to program.
Segment 1 is for zone 17 and segment 8 is for zone 24. Obviously segment 2 is zone 18 and segment 3 is 19 and the rest follow that sequence. Also, there is a 6 after each segment which is the zone type which is an instant zone by the chart. That's where I got lost.
I still haven't wired the devices in yet. Going to wire everything up in the basement temporarily so I can try to get it to work. So what I'd like to do is use zone 17 for a low temperature switch which will be an instant zone type.
I'd like to use zone 18 for a water sensor to detect a flood in the basement which will also be a instant type zone. Zone 19 will be used for an over head garage door switch which I will have to make have a delay to give the garage door enough time to go up or down and disarm the alarm. From what I can tell, the man door in the garage is set on zone type 3 which seems to have about a minute delay to get out, which should be sufficient for the overhead garage doors. Kind of confused after that and don't really no how to go further.
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OK, I think I'm getting somewhere. I programed zone 17 to be a #2 zone type which will be the water sensor. The kissing booth ebook free download. I also programmed zone 18 to be a zone type #2 also for the low temperature sensor. I figure that will be best since it's the 24 hour audible that will set the siren off regardless if the alarm is armed or not. Probably a good thing for water in the basement or loss of heat. I set zone 18 to be zone type 9 which has a one minute delay which will be used for the overhead garage doors which should be sufficient.
My next question is, my manual for the nx8 tells me nothing on how to name the 3 new zones I've created. Am I missing that info? What's the procedure for that programming? Ok, I have that manual. Doesn't seem like the keypad will let me do anything to enter a name. I get into programming at location 29 and it starts me at where it reads location 29 segment 1 on the top line and 2 on the second line which is the zone type.
Seems like it wont let me do anything but change the zone type and go to the different segments. The arrows don't do anything. Also, it looks like I'll need some more eol resistors for the zones I'm using and the ones I'm not. The installer left me 5 in the control box.
Are these an alarm special part or can I get them anywhere? This is what I did to try and program the keypad. First I entered.8, then followed by the program code 9713, the it asked me for a device number. Instead of 0#, I entered 192#, then it asked me for a location which I entered location 29 so I can assign names to my new zones 17-18. At that point it just goes to a screen that says enter location, then # (29).
Is it possible that 192 is not the location of my keypad? I'd just like to assign the proper names to my new zones. My system is 10 years old and the manual I found from it is slightly different. Still haven't found where to use that 192 address.
Is you keypad assigned to partition 1, keypad 1? If so, then the keypad address is 192. In any case, try this instead: From normal run mode:.92 Prompts to “Please Enter Your Code'. installer code The LCD will now prompt you to enter message number followed by #. Zones 1 through 192 custom messages are message numbers 1-192 respectively.
Message 193 - Custom message top line. Message 194 - Custom message bottom line. Message 195 - Shutdown message top line. Message 196 - Shutdown message bottom line. Use the instructions on page 5 of the 148e manual to enter the characters.