I have an alarm system that came with the house - we don't have it monitored, and it's currently showing an amber "Trouble" indicator because (so I've been told) there's no call out number that it can verify - so I'd like to set it up so that if there's a condition that'd cause the system to call a monitoring service, I'll get the call on my phone. It's a DSC Power
832 system - can anyone point me to how I could program it to call my phone - if that's not possible, is there any way to eliminate the condition that's lighting the trouble light?
Never mind - I just realized that since we do not have a land line (just a VoIP), there's no active phone line for the device to use to call out - so programming it to call me won't do any good because there's no active line available for it to call out on.
Thanks anyway
"AngryOldWhiteGuy" wrote in message news:irlvbn$jgu$ snipped-for-privacy@dont-email.me...
Unfortunately Sir, the alarm is trying to dial a receiver and changing the number to your own will not help. It will keep on trying to connect to a receiver, and the trouble light will never go away. The trouble you're getting is likely "Failure to communicate".
Now the next big question, are you comfortable programming this thing? Have you seen the 'installers' manual?
Since you own the system, you can negotiate a good deal on monitoring from a local dealer or ....
If not, you may want to contact this fellow (he may be able to dial-in to your system and reprogram it):
I am pretty sure that there isn't a dial in capability - I'll have to look into re-programming it myself - disabling the dialer shouldn't be that difficult, huh??
Ok, here is the easy way. Remove the two wires in the screw terminals marked AC and twist them together. Then cut all the red wires. That should pretty effectively disable the dialer.
RHC: Ok, now that we've all had our fun with you, I'll give you a straight answer.
First off, unless you have the installer code, nothing else I say matters a damn.
Assuming you do, go...*8, installer code to get into programming mode. Then go into section 015 and turn off the 7 light (this disables telephone line monitoring). Then go into section 380 and turn 1 light off. Then pound out (#) and things should work properly, as your panel will not try to dial out, and the TLM is now disabled (so it won't look for dial tone and generate a trouble when it doesn't see that )
RHC: Ok, now that we've all had our fun with you, I'll give you a straight answer.
First off, unless you have the installer code, nothing else I say matters a damn.
Assuming you do, go...*8, installer code to get into programming mode. Then go into section 015 and turn off the 7 light (this disables telephone line monitoring). Then go into section 380 and turn 1 light off. Then pound out (#) and things should work properly, as your panel will not try to dial out, and the TLM is now disabled (so it won't look for dial tone and generate a trouble when it doesn't see that )
Thanks for the guidance - I appreciate you sharing your experience with me - hopefully, I'll have an opportunity to repay the favor to someone that needs to know something about which I have experience.
And for the other guy that explained "the easy way" - was that fun for ya???
"AngryOldWhiteGuy" wrote in message news:iruofi$52q$ snipped-for-privacy@dont-email.me...
Please note that all sentences term " I'll have to look into re-programming it myself - disabling the dialer shouldn't be that difficult, huh??" Really? Just like that huh? People didn't fall all over themselves to tell you what you wanted to hear, but told you the truth instead and you don't need any help anyway. Well if you didn't need any help anyway why did you bother to ask?
There is nothing hard about programming many alarm panels, but without the installer code you are totally out of luck. Well, you could pull it and ship it off to Jima Rojas to be unlocked, but he charges to do that.
Fun, no. I have seen hundreds if not thousands of guys like you come and go on this newsgroup. Déjà vu. All over again...
Bob La Londe - Real Name Yuma, Arizona - Really were I live
Isn't part of the group's charter to help DIY'ers as well as Pro's?
Over the years we all have seen hundreds of posts like this, but the answer the OP gets varies. There was a time when many of 'us' (tinu) would tell him how to get into programming, provide a link to a manual, and step him through the process. Have not seen much of that lately, except for RCH's reply.
RHC: Sir, you have to understand the nature of this newsgroup to appreciate where Bob is coming from. This is a newsgroup populated by "professionals" in the alarm and security industry. Our mandate is to assist each other as well as assist people coming here with legitimate questions about their alarm systems - even when they are DIY'ers (or others - many of whom have no real business fooling with their alarm systems when they don't have a clue what they are doing). After 20 years of the same questions from the same type of folks, we (including me) have become more than a little jaded with always giving out the same answers to people who (in many cases) shouldn't be messing with their alarms, ESPECIALLY if they are on line with the authorities. Most professional alarms are NOT designed for DIY'ers in spite of what most internet sources may suggest
Speaking only for myself here, I too feel the same way to a large degree. I get calls from DIY'ers locally who have installed their own alarms and want me to provide monitoring, and in all cases I refuse. Many years of inspecting DIY systems has shown in just about all cases, they are either under or over "engineered", and a "false alarm waiting to happen". Most of these folks have mastered the "science" of installing an alarm, but haven't a clue about the "art" portion of installing an alarm. Nor should they be expected to know this, since professionals have usually learned much of this through years of experience on the job, and a lot of "trial and error". However, in this industry, there are untold "marginal" companies who don't give a damn and only too glad to take your money. In this business it's always money before ethics.
But I suspect, NOT most of the regulars on this newsgroup. Thus the type of answer you got....
We had one regular here (recently deceased) who had an internet site selling professional quality alarm systems, and who would often disagree with the majority of posters on this newsgroup. So this became one "point of contention" for this newsgroup over the years. So it's all too easy to assume the worst case scenario, as has been done here.
I guess when we both saw your question, I just had a better day than Bob did.....:)) (thus my answer.....)
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You have no way to confirm someone really is a DIY'er. For all you know he's screwing with someone else's system. You also have no way to tell if that person is competent to program anything or if he's still under contract. In other words you know nothing about him or even if it is a "him"
Openly guiding a person like this through anything borders on stupid
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