Installing a First Alert 168CPS in a large house on a golf course. The sub has three overhead doors on the garage in front of the house and one on the lower level for his golf cart.
He wants to be able to push one button at night and have all the doors closed (open ones close and closed ones stay put).
I ran a four conductor to each door and another to the location of each opener motor.
I think I have it figured out on paper but there is one issue that I have never tried.
Will the relays respond to a zone fault even if the panel isn't armed?
This is my plan:
Run a loop from the power side of the opener to the return (parallel to the normal wire).
All four loops through a relay that activates on command (FA 700 keypads).
Each loop then runs through another relay that is controlled by the zone status - if the zone is not faulted relay is open, if the zone is faulted relay is closed.
When the command is given any open doors will get the short causing them to close, closed doors will not get the signal.
Also considering triggering the command upon activation of 'stay' arming for even more convenience to the sub.
Any thoughts (using the wiring I described above - too late to add any)
Also thought about using a normally open door contact to run the signal through but the sub wants the doors protected and I don't like the idea of running the door controller voltage through my panel or putting two contacts on each door but if I must, I must (N.O. contacts have to be special ordered and the company gets antsy. This 'feature' was talked up to the sub by the salesman - now I have to make it work with the equipment spec'd... crap... don't get me started on the sales guys...)
Thanks
Joe