Disabling a "lost" Ademco keyfob?

Oct 04, 2005 9 Replies

I have a residential system monitored by a big national company. I just had my worn-out wireless keyfob replaced and the tech took the old one with him (I should have said it was lost). I noticed on the paperwork he assigned all new zones for my new keyfob, and apparently



*didn't* disable the zones assigned to the old one. So now I have to assume he left with a largely functioning keyfob to my system. On the off chance that he's crooked, any suggestions on how to secure my system against that keyfob?

Thanks.



Brian G. San Francisco


Why did he take the old one? js

You'd have to know where it was programmed in the system. I'd call the company immediately and have them deprogram it (the old one)...they should be able to do it remotely...if they keep good records of your installation it will be no problem. Although you say he added new zones...he may have already done this, in which case you have nothing to worry about.

If he took it and left the zones in, they he needs to come back and delete those zones, if they cant do it remotely. Ofcourse, if he is a crook, he may already know the button serial numbers and can probably figure a way out to program it back in.!!

Question is, do you trust your CMS??

Good question. Their installers have always taken the old fob with them when I've had one replaced.

B.C.

alarman wrote:

I just had another installer out here and he deleted the two zone assignments that were recorded for the old keyfob' s buttons. So I assume its not possible to reactivate the fob tha got away without physical access to my system, right? (System is an Ademco Vista 20 or

40 I believe.)

Thanks.

B.G.

He can do it remotely, if he gets access to the Downloader System, not sure exactly how your CSM is set up so cant say .. would it be worth his while, i mean compared to what would be located inside another client such as a jewellery store?

Normally only certain users are given access to that though...

Id be worrying about the theifs that you havent seen yet :-)

He couldn't enroll them again unless he either came in your house or has access to remote programming...which installers should not have if the company has tight security.

How do you know he didn't disable the old keyfob zones?

Btw don't panic but he's a stalker and your doomed

He could just get his own copy of Compass. Seems anyone can.

Indeed. js

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