Sorry if this shows up twice but the first post isn't visible so not sure if I missed a step.
Yesterday I managed to lock myself out of my GEM-P1664 panel. As it sits now, all of my kepads show "out of system" just like when you have the panel in Configuration mode. I can even access the keypad configuration. But I cannot get out of this mode. It's like the system is stuck in configuration mode. I have moved the jumper back and forth and powered down the panel for a few hours (battery disconnected as well). System remains in "out of system" status.
I've always done the programming via the keypad (yes, I know that's brutal) as I've never tracked down the Quickloader software. This weekend I was troubleshooting something and thought it was due in part to using multiple areas on the panel. I had two areas configured b/c I had disconnected zones and wanted them sitting in Area 2 to keep the keypads from only showing the disconnected zones. So I had all the functioning contacts sitting in Area 1 and the keypads in Area 1. So for troubleshooting I finished the disconnected zones and moved everything to Area 1. I noticed the keypads still had the "1" in the corner and thought I must have something lingering b/c I didn't think keypads showed any area notation when you were running a single area setup. This is where I botched it..... I went into the program for the keypads (1425 - 1430) and deleted the nib for the area. I had the 5 pads set to 1 but noticed the default was blank so I deleted it. When I exited program mode my kepads flipped over to "out of system" and I'm stuck now.
Is there a trick here that I'm missing? I don't want to start from scratch as it's a fair amount of coding. I did grab a copy of QuickLoader and have a PCI Mini getting shipped to me but I'm nervous that the software won't be able to connect either if the system is in this hung state.