NX8E keyswitch

Does the arming zone function manually ... if you short it out not using the receiver relay?

Nothing happens. The zone opens at LCD keypad manually and secure ok but arm-disarm... no.....

is this system partitioned?

r u using resistor?

I've got only one partition. Z9-Z16 with zone double and Z17-Z24 with expander. Yes, i use 3.3k resistors at expander's zones including Z21 (keyswitch zone).

I have not used keyswitch arming with an nx panel. I am guessing that the keyswitch has to be on the NX panel. not the expansion board. the following quote from a manual:

"Any zone on the NX-8E-CF can be programmed as a keyswitch zone. If this is done, a momentary short on this zone will arm/disarm the control. If opening/closing reports are sent, the user code will be 99."

This was one of my thoughts... I'll try out to manually short onboard z14 (it is spare) and i'll let you know in order to learn if we can use only the onboard zones for keyswitch operation.

I hope its not like a 2 wire smoke loop and cannot be used with zone doubling! if it is you'll have to eliminate zone doubling and use 8 onboard zones undoubled and expanders for everything else. :( let us know what you determine.