I have an Ademco Vista20P with 3 keypads and want to add another 6160 keypad. When I do, the only ID that will work is 16.
When I power-up the keypad and assign any other ID, say 20, the display stays lit with no lettering showing and no commands will work. When I press 1 3 and enter an ID of 16, then * * ,
it works fine.
Does anyone have advice on how I can get it to accept another ID (I already have a keypad on the system with ID 16)?

I'm not sure whether I have to code to the 20P panel that an additional keypad address is active.

Thanks in advance for any help.

 

Yes, you do. This is a new feature to the P version of panels. From memory, this is around field 190 or so (I think 190 is address 16, 191 is 17, etc.) But, again, that's a guess. Look it up in the manual. If you need one, click the SafeWatch link in my signature below - we have all of the Vista manuals online.

Good luck!

 

Thanks for the help, that was the right advice.

Now, however, I have screwed it up in a different way.

After putting in the installer code then 8 0 0 ,
making some program changes (changes that I found out later I need to correct) and then *98 to exit,
I found that 2 of the 4 keypads could not arm the system, but could only turn on/off chime mode.

So, I tried to go back in programming mode, but every time I enter the installer code and 8 0 0 , I get a long beep which indicates that a partition is armed (according to a manual).
Now, ALL the keypads show "Disarmed Ready to Arm" ,
so I am VERY confused.

Can anyone help ?

 

You exited programming wrong, *98 feature (from the manual):
Do not use *98 to exit programming, do not enable any of the lock-out features in *88 - these are for alarm companies that do not want customers or other alarm companies tampering with their systems - there is no reason for a homeowner to use these features.

Good luck!

 

Brandon,
Your point is well taken (only wish I knew that last night...LOL)

On the train on the way into work this morning, I was re-reading the Vista 20P installation manual that told me I now need to power down the system to be able to re-enter programming mode via the installer code.

I just hope that in powering it down, I don't lose all my settings.

(BTW, I have checked out the SafeWatch page and it is very cool. I need to look into what is offered through there more.)

 

Nope, not a problem - the Vista panels use EEPROM (non-volatile) memory - basically this means the system will hold the memory even with no power.

We don't have a lot of the Ademco equipment online yet (that's a lot more work than I thought it would be), but it is available - if you can't find something, just ask.