When we purchased our home it had a Brinks Security system already installed. It is a Scantronic box Issue Number C-5797 panel. We never contracted with Brinks to monitor the security system. It was used pretty much for the door chimes and the panel as a night light. We received at LOW BATT signal and I manually disconnected the 12 volt battery and bypassed the alarm. One night our smoke detectors went off due to a bad 9 volt battery in one. All of our smoke detectors are hardwired together. At 1 A.M. I really was uncertain as to if the alarm was being issued from the Brinks Keypad or the smoke detectors. I unplugged the Brinks panel from the wall. I also disconnected some sensor wire from the panel. After determining the problem was with a 9 volt battery in a detector which was and totally unrelated to the Brinks system I reconnected the wires in the panel box and plugged the system back into the wall outlet. Since there had been no battery backup the alarm keypads indicated a power failure and both keypads went completely black. My question is how do I get the keypads to become luminated and the door sensors (chimes) working again. The entire system is completely down. Brinks of course will not lend a hand unless I contract their services for three years. Any ideas/suggestion will be helpful.

I have four keypads in the house and need to disable the one in the basement. Is there a simple way to do this? I did read somewhere about disabling a keypad by entering an incorrect master code a few times ... my only concern is being able to reactivate the keypad in the future. Any help would be appreciated.