Need help with Acron alarm


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Old 02-21-09, 12:29 PM
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Need help with Acron alarm

A few weeks back, I had an electrical issue that I had to track down, and I had to have the circuit breaker off, that feeds my Acron alarm, for quite some time. The key pad by the front door was the one I used to disarm the system, when I would turn it off, after I shut off the breaker, a number of times. Once I got the electrical issue fixed, I have found that the panel by the door can no longer set or disarm the system. It lights up , as normal, it beeps when you press the buttons, and seems to function in every way, but, it will not set the system.

I have the following:
Digikey IV-F key pads
AV8000 main alarm panel.

I've downloaded the manuals for both of these, but this issue isn't addressed.
 
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Old 02-21-09, 05:01 PM
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What likely happened, was that by loosing power, and running down the backup battery, it scrambled the programming, so your programmed code doesn't work.

If you have the same maual: http://www.guardianalarms.net/home_s...ion_Manual.pdf

Use the instructions on the first couple of pages to set new codes.

I can't offer you too much useful info here, this is a 19 year old system (give or take a bit), and I've basically only flat replaced them.
 
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Old 03-18-09, 07:53 PM
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Thanks for the link. I actually had that PDF file on my computer already. I wanted to clarify something. I have 3 keypads. Only one of them does not set/disarm the alarm system. Is there a way to just reprogram the single keypad rather than the whole system. The AV-8000 guide seems to be more the a full system reprogram.
 
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Old 03-18-09, 08:34 PM
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Even more info...

I read through the keypad installer guide and I wasn't even able to get the unit into program mode, by using the default installer code. If I disconnect it from the wires coming from the wall, will it go back to factory defaults ? To test the function of this keypad, could I swap it with another one, from a different room or would that zero out THAT pad as well ?
 
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Old 03-23-09, 11:36 AM
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Hmmm, hard to say. If only one keypad of three is showing this issue, my guess would be that the keypad is what has failed, and it's not a software issue, but a hardware issue.
 
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Old 03-23-09, 06:09 PM
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That was my guess too. The odd part is that this pad was working WHILE we were turning off the power and flipping it back on. I used it to unset the alarm , when the power went off.

If there is no memory or programming stored on the key pad, I should be able to swap it out with another and all should work. All the leads go to the same screw down spots, so they must all work the same.
 
 

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