DSC Zone Open


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Old 03-22-11, 03:29 AM
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DSC Zone Open

Hi

I have a DSC Power 832 with 8 zones.

All zones are working except zone 4

Wiring for Zone 3 is Brown and wiring for Zone 4 is Green at the board and Common is Yellow/Orange. I have connected Green and Yellow to the door sensor.

When I check the output (DCV) on all the door sensors they show 1 but when I check the output on the door sensor for Zone 4 it shows -16.

Please advise what could be wrong ?

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Old 03-22-11, 12:06 PM
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Checking voltage is meaningless, in this case. You just need to check _continuity_. Alarm contacts are just switches, usually normally closed to open on alarm.

Is the system set to use the end of line resistors? A missing/broken EOL resistor would cause this, as would a simple bad contact.
 
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Old 03-24-11, 02:06 PM
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Wiring

Hi

I have checked the wiring for that zone by 1) checking the resistor is ok with a multimeter it registers 5600 and 2) checking continuity of the 2 wires and there is continuity (closed the wires with a resistor and the multimeter confirmed continuity).

Please let me know what you think could be wrong ?

Thanks
Steven
 
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Old 03-24-11, 03:14 PM
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If the zone wiring tests good, and the zone does not close with just the 5.6k resistor, then the only thing remaining is a failed zone input. It's been known to happen with DSC hardware, and the only fix is to replace the motherboard.
 
 

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