Hello & Help With a Home Alarm

[mbuk]

hello would just like to say hi & to a great site, being doing electrical work for years now retied which i like even better, now just playing with trains, anyway would like a bit of help if you can, trying to install a alarm for my son,
installed control panel all pir's & cables but now stuck its all to do with the bell box wiring
on the,
cp Strobe - : Strobe +: Bell - : Bell Hold : Sab tmpr :
Bell Box Return : STB- : TG- : Hold off - : Hold off + :

The cp is a Eurosec CPX, bell box just a number BL860DP would like to know which wire goes where if possible, if this is the wrong place im sorry, would like to be pointed in the right direction.

many regards
alan

Thank you

 

[telectrix]

Ov in panel goes to hold off -
12V (or bell +)= in panel goes to hold off +
bell - in panel goes to trig
sab tamp goes to tamp return
str - to str -

 

[Andy-1960]

Does this help?

 

[Specialist]

Going on what you show:

CPX strobe - to BL stb-
CPX strobe + to BL hold off +
CPX bell - to BL tg -
CPX bell hold to BL hold off -
CPX San tamper to BL return

Hope that helps.
Welcome by the way.

 

[Specialist]

Sorry that should have been CPX sab tamper to BL return.

Predictive text is a pain.

 

[telectrix]

and if you end up with a tamper fault, it's usually the back arm of the bell tamper switch not pressing hard enough on the wall. esp. if the masonry is uneven or you have it on a joint.

seems OP has done a runner.

 

[Specialist]

Morning tel, I normally give them gentle adjustment before taking the box up the ladder.
Saves buggering about 20' in the air

Oops sorry that should have been 6.2 m in the air for the youngsters

 

[mbuk]

Hello all, Thank you for getting back to me have now wired this up & all works great thank you, I have got hold of the the manual & it says you cannot reset the Eng code is this right or do you have to send the unit off to be reset.

regards
Alan

 

[Specialist]

Hi Alan: According to my Engineer manual for the CPX, the Engineer code can be changed from factory default. It's only if you've locked the code & then forget it, that the pcb may need to be returned to the manufacturer for Unlocking / Reprogramming.

See page 72 of the engineers manual for how to change.

 

[mbuk]

Thanks for that, will have a look later when I go back to my sons will let you know.

regards

Alan

 

[telectrix]

another thing with these panels is that if the engineer code starts with a 9, it can't be defaulted, although if the whole code is known, it can be changed.

 

[mbuk]

Hi all just to let you know its now setup & working ok so far, thank you all for your help.

regards

Alan

 

[Specialist]

Your more than welcome, thanks for the update.

 

[mbuk]

hello again like to say thank you for your help, but the panel I fitted was faulty so got a replacement, now can you tell me which cable goes where again on the panel to bell box.

wiring

on the panel ( Accord XPC)
bell + bell - : strb : R- - (BTMP):

Bell Box
Return : STB- : TG- : Hold off - : Hold off + :

Can someone please tell me which wire goes to where if possible, or do I have to get another bell box.

many regards
alan

Thank you

 

[Specialist]

Should be:

XPC Bell + to Hold off +
XPC Bell tamp - to Hold off -
XPC Bell - to TG -
XPC Bell tamp - R to RET
XPX STRB to STB -

 

[mbuk]

Thank you for your reply hope I have better luck with this panel

 

[Specialist]

Your welcome buddy, good luck.

 

[mbuk]

It would be nice if there was some sort of guide at hand like a idiots guide

 

[Specialist]

It would be nice if there was some sort of guide at hand

Nah, that would take all the fun out of it.
Anyway since when do manufacturers want to make life easy ?

Actually I think someone did write a sort of guide some years back. Unfortunately panels / sounders change so quickly, it was out of date before it came out.

Did yours work ?

 

[mbuk]

im just fitting the panel in now, at least all the hard work has been done, I hope, one thing you could answer me, how can you stop the bell box from going off while im changing panel can i just add a battery feed to it.

 

[Specialist]

Yes mate sorry I should have told you that, connect the Hold off + & - wires from the sounder to your panel battery.

 

[mbuk]

Thank you of that

 

[telectrix]

either get up the ladder to the bell and diss. the SA battery, or suffer the sound for 20 minutes. when replacing a faulty control panel, i just swap the pcb over and put the duff pcb in the new box for return.

 

[telectrix]

Yes mate sorry I should have told you that, connect the Hold off + & - wires from the sounder to your panel battery.

red to red, black to black, and blue to bits.