Honeywell ADE Accenta G4 panel & 8EP417A RKP?

[Steveo]

Honeywell ADE Accenta G4 panel & 8EP417A RKP

Wondered if anyone can help please. Just installed the above & initially had a problem with tamper lock out ! Suspected the exterior bell/strobe, so bridged A&T on panel.(will sort the tamper switch later) That cleared the fault. So carried on with setting the rkp ! walk test seemed to work and set time & date. When put into alarm state, am getting "program 1 set" with audible KP sounder. Think I may of set up something incorrectly, but not sure what the next step is ? Only using 4 zones with a passive for entry/ exit. Haven't done anything with the other Zones ! Would this be my problem ?

 

[Spoon]

Only using 4 zones with a passive for entry/ exit. Haven't done anything with the other Zones ! Would this be my problem ?

Hi mate. Welcome to the forum.
I presume you have linked the zones you are not using?

 

[Steveo]

Hi....No haven't as yet ! thought there may have been a way to omit these via the rkp. But will link them & try. Cheers.

 

[Spoon]

Hi....No haven't as yet ! thought there may have been a way to omit these via the rkp. But will link them & try. Cheers.

I have one at home, with the keypad on the control box. I just link mine out. Saves messing with the programming.
There maybe a way of doing it via the rkp. What's the manual say?

 

[SparkyChick]

Check in the engineers manual, I believe you will need to edit the program and set 'Used Zones' to NO for the ones you aren't using. But I would still link them regardless.

I'm not going to publish how to do this as this is the public forum, but if you want to PM me, feel free.

 

[tazz]

Honeywell ADE Accenta G4 panel & 8EP417A RKP

Wondered if anyone can help please. Just installed the above & initially had a problem with tamper lock out ! Suspected the exterior bell/strobe, so bridged A&T on panel.(will sort the tamper switch later) That cleared the fault. So carried on with setting the rkp ! walk test seemed to work and set time & date. When put into alarm state, am getting "program 1 set" with audible KP sounder. Think I may of set up something incorrectly, but not sure what the next step is ? Only using 4 zones with a passive for entry/ exit. Haven't done anything with the other Zones ! Would this be my problem ?

This is normal alarm setting for full set program 1, enter code, program 1 is displayed, exit tone bleeps for programmed exit time, system sets.

 

[Toneyz]

What is you opinion on these panels, personally I find that they are very easy for the end user to use code in code out simple as that .

 

[tazz]

Basic house alarm Acenta G4 and 6 are good value, cheap and reliable go on for years with no problems.

 

[Toneyz]

Basic house alarm Acenta G4 and 6 are good value, cheap and reliable go on for years with no problems.

Ours have been going for 18 years.

 

[SparkyChick]

The alarm I replaced with the Accenta G4 was an earlier model, the Optima XM if I recall correctly. Finally given up the ghost after running since 1995 if the client remembered the install date correctly.

The one's I serviced a couple of weeks back, nothing wrong with them. They were over 10 years old.

Simple, effective and quite flexible.

Depending on the end client, I would recommend it or if they wanted something with more options, a Pyronix Enforcer.

 

[tazz]

I have a pet hate with Pyronix, and it the ugly bell box. Texcom i find will cover most commercial jobs with the mix of radio and wired, and a massive 640 zone expansion.