Alarm Bell Box wiring

Your best bet might be to contact both A1 and Response (or whoever makes it) and ask for some more info, including circuit diagrams. If the info they send is complicated for you, I am sure there will be someone here who can help out.

Rob

The problem with these "DIY" panels and boxes it that the terminology used is not insustry standard and so its difficult to advise.

You may need to meter the various connections.

The problem is I don't know what I'm looking for ... so difficult to measure.

In that case I suggest you call in an alarm engineer.

If that was the best solution .. then there would be no point in a DIY usenet group.

I am more than capable of the testing, but don't know what is in the boxes ... hoping someone of the group does.

The Response Sounder doesn't have "Strobe" connections, so you can miss them out.

The negative - from the control panel is connected to the COM

The positive + from the control panel is connected to the Charger

The Tamper is connected to either a positive or negative return in the control panel. You'll have to tell the panel what the bell box uses in the programming, and find out with a test meter which signal of tamper in the bell box sends back to the panel.

You'll need a switched connection from the control panel, either positive or negative dependant on which makes the Siren work, from the control panel to the Siren terminal in the bell box. You might be able to use the Strobe or Switched Bell connection from the control panel to make this work.

Hope this helps.

Looks like the existing bellbox doesn't have an internal battery, or at least not a rechargeable one. I'd try connecting Bell + and Strobe + to SIREN, Bell- and strobe- to COM. Connect Return to Tamper. If the system won't come out of tamper, follow the panel instructions for a bell without tamper connection.

Well actually no. Sometimes the best solution is to bite the bullet and call someone in.

control panel. You'll have to tell

test meter which signal of tamper

or negative dependant on which

bell box. You might be able to

It has certainly given me something to try - time to annoy neighbours with alarm sounding while I try again.

Thanks

Rick