I’m new to security panels so hoping someone can help me with figuring out how this is wired and doing a slight modification of my configuration?
Attached is a photo of the panel.
Wireless: All Windows on separate zones Zones 10-27
Wired:
Zone 1 - two entry doors (Front & Garage). I want to separate them.
Zone 2 - motion
Zone 3 - kitchen door
Zone 4 - basement door
Zone 5,6,7,8 - unknown (maybe smoke detectors? - how to I check?)
So ultimately two goals…
a) Separate doors on Zone 1 into two zones
b) figure out what is on Zone5,6,7,8
Terminal 15 & 16 = zone 5 = jumpered with resistor
Terminal 16 & 17 = zone 6 = jumpered with resistor
Terminal 18 & 19 = zone 7 = jumpered with resistor
Terminal 19 & 20 = zone 8 = jumpered with resistor
For these zones, the are jumpered with a resistor (which appear to be EOL resistors, but can’t tell for sure from the photo) and have no other wires connected to them… The are unused zones. You could go into zone programming and delete them if so desired…
Zone 1
Terminal 8 & 9 = zone 1 = one wire on terminal 9 and EOL resistor on terminal 8
First question… Are there any splices on the wires connected to terminal 8 and 9 (your picture does not fully show the wiring)
If there are two (or more) wires connected to the resistor, then the sensors are each home-run back to the panel, and you can easily seperate them and wire each to a zone…
If there is a single wire connected to the resistor, it gets very complicated…
Term 8 → resistor → green wire 1
Term 9 → red wire 2
green wire 2 → red wire 1
looks like I need to separate those and connect one of them to Terminal 15 & 16 (zone 5) using the existing resistor crimped to the green wire?
Do I need to do anything in the panel to tell it Zone 5 is a door (or does it not care)?
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Good… So, yes, you would connect one of the wire pairs to terminals 15 &16… The resistor is optional, as the zone can be programed for use with or without the EOL resistor.
Since the existing sensors are wired with a EOL resistor at the terminals, they will be Normally Closed.
You would need to program the zone for zone type, EOLR or not, NO or NC switch, etc…
To program the zone as a standard NO or NC entry door, you will need to use a custom alpha keypad:
enter (installer code) + 800, to enter programming mode
enter *56, to enter zone programming
enter 0, to select no to confirm
enter 05*, to select zone 5 ( a zone summary will be displayed)
enter *, to begin programming the zone
enter 01*, to select Entry/Exit 1 as zone type
enter *, to set the zone in partition 1
enter * to select the default report codes
9a) enter 0*, to select EOL (if you wired the sensor with the EOL resistor on one wire)
OR
9b) enter 1*, to select Normal Close (if you wired the sensor without the EOL resistor)
enter *, to select the default response time (a zone summary will be displayed again)
enter 0, to skip alpha programming (you could select 1 here, but it is convoluted and not easy to explain briefly… see the programming manual)
“Enter Zone No.” will be displayed. enter 00, to exit zone programming
enter *99, to exit programming mode.
The test the programming by opening the door… a fault message should appear on the panel…
According to Honeywell, a custom alpha (6160 or equivalent, 6162, 6164, etc) keypad is "REQUIRED"for programming a panel… In reality, you can use an alpha keypad OR, if they are already configured in the panel, a graphics touchscreen keypad using console mode (you can even rogramming from the web interface of a Tuxedo Touch or a VAM) OR, if you are VERY careful, you can use a fixed-alpha keypad - BUT you must enter the keystrokes blind (as the keypad can’t display the programming prompts) …
If you disable the EVL3Vista plugin and connect to the EVL3 using telnet (on port 4025), you can also program the panel using the Envisalink 3 interface…
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