Some Advice Please :)

[delboy2028]

I have moved home and it came with an optima g3 alarm 8ep 395 it all works except it says the door contact and garage door contact have a fault.

I have omited the garage contact and have replaced the door contact.

The door contact is detected when i open and close the door on a walk test how ever when i go to set the alarm it will not trigger the alarm the PIRS will but door contact wont..

any advice?

 

[Richard-the-Ninth]

If it works on walk test but doesn't when its set, then it is programmed wrong.

I would guess its programmed as spare / not used when full set.

I can only suggest you check to see what it is programmed as, for which you will need the engineers manual

 

[delboy2028]

i have the manual in my hand and i went in to the program section were you can turn zones on and off and its set up zone 1 security... as is zone 2 and zone 3... zone 4 - 8 is disabled... checked wiring in the panel and its wired to zone 1

 

[steptoe]

Is it on a really long delay?

 

[delboy2028]

i dont think so i reset the system when i got here to factory defaults following the installation manual...

i cant post a link but if u google optima g3 the first link on tlc-direct is the manual..

 

[steptoe]

Have you got the user manual, or the engineers manual?

I've actually got one in the shed, I'll dig it out in a bit if no one else has one by then.

 

[delboy2028]

it says engineering information on the front..

dont have a user one.

it says engineering information on the front..

dont have a user one.

the one i have engineer one is the same as i keep finding online...

 

[Sharpend]

The default setting for zone 1 is timed. Usually for door entry/exit. When you tested the alarm did you allow sufficient time for the alarm to trigger after opening the door contact?

 

[delboy2028]

yes i did it is not even lighting up on the panel to say its activated... 

the only time zone 1 lights up on the panel is on walk test only..

 

[steptoe]

ok, its gonna be after 10 by time I get the chance to look,

2Kippers, as Deke would say?   :|

 

[delboy2028]

am in no megga rush has no alarm since i have been here... nd i can fully work on it till friday... 

its just confusing me...

 

[Richard-the-Ninth]

Just looked at the manual, it looks very much like it is programmed wrong. Looks like it is programmed as "disabled".

Walk test is to show  / indicate does it operate, It is not to show what it is programmed as. / programmed to do.

So by the fact it works in walk test indicates the zone in question is programmed wrong.

 

[jordan84]

it certainly sounds like a programming issue,

does the zone led come on when you have the door open and try to set the alarm?

 

[Richard-the-Ninth]

it certainly sounds like a programming issue,

does the zone led come on when you have the door open and try to set the alarm?

Welcome to the forum.

May I suggest you check the date of the last post BEFORE you reply. The post you are replying to was made back in May ( a long time in forums) and it was the last time the OP ever posted.