Hi please help I have a optima xm6 keeps alarming in day mode for no reason I enter the code and it says tamper i reset and it goes back to green light I have a friend who has replaced replaced tamper switch in bell box and checked battery which is 14 volts it seems to go off when I turn on a light but not always and never goes off when no one is in the house. How do I remove the tamper circit to check if this faulty? Any other ideas.
one fed up female

Michelle, February 2008

HI Timbo

Thankyou so much. So far so good, changed battery for new one and removed tamper circuit and replaced with a link which was inside the alarm panel. Has now been a week with no tamper alarm.
Thanks again Michelle

Michelle, February 2008

Dear Michelle I am familiar with the optima XM and as many other alarms, the tamper circuit is N/C (normally closed) just a link between two terminals. In my opinion tamper circuits are unnecessary in domestic installations whoever you let in your house isn’t going to tamper with the wiring or detectors, if any things is wrong with the wiring or detectors the panel will show this anyway. As for the bell box unless your system is over 20 years old then the bell will still ring and you cant stop it even if you cut its cable. Ask your friend who replaced the bell box micro switch to remove the alarm panel cover, on the connecter strip usually left hand side you should see tamper printed on the circuit board, put a link between the two terminals this will disable the tamper circuit other than the alarm panel cover… If this fails the panel is probably faulty. Good luck.

Timbo, February 2008