Hi,

I have an Accenta 6 unit with a single Keypad (many years of fault-free opertion).

The wire connecting the main control unit to the Keypad was severed and the blue light won't turn off outside the house. Don't have exact details of how this happened - a scissors prank during a teenage house party!

I've had quotes of £200+ to fix this - but I wanted to ask for advice on the viability of doing this myself. I'm thinking I just get a new length of 6-core cable, switch off the mains, open the main control unit, wire the cable into both the main control unit and the keypad (matching the colours between the 6 marked terminals in both), close everything up ... and switch the mains back on.

But what happens next? Smiles all round? Alarm needs reprogramming? Alarm needs resetting? A big bang and fire?

I do still have the original installation manuals, factory set codes, my own code and a circuit diagram of the control unit.

Please can anyone advise? Is this something a non-prefessional can do?

Many thanks in advance,

JonKMale

JonkMale, September 2008

Hi,

Thanks for the prompt feedback / advice.

I completed the job today - and it all went fine. The rkp fuse had blown (thanks for alerting me to that one Brad) as had one of the other fuses in the control box.

But once everthing was wired up, and with new fuses in place, it just came back to life. No need to reprogramme any of the user codes either.

Excellent website - keep up the good work.

JonkMale

JonkMale, September 2008

just do exactly as your planning to do trust me!!

alarm engineer, September 2008

should be fine ,however you may have blown r,k,p, fuse ,if you have just change it ,hope this helps ,any problem come back on site .p,s £200 total rip off

brad, September 2008