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Marc

Jan 1, 1970
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I got a call today about possibly taking over a system which on the keypad
says Caretaker. I know this is by ITI yet iknow little about this system.
The customer says the keypad is telling them that device 14 is bad which she
says is the battery , i suggested changing the battery but she says the
other company had to always go out and "reprogram it". Does anyone either
have the programming information, or can help me out with this? The lady
said the company always went down to the main box and she doesnt have a key,
so i dont know what they could have done down there. But how can i readd the
device? everytime when the battery goes bad/low does a device need to be
reprogrammed/added?
Thanks

Marc
 
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Mark Leuck

Jan 1, 1970
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Marc said:
I got a call today about possibly taking over a system which on the keypad
says Caretaker. I know this is by ITI yet iknow little about this system.
The customer says the keypad is telling them that device 14 is bad which she
says is the battery , i suggested changing the battery but she says the
other company had to always go out and "reprogram it". Does anyone either
have the programming information, or can help me out with this? The lady
said the company always went down to the main box and she doesnt have a key,
so i dont know what they could have done down there. But how can i readd the
device? everytime when the battery goes bad/low does a device need to be
reprogrammed/added?
Thanks

Marc

You can't re-add the device, when the battery on that old wireless went bad
so did the programming and unless you have an ITI programmer which hasn't
been made in years you are SOL
 
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Jim Rojas

Jan 1, 1970
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If you send me the sensor, I can reprogram it for you. All you need to know
is the house code & sensor #14 as you stated. I have spare transmitters in
case your transmitter turns out to be bad.

Jim Rojas
 
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Marc

Jan 1, 1970
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What exactly needs to be programmed? The sensor itself or the board?
 
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Jim Rojas

Jan 1, 1970
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The sensor itself. If you do not have the house code on hand, send me a good
transmitter, along with the bad one. DO NOT remove the batteries from the
sensors.

Jim Rojas
 
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David Kratz

Jan 1, 1970
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There is more than one way to skin a cat. Some of the SX-V panels (and I
think the Beta caretaker) have a built in programming "jack" to use the
programming cable with.
 
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Mark Leuck

Jan 1, 1970
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I forgot about that, the Caretaker DOES have a programming jack
 
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Jim Rojas

Jan 1, 1970
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Yes, but he doesn't have a programmer, which comes with the cable.

Jim Rojas
 
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Mark Leuck

Jan 1, 1970
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I wouldn't think it would be that hard to make one
 
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Mark Leuck

Jan 1, 1970
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Nothing to teach, take 4 wires and find something to fit the connector on
the board, its the same on the sensor. However in my opinion its better to
just replace the entire system
 
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Jim Rojas

Jan 1, 1970
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Unit requires a 5 pin connector.

Jim Rojas

Mark Leuck said:
Nothing to teach, take 4 wires and find something to fit the connector on
the board, its the same on the sensor. However in my opinion its better to
just replace the entire system

can
 
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Mark Leuck

Jan 1, 1970
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Yup sorry, hardest part will be getting a connector, then comes the hex zone
conversion etc etc.

Can't stand that old ITI stuff
 
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Jim Rojas

Jan 1, 1970
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That system is a pain to program on site, that's why I offered him to send
it in...takes 2 seconds with the programmer & correct house code.

If he can get a cable made, I can walk him though it...will take a few
minutes at best. The installer code would not be needed if he flips the
program switch...then it is a matter getting the panel to program the
transmitter. The panel will automatically enter the house code if unknown.

Jim Rojas
 
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