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Yes there is a way to reset it but most alarmco's a) don't know how to do it and b) the others wont share this information with someone outside the industry. It may very well be your panel but it's the same as any other item in your house. If YOU can't get it to work, you're going to have to fix it yourself or get someone else to come and fix it for which, the average tradesman will demand compensation. You have an out if you want monitoring. Most alarm companies will deprogram it or replace the mother board in exchange for a monitoring agreement which will cost you substantially more than $55.

Jacob Ashbury 02.12.99 0:00. First, the $55 fee is not out of line. However, I'm sure that if you call a few alarm companies in your area you will find one that will come to your house, reset the codes, provide you a homeowners manual and demonstrate the system to you. You really need all of this to help prevent false alarms. You should have the system monitored. Most alarm companies will even replace the control panel if necessary to get the monitoring. Later, Ron- On 1-Dec-1999, 'Pascal Fiset' wrote: I just bought a house from the bank (you know the guy couldn't pay anymore.) and obviously, he didn't give the master code to the bankso is there a way to reset the panel, cause the alarm compagny wants to charge me 55$ to change it, and i don't it's right, cause it's MY panel!

Is there a way to reset everything in that. (i know i will have to reprogram everything) Thanks.

Pascal Fiset 02.12.99 0:00. I 'kinda' agree with you Pascal.

Hi All: A little background into my situation: I purchased my current home in April – it came with a DSC PC1555MX panel with two PowerSeries 433 keypads.

1. DSC PC 5010 Installer lockout Showing 1-22 of 22 messages. I carry the DSC in my Bass Home Electronics online store at Regards.
2. Anyone out there know how to defeat the installer lockout on DSC power 832,1555,864 panels. I have a bunch that I've removed and I don't want to have.

I don't totally. An alarm system is very different from a car. Should you (for instance) screw up your programming and cause false alarms to be sent to the wrong address who pays the fines? Usually the CS (monitoring company) wouldn't even know where to look. A few years back I went to a DIY job to add some equipment the guy couldn't add himself. We put the system on test, he was being monitored, and sent signals. The account code he had given me was not in his system- it was in a system in another state.

Many dispatches later- After that I never work on a system I can't gain access to. Another time- a local store was having alarms every night at 3:00AM. I was tasked to see what the problem was. My boss (I worked for someone at that time) expected me to sit at the store and see what was causing the alarms. Instead I got panel access and discovered a programming error was causing the problem.

The keypad was near the front door and above a small table- the code to program was the default. I suppose someone sat there at lunch one day and fooled around with programming. Point being, if you work on your car and screw it up you pay to fix it. If someone screws up programming in an alarm system who pays and who suffers? I sent you the manuals:-) I called to verify signals Pascal Fiset wrote in message news:3px14.97$4R5.3853@weber.videotron.net. Jacob Ashbury 02.12.99 0:00.

I just bought a house from the bank (you know the guy couldn't pay anymore.) and obviously, he didn't give the master code to the bankso is there a way to reset the panel, cause the alarm compagny wants to charge me 55$ to change it, and i don't it's right, cause it's MY panel! anyway! Is there a way to reset everything in that. (i know i will have to reprogram everything) Thanks.

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Which code are you talking about? To reprogram the panel so it is not locked should not be charged to you because you have no contract with the installing company. 'Unlocking' programming is different than providing a master code - it would allow anyone to make program changes. To provide the master code requires time on the part of the service company.

The master code allows you to change codes, not change programming. If the panel has been unlocked by the installing company, anyone can enter programming and make changes.

The installing company should unlock the panel at no charge. You then can call (and pay) any alarm company to change the master code or reprogram the master code yourself. Robert L Bass 06.12.99 0:00. The default master code of the PC-5010 (Power832) is 5010. If this fails, the installing company has changed it.

In that case, they should download the system with the default code. They do not need to default the system. Only the dealer programming access code needs to be defaulted. This does not require a service visit if the panel is properly connected to the phone line.

It can be done by modem in a few minutes. If the installing firm refuses to co-operate with the client at all, he should file a complaint with his state's Department of Consumer Protection.

In some states alarm contractors' licenses are handled through this department. If the gentleman wants, he can replace the control panel. The cost of the replacement board is minimal. It comes with the programming and installation manuals. I carry the DSC in my Bass Home Electronics online store at Regards, Robert L Bass Bass Home Electronics The Online DIY Alarm Store ICQ: 34679978 80 Bentwood Road West Hartford, CT 06107 860-561-9542 voice 860-561-5210 fax wrote in message. Pascal Fiset 06.12.99 0:00. Robert, If you just bought a house at auction, spring the $55 bucks out of your wallet, and have the darn thing serviced.

You can default the panel with ease however. Do you service fuel oil burners.??

I need one mine wanted $55 bucks to check my burner. Another tired alarm guy who will not provide service to the DIY'r! Wrote in message news:384bbe8a.308952890@news. I just bought a house from the bank (you know the guy couldn't pay anymore.) and obviously, he didn't give the master code to the bankso is there a way to reset the panel, cause the alarm compagny wants to charge me 55$ to change it, and i don't it's right, cause it's MY panel!

anyway! Is there a way to reset everything in that. (i know i will have to reprogram everything) Thanks. Which code are you talking about?

To reprogram the panel so it is not locked should not be charged to you because you have no contract with the installing company. 'Unlocking' programming is different than providing a master code - it would allow anyone to make program changes. To provide the master code requires time on the part of the service company. The master code allows you to change codes, not change programming. If the panel has been unlocked by the installing company, anyone can enter programming and make changes. The installing company should unlock the panel at no charge.

You then can call (and pay) any alarm company to change the master code or reprogram the master code yourself. Andy Bowman, Secure Systems Plus 07.12.99 0:00.

Robert L Bass wrote in message news:V3R24.1537$SM.5273@news.rdc1.ct.home.com. If the installing firm refuses to co-operate with the client at allhe should file a complaint with his state's Department of Consumer Protection. In some states alarm contractors' licenses are handled through this department. You should consider the fact that the fellow said he bought the home at foreclosure auction. If the previous owner couldn't pay for his home, perhaps he couldn't live up to obligations with the alarmco, perhaps it was a low / $0 down system that they locked until the subs minimum agreement was fulfilled and since it wasn't fulfilled, the system remains locked and abandoned. Furthermore, the alarmcos responsibility would lay with the original sub anyway, and as such the new owners claim would lay with the previous owner.

If you buy a home and find the furnace doesn't work, your complaint lies with the seller not the furnace installer (unless a warranty was transferred). Obviously the alarmco hasn't handled the situation tactfully, and should have better explained why they are wanting to charge a fee to unlock it, however I doubt there is anything that can be done since he didn't purchase it himself. I'd bite the bullet and buy a new board which is probably going to be a newer version and it won't cost much more than the $55 they want to unlock it. Andy Jacob Ashbury 07.12.99 0:00. Pascal- I thought you had a 5010/832 If so, then please read: 5.31 Default (Factory) On occasion it may be necessary to default the main control panel or one of the modules that can be connected. There are several different defaults available including defaulting the main control panel, Escort5580 module, PC5132 Wireless Expander Module, PC5400 Printer module and LINKS2X50 module. Note: Defaulting the main panel does not default the keypads.

Please refer to 'Programming LCD5500Z Keypads' in the Programming Worksheets for defaulting the LCD5500Z. PC55XXZ LED keypads must be manually reprogrammed in installers section 000. 5.31.1 Factory Default Main Panel (Hardware) Step 1 - Remove AC and battery from the panel.

Step 2 - Remove all wires from the Zone 1 and PGM1 terminals. Step 3 - With a piece of wire short the Zone 1 terminal to the PGM1 terminal. Step 4 - Apply AC power to the main panel. Step 5 - When Zone Light 1 is lit on the keypad the default is complete. Step 6 - Remove AC power from the control Step 7 - Reconnect all original wiring and power up the control.

AC power must be used to power the panel. The panel will not default if the battery is used. 5.31.2 Factory Default Main Panel (Software) and other Modules Step 1 - Enter the Installer Programming mode. Step 3 - Enter the Installer Code. Step 2 - Enter Program Section XXX. Step 4 - Enter Program Section XXX again.

The panel will take a few seconds to perform the default. When the keypad is again operational the default is complete. Restore LINKS2X50 to Factory Default Programming. Section 993 Restore PC5100 to Factory Default Programming. Section 994 Restore Escort5580 to Factory Default Programming.

Section 995 Restore PC5132 to Factory Default Programming. Section 996 Restore PC5400 to Factory Default Programming. Section 997 Restore PC5928 to Factory Default Programming. Section 998 Restore Main Panel (Software) to Factory Default Programming. Section 999 I don't where the +5V comes from. Probably an -undocumented' method. Follow the instructions- if the panel can be unlocked it will unlock and be very useable.

Pascal Fiset wrote in message news:eER24.764$aa7.33486@wagner.videotron.net. Hi guyswell, all that i have found to reset de system is to put +5V on a EEPROM pin, but I don't know which pin? VSS DOUG 07.12.99 0:00. Robert wrote The default master code of the PC-5010 (Power832) is 5010. If this fails, the installing company has changed it.

In that case, they should download the system with the default code. The default master code for the 5010 is 1234, you may be thinking of the default installer's code which is 5010. It's not exactly clear if this panel is locked out, if the installers code has been changed or the new owner just doesn't have the master code.

If the master code is changed it was probably the previous owner and the original installing company is under no obligation to download or otherwise restore that code. If the installing firm refuses to co-operate with the client at all, he should file a complaint with his state's Department of Consumer Protection. The installing company may have done nothing wrong, their only 'crime' may be not wanting to provide a free service call. Doug L Robert L Bass 07.12.99 0:00.

Thanks, Doug. You are right. I was thinking of the installer code. Also, you are correct that the installing company does not have to do the service for free. I should have thought about that a little more before chiming in. I stand corrected on two counts.:) Regards, Robert L Bass Bass Home Electronics The Online DIY Alarm Store ICQ: 34679978 80 Bentwood Road West Hartford, CT 06107 860-561-9542 voice 860-561-5210 fax VSS DOUG wrote in message.

Mark Leuck 12.12.99 0:00.