Recent content by bqtchef

Have you tried a low-level format?

Been reading on the forums and it seems like the go-to cable for a POE system in Cat6 Why not Cat6a? is it the cost? The longest run is no longer than 150 ft.

"time domaine reflectometer" My IT Director had one so we did an experiment. We created the same issue without the wires being in the wall and it didn't work. I think the lines were too short. The house was built in 2005 same time the alarm was installed and the line never worked. The...

I've looked at a few TDR (thank you btw) what do you think of the VDV Scout Pro 2? I'll see if I can borrow one but if not how accurate are they at pinpointing the break in line?

It's a short run from the Motion to door contact (approx 20 ft) The continuity test failed on red, black is ok. I was hoping in the 21st century we have a tool for checking such thing but guess not. I will definitely try tieing /pulling the line through but I believe there are too many 45...

I wanted to follow up with this thread in case others have the same issue. It was the module, it was bad. I purchased another PC 5801 and everything worked took less than 45 minutes.

How do I locate a break in 22/2 wire within the wall? I've used a tone so I know the route within the wall it's unfortunate their two lines because the tone bleeds into the other line. I really don't want to cut a bunch of holes in the wall searching for the break and want to keep everything...

Yes, I did, I know I could of put a resistor in any of the zones to close that particular zone but what I was trying to achieve is the capability of opening/closing the zone with ease. I did a factory default on both pc1616 and ptk5507 after removing ALL EOLR's and the dam expander still shows...

I used a tracer/tone and found out i had an extra pair of wires from keybus to panel so. I purchased a PC5801 expander now i have another issue. This is what I'm working with; PTK5507, PC1616, PC5801 My issue is zone 9 works as expected, the rest of the zones 10 through 14 do not (15, 16 are...

A lightning strike took out my existing alarm system, so it was time to upgrade. I went from power series 433 keypad to power series PTK5507 keypad and from a pc1555mx to a pc1616 one of my zones is tired into the keypad (PS433) my new keypad PTK doesn't have a zone option and I have no more...