What does yellow triangle mean on alarm?

What does yellow triangle mean on alarm?

a trouble condition
The yellow triangle means that your alarm system is experiencing a trouble condition. This could be caused by a number of different possible factors, such as a low battery, an activated tamper or communication problems. Only certain alarm systems use a yellow triangle to indicate a trouble.

Can you recharge a home alarm battery?

Recharging Your Battery Some alarm systems operate using a 12 volt 4.8 AH Rechargeable Sealed Lead-Acid Battery. These run on a trickle charging system. Trickle charging allows a battery to self-charge at a low rate in order to remain fully charged.

What does low battery mean in an alarm system?

A dead battery for a sensor means that the associated system zone will be vulnerable. This could result in an intrusion or life-safety event going undetected. In order for your alarm system to perform its job effectively, your panel and all your wireless sensors should have adequately powered batteries at all times.

What does the triangle symbol mean on the DSC alarm?

Let’s get straight to it! A yellow triangle on your DSC ADT Alarm system is also known as a “trouble light.” That means if you see this symbol, your system has an issue that you need to resolve. A trouble light could mean 1 of 8 problems. To find out what the problem is, you can simply press *2 on your keypad.

Is the dsc1832 hardwired?

Hi: I registered here to get the answer to this, but I figured it out for myself. I have a DSC1832 with wireless module and 2 keypads. ALL hardwired. The alarm I got was key02 in battery alarm, and main battery alarm. I replaced the main battery with a 5 amp one from Amazon.com (4 amp seemed a little small). After waiting a day, still in alarm…

How do I check the trouble condition on my DSC power switch?

How to Acknowledge and Check a Trouble Condition DSC Power Series PC1616, PC1832 and PC1864 1 Press the # key to silence the beeping that accompanies the trouble. 2 Should the Trouble Condition light be active on your system, Press * 2 to enter the Trouble Condition Menu 3 The Trouble Light will flash

Does DSC software work on Windows 7 64 bit?

FYI: The DSC software does not update very well on Windows 7 64 bit. Old version still works fine. ALL install fail after download to update when I try to update this software with auto update interface. Last edited by jimbrandt2000; 01-15-11 at 08:37 AM. Reason: spelling Do you have keyfobs?