HKC Alarm fault with wireless PIR

briN_s

My HKC SW-1070 is showing up a fault for RF comms fault. When I go in to the engineers menu I see this for the RF PIR:

Ver 2.0.0, Comms lost, Battery ok, I1=c, F=c b=c

I had thought it was the battery was just gone, but I think I saw somewhere in that menu that the battery was around 60%. I unmounted the PIR and brought it closer to the main box, closed the tampers and tried again but still no comms.

Could it be battery or is the sensor dead? Its about 3 years since it was installed.

In the mean time until I get it sorted is there any easy to inhibit that sensor to allow me set the alarm? The keypad is constantly flashing fault.

altor

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/2058230863/hkc-alarm-fault-with-wireless-pir

If it shows a comms lost it has stopped communicating with the panel, battery would always be the first port of call.

Does the sensor show open tamper in the service menu, eng tools menu, open tampers once you have it out of the device?

You can delete the device in the devices menu, then re-enroll the device when you get a new battery.

briN_s

No open tamper shown in the eng menu.

I also have a wired PIR in the kitchen which seems to trigger every now and then for no reason. I assume this will need replacement (its prob at least 10 years old). Or is there something I can check before replacing it?

Thanks

altor

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118567803#Comment_118567803

The sensor has stopped sending messages to the panel, the last time it sent a message the battery was ok and the tamper was closed.

Id try the battery before replacing anything.

Any spiders near the sensor, always have a look at back of detector?

If its false alarming then it may need to be replaced.

briN_s

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118572853#Comment_118572853

Thanks, will have a look inside the kitchen sensor for any spiders etc. All seems fine outside it.

briN_s

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118567778#Comment_118567778

Got a new battery for it yesterday, as soon as I put the battery in the LED lit up, so was just a matter of re-enrolling the device after that. Thanks for the help