DSC alarm system.

[edteach]

I have an older DSC home alarm system and I am getting a beep every couple of days. The no 5 light comes on and from what I can see its a Zone problem but I have not wireless zones and also The yellow light comes on and stays on but I thought it was a date and time problem, if anyone can walk me thought what to try I would appreciate it.

 

[boomerang]

What model is your panel? It should be on the outside of the cabinet.

 

[edteach]

Its a DSC 832 Power

 

[boomerang]

That's the same model I have but I won't be back there until early May. So, I assume you do not have an LCD keypad?

If not;

To view troubles from an LED Keypad:
A trouble will be indicated by the Trouble light which will remain ON until the trouble condition is cleared.
If you cannot determine or remedy the cause of the trouble condition, contact your installer for assistance.
To view the type of trouble condition, press
[*][2]. One or more zone lights will turn ON, indicating the
various trouble conditions:
Zone Light Type of Trouble
1 ....... Service required. Call your installation company for service. Press [1] and one or more of the
zone lights corresponding to the following system troubles will turn ON:
1.Low Battery 5.General System Supervisory
2.Bell Circuit Trouble 6.Not used
3.General System Trouble 7.PC5204 Low Battery
4.General System Tamper 8.PC5204 AC Failure

2 ....... Indicates the loss of AC power. When this trouble occurs, the Trouble light will turn ON but
the keypad buzzer will not sound.

3 ....... Telephone line trouble.

4 ....... The panel has failed to communicate with the central station.

5 ....... Zone fault. Press [5] and the zone light(s) corresponding to the faulted zones will turn ON.

6 ....... Zone tamper. Press [6] and the zone light(s) corresponding to the tampered zones will turn ON.

7 ....... Low zone battery. This trouble is generated when a wireless device exhibits a low battery
condition.

Press [7] one, two, or three times to view which devices are experiencing battery failure.
The following will occur:
Keypad Beeps Keypad Display
Press [7] ........... 1 .......... Zones with low batteries (LED keypad - zone lights 1 to 8)
Press [7] again .. 2 .......... Handheld keypads with low batteries (LED keypad - zone lights 1 to 4)
Press [7] again .. 3 .......... Wireless keys with low batteries (LED keypad - zone lights 1 to 8).
To view the battery conditions of wireless keys 9 through 16, you
must be at an LCD keypad.

8 ....... Loss of time on system clock. To set the system time, following the instructions in “Setting System Date and Time” on page 13.

It looks like if you just press (5) that it will tell you which zone is giving you the problem. Assuming the installer left that information, you will know where to start. And sorry, but the formatting got messed up when I did the copy and paste. I straightened it up as best I could.

If I'm already telling you stuff you know, you're going to have to be more specific.