Electronic Alarms and Home Security Devices - Ademco 20p using x-10 and function keys

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john30120
01-20-04, 08:05 AM
I am controlling outdoor lights via x-10 controllers. The x-10 works fine except when activating several via functions. I am using 4 functions to turn on 4 lights when the system alarms. This works. But when I try to program the B function key on the keypad to turn off those lights ( i.e. use 4 functions activated by zone 99 to do the turn-off) it interfers with the turn-on function and only one of the 4 lights turns on. If I use the disarm command to activate the turn-off (ie zone type, system 22 command) it works OK.

I suspect a problem with trying to use the function keys for special purposes and it's interfering with something the panel wants to do. Any ideas??

Michael90
09-16-04, 09:43 PM
Try going into field 57, press the B key when prompted, part 1, then function 07. Then go into field 80, Output function 1 (or which ever is the next unused function), activated by: 2; enter zone type:66 ; output action:4 ; output number: whatever number output you used in field 79 to define the X-10.