Electronic Alarms and Home Security Devices - Wired External Siren Box "help"

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Zampa1
05-18-07, 01:32 AM
Just bought and installed powermax+ with a wireless external sounder it works great. I would like to also use the exsisting external sounder from my previous system (Accenta Ideal. I am not a electrical genius so forgive me if I am sounding a bit stupid. There are four wires which were conected to the following terminals whithin the Accenta control panel as below. I need to know which specific terminal they should go to in the Powermax+

Bell + (terminal D)
Bell - (terminal B )
SCB (terminal T)
SCB (terminal A)

Thanks in advance

MrRonFL
05-18-07, 10:29 AM
On a guess, the bell terminals will go to the siren/bell output. The other two terminals are, I suspect, for a tamper switch (a common feature on exterior sirens), which you do not need to connect to anything if tampering with the device is not an issue.
Zampa1
05-18-07, 01:14 PM
Many thanks, I will give it a go

Zampa1

Zampa1
05-20-07, 01:01 PM
Hi got it wired up, but it does not sound off when I set the alarm off. Any ideas?
MrRonFL
05-20-07, 02:07 PM
Assuming that you have bell+ connected to the upper 12v+ terminal and bell- connected to the ext siren terminal (as per the powermax installation diagram).


Have you simply tried applying 12vdc to the siren wires to verify that the siren actually works?