Electronic Alarms and Home Security Devices - Concord 4 with Elk 980

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Soldier On
05-14-08, 10:01 PM
Has anyone worked with the Elk 980 phone line monitor with the Concord 4. Elk 980 monitors for phone line disruption. Wondering about compatibility and function. this unit draws 30 ma. I would like to power through the Concord 4 panel. Looks like through lug 3 & 4 on the panel. anyone see any probs with this?

MrRonFL
05-15-08, 05:44 AM
Waste of money, in this case. That function is built into the Concord 4 panel (as do nearly all alarm communicators). The ELK 980 is intended to be a standalone line monitor, or for the rare older system that didn't monitor the phone lines.
GEGUY
05-15-08, 10:03 AM
Has anyone worked with the Elk 980 phone line monitor with the Concord 4. Elk 980 monitors for phone line disruption. Wondering about compatibility and function. this unit draws 30 ma. I would like to power through the Concord 4 panel. Looks like through lug 3 & 4 on the panel. anyone see any probs with this?

Gotta turn it on though...Under PHONE OPTIONS, Line Fail Delay!

Soldier On
05-15-08, 11:58 AM
I've seen that and it is set. I would like something to trip the alarm when lines are disrupted, not just a chirp. Can this be programmed? If not I am back to the previous question. and I appreciate your help.
GEGUY
05-15-08, 07:18 PM
Yes. You'll have to program the output you wire the siren to to the trigger number of 231 (followed by the 2 digit response time), which is for phone failure.
Soldier On
05-16-08, 07:45 PM
GEGUY you're a genius. It looks however like i am limited to 1 configuration number per output. So, for example, if I want to program Ouput 1 to siren immediately I use 00410. Then I can't configure it to siren if the phone lines are cut 23110. Is that correct? I am limited to only one code per output? If not, how do I enter multiple codes per output?
GEGUY
05-16-08, 08:34 PM
Yes, one configuration number per output...You could wire another siren to output 2...Limited to 300mA