Electronic Alarms and Home Security Devices - GE Concord 4

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bigdaddyo811
08-10-09, 10:07 AM
I with an installer put in a GE Concord 4 system over the weekend. It has the main panel, the 8 zone expander card (60-757)and the home automation addition.

There are 16 zones in the house.

The system when programming recognizes the 8 main panel zones in the edit sensor section, but I cannot get to zones 9-16 that are on the expander board.

The IDs it sees under the BUS modules are the home automation, and two others which I'm assuming are the keypads.

Do I need to do something specific for the zones on the expander to be recognized?

GEGUY
08-10-09, 03:05 PM
Wire the zones to it, learn the zones in per the install manual. The zones on the motherboard are active by default. Everything else, you have to "learn" in. FYI, the snapcard is not a BUS module, so you won't find it listed there. Look under ACC MODULES, then SNAPCARDS. Make sure the snapcard is on the header before you power up. The panel sees it on power up.
bigdaddyo811
08-10-09, 03:14 PM
If it doesnt show up in the ACC MODULES->SNAPCARD menu, then is that the issue? There are no snapcards when I go to that menu.

When you say "make sure the snapcard is on the header" you mean that it is plugged into the main motherboard before powering up correct? (which by the way it is).

Is there a way to know if a card is defective.

GEGUY
08-10-09, 08:54 PM
Yes, the header pins in the upper right corner...I'd power everything down (battery too), re-check the connections and power-up again. You have the snapcard right, not the hardwire input module? The hardwire input module is the bus device. Reason I'm asking is that the input snapcard has 6 hardwire zones and 2 two-wire smoke loops, which would leave you 2 zones short unless you were indeed using 2-wire smokes on 2 of your zones...