Hey everyone. I’m a total novice when it comes to the Vista 20p and security systems in general, but I was curious about something: When I have a zone programmed as a type 9 (fire), the bell circuit is always coded to code 3 when it is activated. I want to use this panel as a primitive fire alarm system, but the alarms I want to use with it are self coding, and don’t work well when the bell circuit is coded to code 3.
As of right now, I have the zones programmed as a type 7 (24hr audible) so that the bell circuit outputs a steady coding. This works okay for my purposes of using it as a demo system, but I want to make this a realistic setup. So, I’m interested to know if there’s a way to have the bell circuit output a steady coding when a fire zone goes into alarm. Like I said, I’m a complete beginner with this panel, so I apologize if this is something that’s blatantly obvious.
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I know this is a little late but if you set the zone type as 07 aka 24hr audible alarm, it should just strait up give power and my spectralert advance now works on it correctly as seen in my video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fkq0MQVPsBc&t=339s&ab_channel=VRRyan6