At any point, you can press the left or right arrow to move the cursor to a different selector.ģ. Once you have entered the hour and the minute, you will automatically proceed to entering in the date. For example, if it is 4pm, you will enter in "16" for the hour. Please note that the system uses 24-hour military time. Enter in the two digit hour, followed by the two digit minute. With this option displayed, press the key to enter the Time and Date sub-menu.Ģ. Keep pressing the right arrow until you reach an option called "Time and Date". Entering in this command will take you into an options menu. From the main screen with the system disarmed, enter the command. The system will log this as an error, and will include it with any other reported errors that it may be displaying.Ĭomplete the following steps to set or change the date and time for a DSC Impassa:ġ. When you first power up the DSC Impassa, the Date and Time will be set to the default values (blank). You can set the hour, minutes, month, day and year for the DSC Impassa Alarm System. This will take you into a menu where you can change the system's date and time. However, now I am decorating it with a Raspberry Pi.You can change the date or time on a DSC Impassa by pressing from the main screen of the system. The IT-100 board was fun to mess with and was somewhat nostalgic. In hindsight it would have been less expensive to not purchase the IT-100 board and instead pick up the Eyez-On Envisalink EVL-4EZR.
Q: The DSC alarm cannot see the zones (the zones will not chime) in my expander units - WTF?Ī: Initially I thought I had the jumpers wrong on the system but it turns out they were in a zero partition and using codes 202, 203 and 204 fixed that (question above) Hindsight The DSC factory resets with zones 9-X in partition 0 so they do not appear in partition 1 automatically. Q: How come zones 1 - 8 are working but zones 9 - 24 are not working?Ī: That is because they are in the wrong partition and have to be moved into partition one. Q: Do I need to add resistors, all of my wiring is closed loop?Ī: You do not the DSC alarm can be programmed to work with normally closed loops as long as it is not a UL requirement
Q: Can I reset the installer code if I have access to the DSC board? At each keypad I enrolled each one (one by one)
I have four keypads plus the IT-100 so my keypad bus is busy. My alarm is monitored via the Internet and not via the telephone system(s) built into the DSC.I programmed my system in a single partition (partition 1).Set the partitioning for expanded zones.Cancel the telephone system (as it is monitored via the Internet).Switch to normally-closed loops (non-resistive circuits).Here is how I programmed it and the order I went through: This is the first DSC alarm I have programmed so I am always open for commentary on the process. Okay, now it is reset and ready for programming.
This works 100% just like the manual describes:
Thus, you have to ground Z1 to PGM and power the system up for 10 seconds and then power it off, remove the jumper and then power it back on. To do this you have to short the zone 1 pin (not the z1 common pin) with the PGM1 pin.
Installation Manual for the DSC PC1616 / PC 1832 / PC1864 Let’s get going Get at least one of them to help with the programming. I have another system with PK5500 keypads and they are great.
NOTE: if you are buying a new DSC I would suggest getting the PK5500 keypads instead of the PK5501 keypads. The process is incredibly straight forward with only a few caveats.įor clarity I have a PC1832 with four keypads and I have two additional PC5108 expanders to give me up to 24 zones. I decided to reprogram it myself and here are my notes for anyone attempting to program or even reprogram their own DSC alarm. I quickly realized I could use the IT-100 board and some time to systematically determine the installer code but the time spent on that would be spent only because I had some concerns regarding reprogramming it. Sorry man, there’s no notes in your file for the installer code. The company who originally installed the alarm did not record the installer’s code when they installed it so I was up a creek as far as knowing the installer code. I purchased the IT-100 board and then decided I wanted to expand it a bit further to include more zones. I have a DSC alarm at my house (a PC1832) and I want to use Home Assistant to work with it. Programming a DSC 1832 Alarm (or re-programming)