If anybody has experience of these communicators made by these people and a way of identifying the model I’d be grateful. I cannot get mine to operate despite the setup appearing correct.
I bought a unit secondhand a while ago off eBay from a decommissioned intruder alarm, stated to be tested and working before it was removed. I think it’s a fairly recent unit but I cannot tell. Wired it up as per the engineer manual for my Accenta Mini; auxiliary power output and bell trigger. Easy enough. I then followed an online pdf manual on the gsm-activate website to follow the sequence of powering it up, inserting a sim, observing two LEDs on the pcb to make sure the unit found signal before settling into standby mode, which is does. Alas, it snags when testing the system by sending it a text message, which it should reply to instantly stating how strong the signal strength it. Nothing. No message. Needless to say upon putting the system into alarm condition similarly does nothing to notify me by way of text message, which is obviously the whole purpose.
As it stands the communicator is still wired to the control panel and has the blue LED illuminated, which means it has found sufficient signal strength and is effectively in day mode. Pondering on this; I bought an Asda mobile pay as you go sim for the alarm, at the time I think 4G. Perhaps this isn’t compatible with the system despite the blue LED suggesting there is signal(?). Does anybody know how I can identify if this secondhand gsm-activate module is 4G? I did not think to check this before buying the £10 SIM card. Or am I barking up the wrong tree? Any alarm engineers out there who know these systems - I’d be keen to hear from. Alternatively, please point me in the direction of something equivalent and inexpensive. I want to use my existing Accenta/Honeywell panel instead of upgrading to WiFi & mobile apps at big expense. Thank you in advance to anybody experienced to help and guide me.
I bought a unit secondhand a while ago off eBay from a decommissioned intruder alarm, stated to be tested and working before it was removed. I think it’s a fairly recent unit but I cannot tell. Wired it up as per the engineer manual for my Accenta Mini; auxiliary power output and bell trigger. Easy enough. I then followed an online pdf manual on the gsm-activate website to follow the sequence of powering it up, inserting a sim, observing two LEDs on the pcb to make sure the unit found signal before settling into standby mode, which is does. Alas, it snags when testing the system by sending it a text message, which it should reply to instantly stating how strong the signal strength it. Nothing. No message. Needless to say upon putting the system into alarm condition similarly does nothing to notify me by way of text message, which is obviously the whole purpose.
As it stands the communicator is still wired to the control panel and has the blue LED illuminated, which means it has found sufficient signal strength and is effectively in day mode. Pondering on this; I bought an Asda mobile pay as you go sim for the alarm, at the time I think 4G. Perhaps this isn’t compatible with the system despite the blue LED suggesting there is signal(?). Does anybody know how I can identify if this secondhand gsm-activate module is 4G? I did not think to check this before buying the £10 SIM card. Or am I barking up the wrong tree? Any alarm engineers out there who know these systems - I’d be keen to hear from. Alternatively, please point me in the direction of something equivalent and inexpensive. I want to use my existing Accenta/Honeywell panel instead of upgrading to WiFi & mobile apps at big expense. Thank you in advance to anybody experienced to help and guide me.
