securitywarehouse Posted February 15, 2011 Share Posted February 15, 2011 I am replacing a Karisma plus alarm system in a large house. Unfortunately this randomly goes off & is especially susceptible to fluorescent lights. Requirements for new system:- Be able to identify all items individually and have them displayed with name on RKP eg kitchen window, front door. House has several loops of 4 core (unscreened) cable so can't put items on individual wiring. No windows = 17 no doors = 3 no PIRs = 6 no fire detectors = 2 no RKPs = 3 System should have dialer + speech module or GSM Hopefully system can be set to detect two events before alarming. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
accounts3 Posted February 28, 2011 Share Posted February 28, 2011 As memeory serves the Karisma is an ID system, you will need an ID panel, and then any manfacturers wired detectors will suit Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FastCar Posted February 28, 2011 Share Posted February 28, 2011 Hi , have you had the system serviced recently? , if it is still working then there may be a reason why it is giving trouble , and that could be interference from a faulty appliance , and changing the panel may not cure this. I would at least replace the battery. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
securitywarehouse Posted March 2, 2011 Author Share Posted March 2, 2011 Thanks, I have always had problems with alarm since installation. I have fitted filters on mains input with no effect. Even when alarm is un-armed it will go off with tamper problems. Switching one particular fluorescent light more or less guaranteed to set it off. I now use electronics starters and this gets over the problem. I have also replaced some of the wiring with screened cable and this has helped greatly. Wiring seems to pick up some interference. Replaced battery recently. Alarm has always had a problem with power outages, causing keypads to lock up. It has to be completely powered down (mains & battery disconnected) to reset main board. I suspect there may have been a later version of the panel which worked better, judging from reaction I got from ADE when I contacted them once. I didn't realise reed switches were so unreliable. I have two go fault recently. Not good for relations with neighbours. I am looking at Texecom Premier alarm with ID+ support. At least might be able to set two triggers before it goes off. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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