dsc power 832 bell operation

[Keith]

I have installed a dsc power 832 system in my home as it was built.
Now I am attempting to program the system and all is well so far, but
when I connect the "bell" circuit to my indoor siren, it produces a low
volume churp which I can not figure out why or how to turn off. It
does not time out based on the bell timer and I show no alarms on the
panel. I did not install any resistors in the circuit. Any ideas??

 

[Robert L Bass]

I have installed a dsc power 832 system in my home as it was built.

Now I am attempting to program the system and all is well so far, but
when I connect the "bell" circuit to my indoor siren, it produces a low
volume churp which I can not figure out why or how to turn off. It
does not time out based on the bell timer and I show no alarms on the
panel. I did not install any resistors in the circuit. Any ideas??

IIRC, the panel has a supervision voltage across the bell terminals, similar
to what Napco does. With Napco panels you can sink the voltage (and kill
the low volume tone) by wiring a 2200 Ohm resistor across the outputs.
Presumably the same will work on DSC, however, it may be possible to program
the feature out. I rarely program DSC so someone else will have to tell you
for sure.

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Regards,
Robert L Bass

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[J Barnes]

Yes, DSC requires the same 2200 ohm resistor "red-red-red" on the bell
circuit.

James

 

[alarman]

I have installed a dsc power 832 system in my home as it was built.
Now I am attempting to program the system and all is well so far, but
when I connect the "bell" circuit to my indoor siren, it produces a low
volume churp which I can not figure out why or how to turn off. It
does not time out based on the bell timer and I show no alarms on the
panel. I did not install any resistors in the circuit. Any ideas??

That panel supervises the bell circuit with a very low voltage. Place a 1K
ohm resistor across the siren terminals.
js

 

[Frank Olson]

I have installed a dsc power 832 system in my home as it was built.
Now I am attempting to program the system and all is well so far, but
when I connect the "bell" circuit to my indoor siren, it produces a low
volume churp which I can not figure out why or how to turn off. It
does not time out based on the bell timer and I show no alarms on the
panel. I did not install any resistors in the circuit. Any ideas??

The proper way to eliminate the "chirp" is to place a 1K ohm resistor
across the bell/siren terminals *at the siren* so supervision by the
panel is maintained.

The best way to eliminate the "chirp" is to purchase a DSC siren.
Contact a local alarm company that deals with DSC and buy one from them.
Cost will be around $20.00 (or less). You won't need a resistor.

 

[Keith]

I installed a 1K resistor and the noise reduced but did not go away. I
ended up using a 500 ohm resistor which seemed to work. I am assuming
the siren I have is different than the dsc models.
Thanks