I want advice on an alarm system

Lesley08 wrote on Mon Aug 24, 2020 2:34pm:

I have just moved to fortuna I have an alarm system  already but no instructions or code given to me. Can anyone advice me please. 

paulsav wrote on Tue Aug 25, 2020 11:49am:

Do you not have on the sounder the name of Company or somewhere on installation.? I have Securitas as do 90% of people with alarm systems in Spain. If its Securitas you have to pay a monthly fee to enable it to work correctly, and if you ring them(or another Company, they can send an engineer to ...

 

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...reset installation with your chosen code. Most alarm systems are battery operated and monitored, unlike UK self controlled wired in system. Failing such what about contacting previous owner? 

Regards 

Pauline 

Lesley08 wrote on Tue Aug 25, 2020 12:39pm:

The previous owner never used it. The owner before him installed it himself. I have tried to contact company but no use. Thanks anyway. 

paulsav wrote on Tue Aug 25, 2020 1:15pm:

So last owner didn't bother to get info from owner who installed it, stupid man. Alarm Companies change over time so no surprise uncontactable. If you have a brand maybe you can get an alarm installer that knows of make but I actually have 2 alarms, Securitas and a English wired in one by Javea A...

 

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...larm systems, in Javea, but I asked on this forum if there was an alarm engineer who could maintain it as Javea is quite a distance from me, but no response at all. Think if you can't contact manufacturer for help you will have to write it off. 

Regards 

Pauline 

Lesley08 wrote on Tue Aug 25, 2020 11:31pm:

Yes I am thinking the same thing, seems such a waste though. 

paulsav wrote on Tue Aug 25, 2020 11:54pm:

So do you know the make of it? 

Pauline 

Lesley08 wrote on Tue Aug 25, 2020 11:57pm:

Yes   

Yes it's a visonic wa35. Emailed them twice asking for advice. No reply 

paulsav wrote on Wed Aug 26, 2020 12:42am:

I, ve just googled it and there's loads of available info including on YouTube a company showing how to reprogram codes, event logs, etc. You just need to research it more. It looks like it was sold on Amazon in 2014, so it's not that old (my UK one is nearly 40yrs old). The info is out there.&nb...

 

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Regards 

Pauline 

paulsav wrote on Tue Aug 25, 2020 11:49am:

Do you not have on the sounder the name of Company or somewhere on installation.? I have Securitas as do 90% of people with alarm systems in Spain. If its Securitas you have to pay a monthly fee to enable it to work correctly, and if you ring them(or another Company, they can send an engineer to ...

 

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...reset installation with your chosen code. Most alarm systems are battery operated and monitored, unlike UK self controlled wired in system. Failing such what about contacting previous owner? 

Regards 

Pauline