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Just realized my old DSC panel was way easier to program than the new Qolsys one
I spent last Saturday trying to add a new wireless sensor to a Qolsys IQ Panel 4 for a customer in Frederick. It took me 45 minutes just to figure out which menu the learn mode was buried in. I had an old DSC PC1616 in my truck that I pulled out of a house last month. I looked at it and remembered how I could add a zone in about 90 seconds flat. Has anyone else found the newer all-in-one touchscreen panels to be way more complicated than the old keypad models for basic stuff?
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olivia_bailey25d ago
Yeah, had the same struggle with my IQ Panel 2 adding a door sensor.
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evan_campbell25d ago
Haha "had the same struggle" is exactly how I felt when I first tried pairing my door sensor to my IQ Panel 2 too. Took me like 20 minutes to realize the sensor was too far from the panel during setup, so it just wasn't registering. Once I moved it closer and tried again it worked first try. Still a pain though, and I keep forgetting to check that when adding new sensors. @olivia_bailey did you ever figure out what yours was doing wrong, or did you just keep hitting your head against the wall like me?
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carr.gavin17h ago
Gently push the sensor in until it clicks, not just close enough.
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