I am trying to wire in a ATW Security DT-24 siren to a Qolsys 16-s
The specs on the siren are
Operating voltage: 6 - 14 VDC
Sound output: 103 dB @ 12 VDC
Current draw: 400 mA @ 12 VDC
I paired the board with my IQ 2+
Powered it down added the tamper wire and wired the siren in.
I powered everything back on armed the panel and then opened a door 20 seconds later the panel alarmed but the siren did not.
Should I have wired everything and then paired the unit or did I miss a step. Do I need to add a in line resister in to the siren or any of the other zones (Notice they show red)
In general, I think the issue would be the model of the Hardwire you mentioned.
It has been a while, but I don’t believe any revision of the Hardwire 16S supports wireless siren activation. You would need a Hardwire 16F for that. See the 16S quick guide here. It needs to be triggered by the Qolsys panel relay.
Thanks Jason for the hint, Now I feel dumb as I had read on the guide
“An on-board siren relay is included for added convenience when setting up a hardwired siren, 60VDC/1A Max drives siren or other device” I then just assumed that the relay would be wireless driven
But from what your saying above and your comments here that I could wire the 16s in as a wired relay and then it would work ?
Using this method ?
In the future I want to drive an external siren and maybe just thinking about retiring 16s ? and then to just use a relay like the Altronix RBSNTTL . At the moment its all just wired on my kitchen table so its easy to design it.
I set it up as per the second example in the link and it worked thank you…
I will have a think about the 16s and maybe moving to the relay I posted above as if I am not using any of the wired sensors it seems a little overkill.
Hope to get this system off my table and on to the wall later this week thank to your help.