I’m having problems enrolling 3 Resolution Products RE112 Smoke/Heat alarms with a Resolution Products RE524X Wireless Translator configured as a repeater to my Qolsys panel (RE524 Panel Select and Sensor Select knobs set to Interlogix).
I successfully enrolled the translator to the panel, and enrolled several Resolution RE110 motion detectors and Interlogix micro recessed door/window sensors to the translator and panel. When I tested, all sensors work well at locations where they previously could not reach the panel without the translator/repeater. The translator/repeater is positioned between the sensors and the panel (e.g., sensors->translator/repeater->Qolsys panel).
I enrolled the smoke alarms in the same enrollment session as the motion detectors (with translator open, pressed CONFIGURE button and observed yellow LED lit). When I tampered the motion detectors, the translator chirped indicating enrollment. However, when I tampered the smoke detectors by removing the alarm from the mounting plate (standing right next to the translator), I’m not certain I got a chirp from the translator (alarm was screaming…).
The smoke alarms are enrolled on the Qolsys panel and work OK when near the panel. They go offline if I carry them out of range of the panel, about 20 feet beyond the translator. Since the smoke detectors are closer to the translator than several of the motion and door/window sensors that are working fine, I conclude that the smoke detectors are not enrolled to the translator.
I repeated the smoke alarm enrollment to the translator after disconnecting the translator AC and battery power for >5 seconds, then pressing the CONFIGURE button, but with the same (unsuccessful) result.
Questions:
- Can the RE110 smoke detector be used with the RE524X translator (maybe I assumed too much)?
- Is the right way to tamper the alarm during translator enrollment to remove the alarm from the mounting plate? Or is it sufficient to press the “test” button on the alarm?
- Is there any way to confirm whether a device is enrolled with the translator other than by carrying it out of range of the panel and confirming that it still is seen by the panel?
Any suggestions welcomed.