We are moving into a new build house which will be pre-wired for all windows, doors, and motion sensor. In my current home I have the QolSys IQ 2 Panel with wireless glassbreak, 8-zone transmitter, everything else is pre-wired.
I would like to take the QolSys IQ 2 Panel, wireless glassbreak, and 8-zone transmitter. I will have the old regular panel re-installed into my current home. My question is, is there a guide on how I can set up the QolSys and other stuff with the pre-wired sensors in my new home? Brinks did the initial install on my current home so I have no clue how to do it at all. I know how to get the wireless sensors added, it’s just the pre-wired stuff I am worried about.
Or even better, if Surety can send someone out to do it or have a third-party do it, I don’t mind paying for it. The alarm company that the builder is working with refuses to setup my old equipment without signing a 3-year monitoring contract with them which is double the price monthly than what I pay Surety now.
Any help or guidance would be appreciated! Thanks!
Surety is a DIY Alarm.com service provider and we do not send technicians for installation or maintenance. There are installation companies who may be able to help.
So that we can best help with instructions, what is the model number of your wired to wireless translator?
We are moving into a new build house which will be pre-wired for all windows, doors, and motion sensor. In my current home I have the QolSys IQ 2 Panel with wireless glassbreak, 8-zone transmitter, everything else is pre-wired. I would like to take the QolSys IQ 2 Panel, wireless glassbreak, and 8-zone transmitter. I will have the old regular panel re-installed into my current home. My question is, is there a guide on how I can set up the QolSys and other stuff with the pre-wired sensors in my new home?
The above sounds like you are referring to a hardwired to wireless translator (8-zone transmitter) to make use of wired sensors.
Translator model is RE524X…
The RE524X is a wireless to wireless RF translator/repeater. It does not make use of wired zones.
Maybe my assumption is off. Are you saying you will need a new wired to wireless translator for the new location? Or are you saying you have one already?
If you have one already, please recheck the model number.
The DSC PC1616 is a wired alarm panel (the one that was likely replaced) and the DSC GS3060 is a DSC cell module board that is not relevant to Alarm.com service.
If you have a wired to wireless translator it may be near the old PC1616.
What about 2gig-take-345? This little white box was stuffed inside the DSC PC1616 box.
Since this is 2GIG, I assume that’s why I also have the RE524X translator. So I am guessing I will need to take all of these components with me. Are there guides on how I can set all this up in my new home?
Ok, yes now I think we are getting to it. Yes, the Take-345 is an 8 zone hardwired takeover module, but it is a 345Mhz model and your IQ Panel is a 319.5 Mhz version.
Yep, that explains why the RE524X is also there. That is a very odd setup, I am guessing the TAKE-345 might have already been there and the installer didn’t want to replace it?
In any case, if you reuse the TAKE-345, yes you would also need that RE524X.
The path of least resistance here, if you are taking the components with you, would likely be to not delete any zones, but edit them after you wire up the TAKE at the new location to the wired sensors there.
That would be specific instruction based on what type of zone each one is, but can take some of the setup struggles out of it.
See the video below for the physical installation of the TAKE-345. Ignore the second half which shows 2GIG panel programming.
Thank you. I understood most of what you said, except for below.
The path of least resistance here, if you are taking the components with you, would likely be to not delete any zones, but edit them after you wire up the TAKE at the new location to the wired sensors there.
That would be specific instruction based on what type of zone each one is, but can take some of the setup struggles out of it.
Can you clarify what this means exactly? Will the zones already have been setup in our new house by the builder and I am simply choosing how to wire them into the TAKE?
No, I was just referring to the panel programming for the TAKE, the wireless portion, not the physical installation of the sensor zones.
I can’t tell you what your builder is going to install, you’ll need to verify with them what they are wiring and what system will be installed. With that info we could give more specific recommendations about installation.
Do you know the model of alarm panel they will be installing and how many wired sensors there will be?
There is no setup for the wireless translator, just power it up, it already has the TAKE zones paired.
However, I would first verify what system and components are being installed before getting too far. Installation steps and whether or not the current devices are even relevant depend on what the builder company is installing.
Ok, thank you. If they are installing wired zones, you would wire up the zones per the video above.
For programming, all 8 of the zones are already paired to your IQ panel. You would just need to adjust their sensor group and equipment type once you know which zones you are wiring to which port. This is not a general step, it is based on what sensors are on your wired zones.
Sensor group programming for the various types of sensors can be found here. Essentially your programming will just look like you are programming wireless 319.5Mhz sensors due to the RE524X translator.
