I’m upgrading from a Qolsys IQ Panel 2+ to an IQ Panel 5 and have a question about the 345 MHz daughter card.
My IQ Panel 2+ has the older QS-SRF345 card installed. From what I can tell, it looks almost identical to the newer QC0005-840 IQ Card-345, except for one difference:
The older QS-SRF345 has a metal bracket attached to the antenna cable. On the IQ Panel 2+, there is a threaded mounting point where this bracket screws into the chassis/board. However, on the IQ Panel 5, I don’t see any mounting point for that bracket.
The IQ Panel 5 has the EXT1 expansion slot, and the card appears to plug into it, but I don’t know what to do with the antenna bracket since there’s nowhere to secure it.
My questions are:
Has anyone successfully reused the QS-SRF345 from an IQ Panel 2+ in an IQ Panel 5?
Can the metal bracket simply be removed, or does it serve another purpose besides holding the antenna?
Is the QS-SRF345 fully compatible with the IQ Panel 5, or is the QC0005-840 required?
If you reused the older card, how did you mount or route the antenna?
I’d rather reuse the existing card if it’s supported, but I also don’t want to compromise RF performance or damage the panel.
Thank you