Hot Topics:

·        What do these mean?

·        Wireless receiver capacity:

·        Do you have more than one receiver in the system?

·        Check your zone programming:

·        Reset power on the RF receiver:

What do these mean?

These messages indicate that you have programmed more zones into your control panel than your RF receiver can support.

Specifically, these messages indicate:

§         E4: You have a LOW receiver with too many zones programmed.

§         E8: You have a MEDIUM receiver with too many zones programmed.

§         Receiver Setup Error: Displays on an alpha-numeric keypad for either condition.

Wireless receiver capacity:

5881L: 8 zones (5800 series)

5881M: 16 zones (5800 series)

5881H: Limited by panels maximum (5800 series)

4281L: 4 zones (5700 series)

4281M: 8 zones (5700 series)

4281H: Limited by panels maximum (5700 series)

Do you have more than one receiver in the system?

If you have more than one receiver, the system is limited by the “smaller” of the two.

For example, if you have a 5881L and a 5881H, you are limited by the 5881L receiver.

If you think you have only one receiver, make sure. There may be another one that you aren’t aware of; for example, a 5881M built into a keypad (6128RF or 6150RF).

Check your zone programming:

Once you have identified the type of receiver you have and know its limitations, you must verify that you have not exceeded the limitations.

If you don’t think you have more zones programmed than allowed, you must count the system zones. You must count the zones that have either:

• A zone type and input type of RF/UR/BR
• A serial number enrolled (even if the zone type is disabled)

If you are unable to determine which zones are enabled through the keypad, you should use the Compass downloader, or default and reprogram the panel.

Reset power on the RF receiver:

Occasionally, a power surge may cause a receiver to act like the wrong size.

This should clear if you reset power on the receiver by unplugging it, and plugging it back in.