Hi, DIYers.
Joe, from Alarm Grid.
And today, we're going to show you how to connect a siren--
we're going to use a strobe today--
to a Qolsys 16-F, which is a hard-wired-to-wireless
converter.
And we're going to have this run from our system, our IQ2.
What we're basically going to do,
we have a strobe right here.
We have this connected to our hard-wired 16-F.
We're going to program this into our IQ2 over here.
And then we're going to activate the strobe using our IQ2.
The Qolsys 16-F is a great device to use.
It converts hard-wired zones into wireless zones
and then lets your IQ2 pick them up.
So it saves a ton of time with installation.
And really, one of the biggest benefits to this device
is that you can attach a hard-wired siren to the unit.
Today, we have a strobe on there.
And you're going to see that the strobe doesn't
work as well as a siren.
But really, it's meant for a siren to be connected to it,
just to give you another point of sound
if there is an alarm that occurs in the house.
Now there's a couple particular steps
that you have to do to get this programmed into the system.
As you can see, we already have connected our strobe
to the device.
And these go on these two terminals right down here.
You'll see in the installation manual,
it points this out clearly.
But the negative goes to the ground.
And the positive goes to the out under siren.
Then there's a jumper that's going from aux on the out
portion, to the in on the siren portion.
As long as we have that set up, our siren should activate.
Now this learns in like any other wireless device.
So on the system, I'm going to slide down from the top.
I'm going to click on Settings, Advanced Settings--
(DIGITAL VOICE) Enter user code.
Our default code is to 2222.
Click on Installation, Devices, Security Sensors, and then
Auto-learn Sensor.
Now, the 16-F, we actually have to take the tamper wire out
of the terminal and then reinsert
it to get it to be picked up by the system.
The first thing that I have to do
to get this to learn to the system
is click the EOL button over here on the right.
So I'm going to press that down.
And then I'm going to let go when
I see this light illuminate.
Now what I have to do is I actually
have to remove the tamper jumper from one of the terminals
to get it to learn into the system.
So I'm going to loosen up one of those terminals.
[DIGITAL CHIMING]
And as you can see, when the connection became loose,
the wire moved and the system picked up the 16-F.
So I'm just going to re-tighten up this terminal on our tamper.
And I'm going to say, OK on the system.
And on here, what I want to do is
I want to change the sensor type to a hard-wired translator.
With that set, we're really good to go.
I'm going to click on Add New.
(DIGITAL VOICE) Sensor added successfully.
And as you can see, the 16-F was programmed into the system.
So now, if to click Home to go back,
when I do a siren test on the system,
we should see this strobe illuminate.
I'm going to slide down from the top, click on Settings,
do Advanced Settings--
(DIGITAL VOICE) Enter user code.
--2222.
System Tests, Panel Test, scroll down, Sirens.
[HIGH PITCHED BEEPING]
And there you go.
As you can see, the strobe doesn't really
work that well with the 16-F. But you
can hear that little relay clicking quickly.
That's actually the relay for the siren,
if you had one connected to the system.
Now, before you go out and purchase a 16-F for your IQ2,
you're going to want to make sure
that the RF pick version of your IQ2 is at least 11,
0.1, 0.4, G2, or higher.
If it's below that, there's nothing you can do.
You actually can't update this to get it up
to a higher version.
You have to purchase the system that is this version or higher,
to use the 16-F with it.
To check to see if your system is of that version, or not
the honor system, we're going to click the back arrow.
We're going to click the back arrow.
And then actually, we'll just go back to the Main Menu
to show you exactly where this is.
Main menu, slide down from the top.
Do Settings, Advanced Settings, 2222.
I'm going to click on About.
I'm going to go to Hardware.
And if I scroll down, you'll see the RF
picked version is right here.
And our system is 11.1.5-G26, which tells us that this system
is compatible with the Qolsys 16-F.
If you do have any questions, though,
about connecting a siren to the 16-F,
the Qolsys system, or alarm systems in general,
feel free to give us a call at 888-818-7728.
Head over to our website, www.alarmgrid.com,
or send us an email to support@alarmgrid.com.
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