PROA7 or PROA7PLUS: Using Lyric Sensors

[AUDIO LOGO] Hey, DIYers. Dylan here with Alarm Grid. Today we're going to go over, can I use my Lyric alarm sensors with the new PROA7PLUS system? The answer is yes, but there are some conditions that you're going to want to take note of. So first thing you'll need, if you're going to be using Lyric sensors with the system. If you have SiX branded sensors, S-I-X, those can pair directly with the panel with no issue at all. But if you have the older legacy Honeywell 5800 series sensors or if you have 2 2GIG non-encrypted sensors, that's the non-eSeries, you're going to need the PROTAKEOVER module. Now with that, only one of the two can be used with the system. So if you have both 5800 and the non-eSeries 2GIG sensors, you're going to have to select which ones you want to use with the system, as you can't use both. The reason being is that this module can be only set to work with either or. There's a little dial here that will show a little bit closer. You're going to set that dial to work with either the 5800 or the 2GIG sensor. So again, you cannot use both with this system. OK, so here is the take-over module. Now, by default, when you get this, it's going to be set to number 0, which is the 5800 sensors. And if you're upgrading from a Lyric system, as we mentioned earlier in the video, that's either going to use 5800 or 2GIG. If you are going to be using 2GIG sensors, you would take a flathead screwdriver and turn that dial to number 1, and that's going to set this to work with 2GIG sensors. Number 2 is DSC sensors, number 3 is Qolsys, and number 4 is Bosch. Those sensors are not going to be used with the Lyric system, so we don't have to worry about those for now. So again, you're just going to want to focus on either setting this to 0 if you're using 5800 Honeywell sensors or turn the dial to 1 if you're going to be using 2GIG sensors. Now we're going to show how to install this into the panel. OK, so we have the PROA7PLUS system. We have the mounting plate removed. So this is going to expose the battery pack. And this side panel here, so the side that the battery is on, we're going to remove this by pressing in the tab right here, and then just removing that. And we're going to have this slot right here, which is where we're going to install the PROTAKEOVER module. And the installation is very simple for this, you just slide it in, and push until secured. And a good way to tell, also, is that this hole will line up with the screw port, where you can install a securing screw if you want to as well. So we can install the cover back onto the system, nice and secured. And we have the PROTAKEOVER module installed into the panel now, so now we're going to review the programming process. OK, so we have our PROTAKEOVER module installed into the panel. We have the dial set to zero, which is how it's going to come initially, and again, that is for 5800 Honeywell series sensors. Or Honeywell 5800 series sensors. And then for the sensor itself, we have a 5816, which we're going to get programmed to the system. So for programming, we're going to go to the bottom menu here, which is the three bars. We're going to scroll until we get to Tools, and we have our installer code, which is what we're going to use. It's still set to the default of 4112. We're going to go to programming. OK, so for alarm sensors, this is going to be under the Peripherals option. We're going to do an add new sensor, so that's the plus icon right here. And we're going to fault the sensor, [COMPUTER CHIMES] Perfect, it programmed in. And then, it's going to show the 5800 and Takeover. It's going to show our serial number there. Since we're using the 5816 sensor as a fully wireless sensor, we're going to want to change the service number from 1 to 2. And then we can also put a description here. We had put Back, so the system is going to say Back and then Door as the device type is going to be set as well. So we don't have to type in Door as the second description on here. So that's looking good. Let's save. We're going to back out of programming. All right, and now let's test it. We're going to fault the sensor. [ALLARM BEEPS] Back door open. Perfect. And let's make sure it closes. Excellent, it cleared. OK, so that is how you get your older sensors programmed to the new PROA7PLUS system. Again, the SiX series sensors, which were designed specifically for the Lyric system, they can program without any issue. You don't need any extra modules or anything like that. We programmed an older 5800 mini to the system. And we showed that the module we have is set to work with those sensors. If you have 2GIG sensors, you're just going to have to change the dial on this for a 2GIG, and then it programs the exact same way. If you did like the video, please like and subscribe. 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