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 Posted: Monday Jul 16th, 2018 03:43 pm
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G'day,I have Comfort II with 2 KP04s and a KP06.I recently had a garage added to the house and will be extending the alarm into the garage.If I arrive home and want to put my motorcycle in the garage I will need to disarm the system so want a low cost option to do this. So far the potentially best solution is putting a KP03 in the garage.I have two questions;
1 - is the KP03 compatible with Comfort II?
2 - is there a better way to disarm from my garage without compromising security?
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 Posted: Tuesday Jul 17th, 2018 02:13 am
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KP03 is no longer available. KP04A is the lowest cost alternativeYou could also use a key switch to arm and disarm but keypad is more secure



 Posted: Tuesday Jul 17th, 2018 06:05 am
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Ah - I asked because they appear to be still on sale in the UK; https://www.laser.com/product_info.php/item/KP03-AL-Comfort_Keypad_KP03_without_LCD_Aluminium/products_id/858



 Posted: Tuesday Jul 17th, 2018 06:19 am
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You should check with Laser. They may still have themKP03 is compatible with Comfort 2



 Posted: Tuesday Jul 17th, 2018 06:20 am
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Thank you.



 Posted: Thursday Jul 19th, 2018 02:06 pm
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OK - decided to spend money and go with a KP06.
I'll put the KP06 in the house and move an 04 to the garage.
So - I know the advice is to 'star' wire keypads - but it would save me a lot of hassle if I could 'daisy chain' the garage keypad to another already existing keypad.
Would that work?



 Posted: Friday Jul 20th, 2018 02:30 am
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If you daisy chain the keypads, the effect may be higher voltage drop along the power supply wires especially when the voice is talking
I suggest you try one wire befoire you finalise
alos double up the power supply 12V and Ground cables



 Posted: Sunday Jul 22nd, 2018 02:00 pm
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I'll have a play - thank you.



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An old thread - but in the same direction!
I moved the KP04 to the garage and it has been working perfectly for nearly 2 years.
Today I got a Communication error message for that keypad. I did a reset of the alarm via Comfigurator and a rescan of keypads. It disappeared!
The keypad itself has all the LEDs lit.
I chcecked the wiring and all seems intact.
I'm wondering if the keypad has 'died' but thought I'd ask here first.
If it has died, are there any pros or cons to replacing with KP04A or KP05?



 Posted: Tuesday Apr 7th, 2020 07:44 pm
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Did you do a continuity test on all the cables?the advantage with the kpo4a and above means you can partition the keypads and system.



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Measure the 12V voltage at the ketypad, It could be there is too much voltage drop along the wires to the keypad which leads to too low voltage at the keypad to power the keypad. if the votage is still 12V and power off and on ddoes ot do any good then it should be time to replace with KP04A or KP05A. KP04A and KP05A have the same fnctionality but are better than KP04



 Posted: Wednesday Apr 8th, 2020 07:01 am
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Thanks for the reply. I will put a testmeter on the voltage, but as it has worked flawlessly for 2 years I think it unlikely.



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Contacts do become oxidised and create bad contact regardless of how long it has been working for previously.



 Posted: Thursday Apr 9th, 2020 07:50 am
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Indeed they do - but I cleaned them! I also took out the wires and redid them. I have ordered a repalcement keypad.



 Posted: Thursday Apr 9th, 2020 01:12 pm
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New keypad installed (KP04A) and all working again. Thank you for the advice.



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