Radionics 2212 alarm system is renowned for its reliability, scalability, and user-friendly interface. One key function is notifying a designated contact in case of emergency or security breach.
To achieve this goal, you will need to program both your primary phone number and any event-specific phone numbers into your system. This article provides guidance and troubleshooting advice in programming your system.
Features
Some Radionics home security systems and keypads, depending on the model, feature a set of numbered commands to manage how you arm and disarm your system as well as program functions and other settings. Older Radionics panels such as D8112 and D6112 as well as some older keypads (222A, 225A, and 232A) utilize this command format. Please refer to your User Manual for specific guidance for newer models that follow different formats.
Pressing this key followed by your Owner Code tests the bell, battery and telephone line connections in that order. In addition, pressing this key also performs a “smoke detector reset” on burglary/fire panels with fire alarm monitoring by temporarily disabling power to 2-wire smoke detector loop and reseting any tripped smokes.
Functions
Radionics burglar alarm panels and keypads have long followed a standard format for entering system commands. Most typically, commands are entered sequentially across models; with some keypads (including the 6112 and D2112 Radionics models) using dedicated Command buttons with various functions depending on system programming or user manual instructions.
Command 4 (“smoke detector reset”) temporarily cuts power to the two-wire smoke detector loop on 6112 systems, reseting any tripped or damaged detectors that might have activated during an alarm event. For more information, consult your specific panel and keypad manual.
Other commands, including Command 5 (“arm all on”) and 6 (“Arm part on with exit delay”), allow users to arm a system according to specific programming needs. Meanwhile, Commands 8 (bypass zone) and 11 (unbypass zone) serve trouble-call purposes only.
Installation
Radionics alarm panels (and their keypads) traditionally used a standard format of commands across models of their system. Their respective burglar alarm manuals will offer further explanations on how best to utilize these commands.
Radionics burglary/fire control panels equipped with 2-wire smoke detector loops support this command to perform a fire detector reset, temporarily suspending power to it in order to reset any tripped detectors back to normal operation.
Radionics panels (and their Bosch/ADT successors) are not DIY friendly; their firmware requires an access programmer with a dealer code in order to program these older panels. You’ll either need access from previous owners with master passcodes or installation codes in order to program these older panels, or purchase and utilize one from an alarm company in your area that sells and stocks these older pieces in their inventory.
Troubleshooting
Radionics (now Bosch Security) equipment features an inbuilt feature to alert you if there is an issue, typically through keypad beeps on your system keypads. These beeps serve to bring awareness to any potential issues in order to investigate further; their beeps range from long, slow to rapid beeps depending on which model and keypad combination your alarm system utilizes.
On most models of systems with keypads, Command 4 allows you to monitor for trouble conditions using its keypad. Entering this number acknowledges a problem condition and also silences a beeping keypad (for more on how this works see our article on Silencing a Beeping Keypad). Following it up with other digits can perform diagnostic functions; entering Command 40 on a 6112 will display up to four trouble events within its Trouble Event Buffer.
For older Radionics systems, Command 7 and Command 9 may help bypass an area on the panel and arm around any faulted points until service can be scheduled – this may even be enough to resolve an issue!
Sometimes it may be more cost effective to switch over from Radionics equipment to more modern home alarm monitoring equipment. Request free quotes for new monitoring from dealers near you.
