NX-4-FP - GE Security NX-4 Fastpack Alarm System Kit

NetworX (NX) Faspacks are control panels packaged with popular accessories and options to make it more convenient and cost-effective to purchase for the consumer. A NX Fastpack can be used for almost any application for home and business burglary and fire protection by both homeowners and installers. NetworX is designed by CADDX Controls, Inc., which is owned by GE Security.

This particular Fastpack, the NX-4-FP - GE Security NX-4 Fastpack Alarm System Kit contains the NX-4 Control Panel, 8 zone LED Keypad, Sentrol PI-6000 motion sensor, 15W speaker, RJ cord & block, transformer, and battery. All NX control panels are designed to incorporate other home control systems and can be networked with Startgate, the RCS CS30, and the Elk Magic Module Home Control Kit.

Some features of the NX-4-FP include –

• Hardwire/wireless hybrid
• 4 fully programmed zones
• Zone doubling options
• Expandable to 8 fully programmable hardwire and/or wireless zones
• 8 user codes
• Maximum of 8 keypads with 1 partition
• Siren supervision
• Fire alarm verification
• 1 duress code
• Modular design with slide in PC boards
• 185-event history log that provides the date, time, event, and user number
• Supports SIA and contact ID communication formats

Benefits of a hybrid alarm system -

Hybrid alarm systems incorporate both hardwired and wireless devices. These types of alarms work well if you live in a home with two or more floors. This means you can use hardwired devices for the first floor and wireless for the second floor and up. Another benefit is using hardwired devices inside, but having the capability to use outside motion detectors to help protect your outside shed, garden, or gate.

Rating: (4.50)   # of Ratings: 6    Sort: New to Old RE-SORT REVIEWS: Helpful to Less Helpful Less Helpful to Helpful New to Old Old to New High to Low Rating Low to High Rating Showing comments 1-6 of 6 1. Keith on 10/25/2009, said: I just Installed This System About Two Weeks Ago And It Works Like A Beauty. A Few Things I Had Problems With At First But With A little Help From A Friend We Got That Taken Care Of. One Of The Problems Was This System Uses supervisor zones So I Had To Rewire The resistor Wires From series In Oder To Get My Door Sensors To Work Because The Ones That I Bought Were NO Magnets Which Was My Mistake. I Needed To Buy NC Magnets Instead. But I Was Able To Rewire The resistors to get it to work. And The Same Thin With The Motion Sensors That Was Backwards As Well. The Motion That Came With The System Is An NC Sensor It Needed To Be An NO. But All The Zones Are Working Just Fine Now. I Even Added a Second Indoor Siren. But Overall This Is A Great System To Buy. Was this comment helpful? yes no   (0 people found this comment helpful, 0 did not) 2. Anonymous User on 10/25/2009, said: I just Installed This System About Two Weeks Ago And It Works Like A Beauty. A Few Things I Had Problems With At First But With A little Help From A Friend We Got That Taken Care Of. One Of The Problems Was This System Uses supervisor zones So I Had To Rewire The resistor Wires From series In Oder To Get My Door Sensors To Work Because The Ones That I Bought Were NO Magnets Which Was My Mistake. I Needed To But NC Magnets Instead. But I Was Able To Rewire The resistors to get it to work. And The Same Thin With The Motion Sensors That Was Backwards As Well. The Motion That Came With The System Is An NC Sensor. But All The Zones Are Working Just Fine Now. I Even Added a Second Indoor Siren. But Overall This Is A Great System To Buy. Was this comment helpful? yes no   (0 people found this comment helpful, 0 did not) 3. John on 10/15/2009, said: Just installed it. Overall installation was easy, but the documentation missed a few things which to a novice, it could be a problem. So here is what I had to figure out: 1. The motion sensor will not work properly unless you wire a 3.3k resistor in series to the NC wire, because this system uses supervisor zones. The resistor comes with the kit and should be installed inside the motion sensor instead of the panel. 2. Since it only came with one sensor, I had three unused zones. You can't just leave the zones open, you have to install a resistor cross the "zone" and "common" to get it to work. Otherwise, your keypad is going to show a fault for these unused zones. 3. They didn't specify how big of a wire to use for the 2 AC wires coming from the transformer. The system uses 16.5VAC 40VA as primary and 12VDC as secondary. I'm not too familiar with 16.5VAC and didn't know what gauge of wire to get, so I got a spool of 16 gauge wires thinking I should be on the safe side. It didn't work!!! I think the current is too low for the 16 gauge wire, so I used the spool of 22 gauge I bought for the rest of the system and it worked. I think I'm going to change it to a 18 or 20 gauge later on, because 22 is just too small. That's about it. Programing was fairly easy even for a first timer. It would be even easier if you upgrade to a keypad with a LCD display. Because the keypad that comes with the kit uses 8 lights to indicate numerical value in binary. If you don't understand what I'm talking about, it might take you some time to get used to. I have computer background so I didn't have a problem with it, but I could imagine other people might. Was this comment helpful? yes no   (0 people found this comment helpful, 0 did not) 4. Anonymous User on 6/7/2009, said: Very good product, easy to install. A couple of programming questions for Tech support concerning the optional phone operator which they quickly helped with. With the phone operator the system can be programmed, armed and disarmed or just check the status from anywhere over the phone. Was this comment helpful? yes no   (2 people found this comment helpful, 0 did not) 5. young on 5/7/2008, said: When I used to work as a installer when this system was owned by Caddx-Caddi, I had excellent experiences installing, programming, training users, and servicing. Very easy to install, program and use. Features are great and just about everything they offered was righ on target. Then, few months back, I installed DSC system for my friends house and had horrible time with programming and training him to his new system. I still think the GE NX series systems are the best among the same level systems. Easy to program, easy to program. I always recommend LED keypads over LCDs. LCDs just look fancy. LED keypads are simple and straight forward, which means it's easier for the users. Was this comment helpful? yes no   (4 people found this comment helpful, 0 did not) 6. William on 8/9/2007, said: The product description lists -hardwire/wireless hybrid- as one of its features. It can be used in the wireless mode, BUT In order to make this unit wireless I had to purchase a separate receiver for $100.00. Was this comment helpful? yes no   (7 people found this comment helpful, 0 did not) Showing comments 1-6 of 6

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