This alarm (Scantronic 601) was in when I moved in and it came with no instructions - I just know how to set and disable it. I was pulling up carpet and cut though the tamper cable (didn't know it was even there - it was buried under the carpet). The tamper alarm went off (didn't even know the alarm had one!) and I had to remove the alarm fuse and the back-up battery to shut the alarm up. I have repaired the tamper cable with electrical tape, and have tried the battery and the system lights up but I cannot get the tamper light to turn off. I have found a user guide on the internet and it gives instructions for resetting the system but I need to know if this will wipe out all the 'zones' etc. Will the alarm work ok with the tamper light on?

Ann Kendall, January 2007

no doing a user reset will only reset the tamper fault and not the programming of the zones to reset the programming you have to open the lid and do some button pressing so just putting in your code will be fine and is the battery over 5 years old if so i would recommened changing it

Chris AXIS Fire & Security, March 2007