How to Install a Radionics D8112

Pick a good spot for your control panel. This can be near the front door, in the master bedroom or a central location near the home's thermostat --- preferably out of view from windows. Gently punch a hole in the wall with a hammer to allow wiring to run through it, no bigger than the mount you're using for the control unit.

Run your wiring and mount your sensors. The D8112 is capable of processing standard sensor signals for fire, broken glass, window and door openings, as well as for alarm and authority alerting tasks. Read the manual in the Resources section about the types of sensors that will work with the unit; follow the instructions that came with the particular sensors you're installing.

Find locations on the inside of key window and door frames, in as many locations as you have the time and resources to place them. Drill a hole in each chosen location that's large enough to feed the wiring necessary to reach the hole you punched for the control panel (if you're running your wires through the walls). Mount each sensor with two-sided tape or any other mounting hardware that came with your sensor over the hole you drilled for the wiring along the jamb edges of the doors and windows. Opposite the sensor on the door or window should be a small magnet or other sensor used to detect motion or vibrations.

Run your wiring to the attic, then bundle it all above your control panel location. You can also run wiring down the window and door frames to the floor and run the sensors' wiring along carpeting edges to the control panel location. Another method: Connect sufficiently measured wiring for each sensor you'll place in numbered ports on the rear of the control panel first as well as the cabling you'll use to connect to the home's smoke detectors, the phone system and the power. Then run all this cabling to the attic in one bundle, where you can then run all the wires to their appropriate locations.

Consult a technician or skilled partner for assistance if you've never wired a home before.

Disconnect your home's smoke detectors and find the alarm ports on the rear of each. Insert the wiring into the smoke detector, usually with a hold tab, and make sure it's long enough to reach either your attic and then control panel or floor and then control panel. Reconnect your smoke detectors after wiring them for your alarm system.

Connect your D8112 to your home's phone line and circuit board. Turn off the power in your home at the fuse box, or at least the power to the location where you're installing the control panel. Mount the D8112's power cable by running it into the hole you've punched and down to the location of the nearest outlet. Connect the unit's phone cable by plugging one end into the rear of the device and running the other end to the nearest phone jack (or vice-versa).

Complete your wiring connections. As you run each wire to or from rear control panel ports, write down its numbered location so you perform easy programming later. Secure all wiring inside the house along carpet edges or with a staple gun. Secure wire in bundles where you can to avoid tangling. Mount the control panel to the wall with the supplied hardware. Restore power to the area.

Program your D8112 once the display shows "READY TO ARM" and your system is fully installed. Consult the manual in the Resources section for arming and system tests that will help you make adjustments to your sensors and detectors.