Help getting correct messages from panel

[popo128]

Hello
I'm new here. Bought the ad2usb and connected it to my panel, a very old ademco alarm (maybe vista 128, but I'm not sure) On the panel the board says 4142. My panel works fine with Ademco 6160 keypads just fine. During installation I set the ad2usb address to 31.

I noticed that the alarm decoder app doesn't show the correct messages, so I tried looking at what's being sent in putty. Indeed the text messages that are transmitted looks bad. Few examples:

[00000001000000003A--],003,[f70000008003000c08000000000000],"DISA SA- Press * to show faults"
Should be "Disarmed-Press *..."

[00010001000000000A--],005,[f70000008005000008000000000000],"FAULT 05 05 LIVILIVIOM SOUTH"
Should be ,"FAULT 05 LIVINGROOM SOUTH"

[00000001000000000A--],011,[f70000008011000008000000000000],"FAUL` KIDS ROOMS "
Should be ,"FAULT 11 KIDS ROOMS"

From putty I can send key strokes to my pannel (i.e arm/disarm the alarm).

I'd appreciate any help setting the device correctly.

thanks,
popo

[kevin]

See this once in a while on very old panels... you'll have to email support and see if they'll look at modifying firmware for support.

[popo128]

Issue is resolved after updating FW to the latest version. Now messages received OK. However, transmitting key strokes is somewhat problematic. I'll open a new thread.

Mary Christmas everyone