Installing a proper burglar alarm - Texecom Premier Elite 64-W (KIT-0002) 

Cameron, just wanted to say a big thank you for making this video! You inspired me to purchase the same kit + 1 extra PIR and set it up at home successfully. I got the Texecom Connect as well which is great and works with Wintex too. You saved me tonnes of money so thank you!!

I found this system a real challenge to set up but using the Texecom Tech Support a few times ensured I now have a fully working intruder system that includes the Texecom Connect and the Texecom App. The Texecom Tech Support people were excellent and responded within a few hours with answers that I could follow. You need to remember this system is aimed at professional installers so needs some knowledge, a lot of confidence and masses of determination.

9:38, being an intruder alarm specialist, having the control unit in an accessible location is a must for servicing. nothing worse than crawling into a cupboard that you have to yoga into.

Thanks for this video, I bought a house with a 48-W installed and thanks to this I have managed to reprogram it and add extra sensors to it!

I installed the same alarm kit 6 years ago and have just changed the lithium AA batteries in the Keypad & Outside alarm box. Put the alarm into engineer mode and just swap out the batteries without any problems. You can change the Pir batteries also while in the same mode. So far i have changed the enry/ exit button battery and main 12v battery along with the pir batteries , etc over the last 6 years. A Excellent System thanks again Cameron for all your help and a big thanks on your excellent informative video 👍

Excellent and informative - thanks Cameron, as a Texecom et al installer, supporter of a variety of other systems and former network engineer, I note there are several contributors who are misinformed: Most Texecom PIRs on the later wired systems I installed had the EOL resistors on jumpers giving a choice to the values. Honeywell I think were fixed at 1k and maybe 10k? The last Honeywell wireless system I saw had a solar charger on the bell box but the batteries on Texecom Oddyseys will last about 4 years in normal use, but if triggered regularly will be much shorter. On a different note, one of our commercial clients had their bell box stolen in the early hours. Unknown to us they added a newspaper delivery cabinet immediately below where the bell box was installed - the highest accessible point in a single story building! The alarm was monitored by EMCS (East Midlands Central Station) who had a keyholder at the store within 15 minutes. Thieves also broke into the same store by breaking into the adjacent unit, removing bricks from the wall and taking an angle grinder to the back of the cigarette store cabinet. If thieves are determined they will get in - the moral of the story is: make your place a bit harder than your neighbours!

Thank you Cameron. What an excellent video. I'll go ahead and get one of these now, and Texecom will have you to thank for doing their selling job for them!

I worked for Texecom for many years since they only made PIRs. I was also the only tester for their first panel. I watched the company grow from around 15 employees to many

Wow, my grandad has this system in his house and it's nice to see how it works. I found the Ricochet menu on Wintex quite amusing how many animations it has, but at least its feature rich.

I clicked this video to hear you try and say "burglar alarm"... love it!

Great video, I’m a few years late to the party though. I was winning the bid on the Honeywell system on eBay, saw your other video and swiftly retracted my bid. I ordered the same system you recommended here, thanks!

Hello Cameron, your video certainly sold Texecom to me and I purchased a unit. I was trying to put a note of caution that it is very complex piece of kit and perhaps not suitable for a keen amateur like myself. You are obviously good at technical stuff and perhaps I'm not. Anyway it remains a very useful video. Thanks

you have really great speech skills, much better than many England TV pop starts - sometimes which accent is hardly to understand (we all have get used to US English accents and words sounds than UK one, which quite isolated with its TV & cinema content)

Using the Arduino as a serial interface is ingenious - love it!

looks a cool bit of kit will definitly be buying texecom gear to alarm in my new house :)

Great Video... its been a few years since I set one of these up so a great refresher for me. Nice work mate

Dude your videos are so fascinating and i love your new flat too.

Thanks for this video. Really informative and helpful!

Great video really enjoyed how in-depth it went 👏

Another thing you could use the RFID tags for is if you are letting someone house sit or watch over pets but don't want to give them the code. You can register the tag for the time they are watching over the house and/or pets and then unregister it when it is over.

48:03 looks like an Ubiquity style of their devices being down, for example, direct connect devices are shown as bubbles around the main unit and bubbles branching off the sub unit, makes it easier with troubleshooting and a nice visual indication

Great Video, really good information, thanks for sharing!!!

Great video really helped me out. Cheers!

man, that manual looks very professional. I am a new diy starter. I don't know whether i can do it smoothly. i wanted to buy that honeywell system before i saw your review. now i have changed my mind now.

Great video I have used the higher model ones and worked perfectly. The IP modules are worth getting too as you can set the alarm remotely and monitor it. It's also encrypted with aes so secure. You can also use digital pins to hook to Arduino and use that to send SMS or anything you code it to do worth a look.

As always great information thanks ✌️

Great review and very informative 👍

Very well explained. Excellent job

Setting a zone as a guard access allows the user once the front door has been opened allows that area to be an entry route so if it sees movement it wont go off however if the front door has not been opened and it sees movement it will go off immediately. Also guard access zones change to a entry route on a part set to start the count down timer. (For instance a night set) Also programming is a lot easier with a laptop.

Only 2 things I'd have done differently - I'd have mounted the door sensor high up so I didn't kick it as well as putting the magnet on the frame instead, And its bad practise to point PIR's at glass as it can make them false trigger, Beyond that the Texecom was an excellent choice (I'm using the 48 elite), You can use Wintex, Configure and even set/unset using an app if you get the Network card for it.

Little tip with the texecom wireless equipment that I can see you haven't done on this video, the jumper that you mentioned that was showing up as a tamper when it wasn't removed is what you would use to mesh the wireless devices together, all devices should talk to eachother even if the signal is strange back to the panel, in order to to this leave that jumper on for a good 30 minutes once all devices are learnt into the system. You can also check signal strength in engineer utilities if you do not have the software, however make sure your wireless keypad if using one has a path straight back to the panel and is not bouncing off any devices as it will slow the system down and will never work correctly, You can also put a 8xpw or 32xpw into learn mode in the same way just by removing the lid, this is a good tip if signal are low in a larger building, hope this helps anyone in trouble, (great video)

Alarm engineer here. I install these regularly and would recommend also installing a Smartcom device to enable you to arm and disarm the system via the smartphone.

Visonic System is £200. However instructions are a bit confusing. Texecoms range of systems are second to none, great video!!

Demo of setting unsetting/alarm going off? Great video!

I came here to hear you say burglar

Very good video. Thanks!

I have a two bed apartment myself and I'm considering an alarm system myself but I'm also looking at a Nest+Yale keypad lock for the front door as well.

I Got the official usb lead￡35 and the install CD ( texecom no longer include the Cd in The Box ) now its working at last ( Fingers Crossed ) Also found out that make sure that if your using Windows 7 that: Microsoft Visual C++ 2010 SP1 Redistributable Package (x86) is installed On the CD it has Wintex ( Latest Wintex program on texecom website ) and the drivers for the USB-Com cable which you will need. Thanks Again to you : Cameron : Your utube Video Really helped me understand the system :)

I have the additional IP Module installed on my Texecom system, so that I can set/unset the alarm remotely via the Texecom app on my phone and also check logs etc.

Nice job on the video.

the 12v battery is the same battery that the NBN FTTP battery backup unit uses, it will possibly last you approx 2 years before it needs to be changed. I do know this because, I have used 2 of them and they both died in 2 years time each. You're welcome

Great video, I think I will be going for that system myself. Were you able to link the siren to the system before mounting it outside? I assume if it’s installation mode the tamper protect won’t trigger.

The high voltage label is because of the capacitors supplying the strobe that hold their charge after all power has been removed

Excellent instruction thank you so much！

You don't jumper zones, that's what your resistors are for. Modern alarms have an eol (end of line) resistor and an alarm resistor. Your manual will tell you what they are. 2k2 eol 4k7 alarm is very common. It's good practice to fit end of lines even in unused zones.

Much easier to use the part set or part 1/2/3 omit rather than the separate area zones. Also sets much quieter (when option enabled)

just get a ring alarm system, I've had one for 5 years and it has been keeping my house as safe as a full security bank.

Great video, the rise of tags for alarms goes back to business premises such as retail. Employees would always be forgetting codes and causing too many false alerts.

Hi Cameron, great video!! I'm about to buy and install the same kit for my Dad. I was just wondering if you had to state it was a self install when you told your home insurance company you'd installed it? My Dad is obsessed by policy details. LOL!

The “high voltage” thing inside the bell box is for the strobe light.

The high voltage is from the piezo driving circuit.

Thanks for a great video Cameron, received my texecom kit today no bell as i'll add that at a later date when i'm happy all is well got extra sensors and the connect/smart com box and i'm going to have a go at fitting it tomorrow. I'll let you know how i get on as a complete beginner. Just one thing do you think it would be ok to install the main panel in the airing cupboard?

Really clear video thanks, I wouldnt sweat about tamper protection inside your house because if the alarm system has done its job the intruder would be detected before the PIR unit is ripped off the wall, internal tamper protection is more for commercial premises where the public has access, external tamper protection though is always a good thing particularly on the bell box and main panel, If I were installing one of these I would use the wired connections where possible and only use wireless if absolutely necessary also the idea of having to change batteries every 3 years is a pain for a lot of folks, my wired alarm system I put in 20 years ago has been 100% reliable, prevented 1 attempted burglary recently, with the only maintenance being the main panel and siren backup batteries being replaced once, Im a radio ham as well so I would have a worry about the rejection of this system when I am running 100 watts in the UHF band, thanks for the video though, this looks nice a nice system however if folks can and the wiring can be hidden well enough I would go with a wired system every time.

if I were texecom I would include a business card sized information saying "manual can be downloaded from here: Additional software here: If you need any more help, please call 0800 *****" Saves on the printing costs and the environment, also, adding a recycle symbol helps too Why? Manuals may seem complicated to start out with, PDF's can be updated and reuploaded and downloaded for no cost to consumer. Software can become outdated... let's say 0-day outdated if the software ships with auto update, then it defeats the purpose of shipping with outdated software to begin with... plus people have flash drives. and an 0800 number, or whatever freecall number for the market for customer service, because sometimes we all need a bit of help, and 300 pounds is not something I would like to slam on the desk and expect to get no help with when I'm not used to the product.

Hi Cameron, Great video and after watching it I am seriously thinking of giving this a go and install it myself. Quick question: Does the Elite range have a bult-in GSM module so I can self monitor the system in case the alarm goes off? I know there's the SmartCom module you can purchase but ideally I would like to have a backup alerting system should one fail? Thanks for your time

You also don’t need to use the resistors you can set the resistance in the settings on the zone

Great video. You've inspired me. First time I've used an affiliate link to buy from Amazon. Hope you get a kickback!

26:32 FOR SETUP

20:57, the high voltage area is the strobe circuit I believe.

The dual technology microwave PIRs are for anti-cloaking, meaning that an intruder wouldn’t be able to fool the system by using an umbrella or other similar object.

Just wanted to say what a great video could you possibly tell me where you bought this from

I need a solid alarm system myself. I live in a decent area and until recently, burglaries have been extremely rare... but since our police force is largely non existent these days, it’s becoming a bigger issue. I have expensive HIFI, Mac computers, iPads etc in the house, I’m getting nervous about leaving the house unattended for any amount of time.

Those RFID fobs are clonable also. I use them at work and use NFCtagreader to replay my actual clock-in fob. They have a string, a hex little endian and hex big endian code on them and are not encrypted.

Hi Cameron great video just bought one , does the keypad have to be wired or can it be just on batteries ? Also is the bell box hardwired or not ? Thank you John

Hi - great video! Although Im coming way late, I have a question or 2. 1). I have a few years ago installed Texecom hard wired alarms for friends and family. Will I find the general terminology and configuration similar? 2). I use mac and don't have a pc. Does the software support mac? and 3). Id really rather just use the keypad to configure as my install will be pretty basic. Does the supplied manual take you through this process or just focus on the software approach? Thanks for a great video!

HI i am curious to know what issues you had with Honeywell as i have one of these alarm systems in my house. No problems installing and working well the only down side i can see is changing the batteries at 69 not a good idea to climb ladders. So i will look into this one. Thank you.

Thank You....

Decent alarm system, i would have chosen Paradox but thats just my personal preference. Still way better than that pos Honeywell toy.

Just bought my Texecom system, and I am fully with you on the terms " stupid galaxy system" I hate it.

Hi , great video , I am about to install the 64-w , my first texecom install , Im a diyer. The instructions are ok but I have a few questions if you can help. When I first power do I already have the keypad wireless keypad connected , along with the smart com. Or do I first power up and learn all ricochet devices ( pirs door sensor etc) and then do the wireless controller and smart com ? If these are later , do i connect up when the main unit is powered up battery or battery and mains ( the keypad to engineers port and the smart com to com1 and com2 ). The instructions are pretty clear , what's not is what order and when you should do stuff. Also , when / do i even need to disconnect the commissioning jumper ?

I work at a school and we use tokens for the fire aspect and we have 8 schools. Our alarm company have there own covers that are different shapes and the whole thing is blue

Afternoon Cameron, did you see the TEXECOM CEL-0001 Texecom Connect SmartCom box available to remotely manage the system ? I'll be going for the same as you with the KIT-0002 and came across this additional bit of kit which may be of interest to you.

If you need any help send me a message bro, I'm an alarm/CCTV installer and use Texecom gear all the time!

What is the pinout for the RS232 comms interface. Rx, Tx, Gnd and +ve supply. Physically which pin is which

Im finding it hard to set up zones. All I have in my app is recipes. Even on the actual keypad its hard also

13:18 I imagine that if security companies installing them were smart enough, they would survey the home they were installing at with the supervision of the owners, so they would know which parts to order (or pull from a warehouse/stockroom), including different kinds of sensors, but would probably end up using the same kind of siren cover, or maybe they might use different styles depending on the house, and use a (desktop OS based) tablet to not only annotate floor plans and photos, but also configure the system once installed. 16:30 Meanwhile, the consumer DIY systems tend to only offer the sensors in white. With the compatibility with both wired and wireless sensors, I imagine some clients of security companies would want to replace older wired systems while keeping the older sensors (that would've been installed in the house when it was built or renovated) if they were on a budget. 26:36 I see that sticker on the inner cover. I imagine there are different stickers that could be ordered for different languages, presumably depending on the UI language the company sets the keypad display to use. 40:59 I'm going to assume that the systems can be remotely managed by the security company, so for certain issues, a customer could call up the company and have someone remotely connect in to fix certain issues.

You can purchase a box called a SmartCom that will allow you to control the system with your phone.

How long does the battery last in the pir, lcd and siren in this setup? Do any of you pir relay the signal from the control unit to other pir I am trying to work out if I should get a wired or wireless system as I have 3 floor in my house...

Are you still happy with this system 4 years on? Thanks for the great video!

That's a lot of batteries!

How long did it take to install?

Does the ready light need to be on to use it? The engineer said it didn't matter but in the manual it says that it needs to be on before I can set it. Can anyone help?

Could you configure the RFID to connect to NFC on a mobile device?

Nice

Hello. Thr alarm keeps going off and the panel states rear temper. I think it is the battery on the door sensor. Would that make sense? Thanks

Did you remove the jumper for commission completely or move it over to the left. Ive just finished installing my alarm and im having the same zone expander tamper issue

how've you liked this system over the year? I'm actually looking into a system now but it seems getting one of these in the US is a bit trickier.

If you still use this alarm, could you make a video how to change the batteries? Especially the keypad and the siren worries me 😅

Hi Cameron, for some reason my panel has recognised the PIR's, however when arming the system (Full) they are not setting off the system, you had any of these issues? They are recognised as PIR in the settings.

Hi How long does it take to trigger Pir when you walk in the room ? On the honeywell i had same as you the pir trigger took forever after you walked into the room thanks David

Cameron after watching your channel, purchased and installed Premier Elite 48. Fitted Smartcom module with wired Ethernet. Can't for the life of me get smartcom connect to connect and generate app code. Did manage to setup ComIp and connect locally. Can make connection locally and send and receive config. Just wondering if anyone has managed to solve similar problem. Have read through Texecom Forum with no success. Though did help me to setup ComIp.

Help : When i go to set the entry exit the sounds from key pad stops but the Main panel is still making a noise ( long bleep ) I Contacted Texecom surpport and sorted the entry exit problem, I noticed there was no small plastic jumper ( or missing ) on the Anti tamper on my Panel should there be one. Plus the commison jumper did you remove it all together ? Thanks David

I think I'll just hold out for the ring smart alarm.

Have just purchased the same kit. Quick question, at my house the old obsolete system had a hard wired siren. Can I wire up a 12v feed off the panel and splice in to the external siren. Battery pack leads? Just thought it would give me a fit and forget situation

I am getting an installer to install a texecom alarm in our house and I dont want the maintenance contract but they are saying that i can only use the app if I go through them?? I thought i could just go directly to Texecom? and use texecom app?

Why do alarms in the UK go into a full alarm if tampered with? Most systems that I’ve seen just start beeping if tampered with.

Lighting and white balance is generally better in this video.

Hi Cameron, how has your experience been with the Texecom? Would you still recommend the system in 2021? Thanks.

Can you buy radio key fobs for this system as you can with many other home alarms and car alarms too?

I suspect that the IR detectors batteries will need replacing every now and again.