HoneywellSecurity 6160 Ademco Alpha Display Keypad

Great price for a very reliable keypad on a very reliable alarm system. Alpha keypads make programming much easier by providing feedback on the screen for fields you’re entering. Great for the alarm system DIYer.Replaced a fixed English keypad on an ADT Safewatch Pro 3000 system (which is just a branded Honeywell Vista 20P). Swapping it out was very easy. Remove power to alarm system by unplugging ac adapter (& cut power to battery by unplugging lead). Existing wall mount screw holes worked for the new keypad. Wired it up as old one was wired (there are also indicators on the board for which wires go where, positive is red negative is black). Fired up the alarm system again & instructed the keypad to use address 16 (as did old keypad) by pressing & holding 1 & 3 at the same time and then entering 16 & exiting with *. Took a couple of seconds for the keypad to register & then synced right up!Note that the tone is more of a car door opening sound and less of a sharp beep. Not as loud as the old keypad but totally fine. I’ll get used to the new sound.

I have the three letter security service. I called them bc one keypad wasn't working well. They told me my system was old and there were no compatible keypads, and I needed a new system for $1800.00 and they needed to increase my monitoring price by 1/3. I went on line and read that my system is still rated as one of the best on the market, and I have been upgrading sensors , smoke detectors and CO sensors every few years. I went on Amazon and read the reviews on this, and read the great instructions posted by reviewers and their videos. I just followed the instructions, and it took me about a half hour to install. It works very well, and looks great. It saved me over $1600.00 and also showed me that my big name monitoring company really wasn't being completely honest with me. Thanks to all the reviewers who posted!

Very easy to install. Price cheaper than in local stores. To this day, working great.

Install and addressing it was a breeze. I have 2-6150 keypads. One is an RF. I changed out the non-RF one at the garage entry door that we use all the time with the 6160. I left the 6150-RF in the master bedroom that really never gets used. But I need it for some wireless sensors. I did some programming on the 6160 and it was a lot easier to see what step your at. 6150 was a pain. The 6160 keypad is a little bigger and so is the LED screen which is nice. Seems a little brighter too. It is a lot quieter then the 6150 that was annoying loud. You can muffle the 6160 if you want by putting some folded up paper towel in front of the speaker on the inside. YouTube is very helpful about that and also programming it. I highly recommend getting this if you have the 6150 keypad. Real nice upgrade.

keypad looks new no instructions in box maybe a return item. no problem with install works fine.

Need to replace a failing Ademco (non-RF) keypad, then look no further. The 6160 is considered the best keypad available by professional installers. I’m just a DYI’er.1. At the failing keypad with the system on, press and hold 1 and 3 buttons for 3 seconds and record location address.2. Next, power down your system at the panel by unplugging the wall transformer and removing the wire from red terminal on all backup batteries.3. Remove old keypad from mounting bracket (look on underside for tabs to depress) by lifting up from the bottom.4. Take a pic of the wiring arrangement. Remove old mounting bracket and replace with the 6160 mounting bracket.5. Attach wires to terminals indicated with using a small Phillips-head screwdriver (refer to your pic) and snap keypad onto the bracket.6. Now back to your panel and reattach the battery wires and plug in the transformer.7. Within 90 seconds of doing this, follow instructions on back of the 6160 box to change the preset "location address" of the keypad to the one you recorded earlier. Panel will register new keypad and reboot in a handful of seconds.Voila! You're done. Should take under 10 min if slow and methodical.

We replaced our adt pad with this. It was very easy and compatible. Once it is powered up, you will see a blank screen and have to hold the 1 and 3 down at the same time to change the address. We had to change the address to 16, to get it synced with our current ADT system. From what I gathered online 16 seems to be the generic address adt uses, so if you aren’t sure what yours is currently programmed to, try 16. But after that, it’s good to go and all zones work with no other adjustments.We were also able to add wireless sensors that we bought off amazon very easily, by watching YouTube videos and following the instructions.Ours didn’t come with a Users manual and I can’t seem to find one online, but there are plenty of YouTube videos for whatever you need.

I installed it myself about 3 weeks ago and it seems to work well so far. It was my first time to do it. The unit did not come with a manual, but I found it online. I bought this model to replace my 15 year-old Honeywell keypad (about to "die"). A brand new Honeywell keypad, that has never communicated with a control panel before, can be checked or re-addressed at any time by holding down the [1] and [3] keys. Make sure you check your old keypad address by holding down the [1] and [3] keys before replacing it. After installing a new unit, holding down the [1] and [3] keys at the same time, the existing address pops up, which by default will be (31), press [0] [0], you'll see the address change to 00, then press your intended address, for example [1] [5]. You'll see the address change to 15, then press *.

Replaced an old ADT fixed word keypad whose buttons were wearing out in my VISTA15CN. This newer alpha numeric keypad was a huge upgrade. The buttons only require a soft touch and naming the zones is nice. One thing I did notice is the speaker is not as loud as the piezo buzzer in the old one but it's loud enough.

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