Move our hardwired motion sensor out of the way so hopefully it's not giving us trouble conditions. OK, so we have our Neo system powered back on. And we're just going to plug in the backup battery. We're going to connect to the transformer. So now we're going to go and power on our Neo system. The colors aren't necessarily important themselves just as long as everything's matching, but it is a good idea to just stay organized red, black, yellow, or white, and green. Really, whatever you have lying around should work fine, just remember to get the colors matching at the keypad and the panel. If you have 18 AG wire, 18 gauge wire, that should work fine as well. Just a reminder- we used a 22 gauge for conductor wire, 22 AG. So we did our four wire connection, same location as our previous keypad. And we're just matching the colors here, so we got red in the red terminal. All right, so we have our four wires that were ready to go in here. So now we're going to begin adding the wires to the Neo panel. And we have an existing keypad already in the terminals, but we have our terminals loosened so we can just go and add this in. So disconnect the backup battery and unplug the transformer. And remember to always have your Neo system powered down before you're doing any hardware changes. Our connection is already complete at the keypad, so we're just going to be wiring at the panel. And remember to run your wire through the backplate because otherwise you won't be able to close the keypads. So red, black, yellow or white, and green. Our wire has white instead of yellow so we're using white in place of yellow, but otherwise, just match the letters. And we have these color coded connections here- green, yellow, black, and red. Just pry it out like that and then it opens pretty easily. Well, that didn't go too well, but won't get that in there. But what I like to do, I just get in the middle and just get it out on both sides right there. So the keypad has these two little notches here for getting into it. And we've already done the wiring, but I do want to show you just quickly how to open up the keypad because you will have to do the wiring both at the keypad and at the panel. We're just simply adding a new keypad today. You are going to want to have at least one wired alphanumeric keypad, which we already have set up on our Neo. The one thing you do want to keep in mind with this keypad, though, it shouldn't be used as an initial keypad for programming your system. So for a wired panel like the Neo, a touchscreen keypad can be a great way to make your system a bit more user friendly. So a lot of people prefer to add these to their systems if they don't have a wireless all-in-one panel. The full color display can be more inviting. A touch screen keypad can be more inviting for users who aren't necessarily familiar with security systems. Now, the HS2TCHP, like I said, it's a touch screen keypad, so it adds full color menus as opposed to a touchpad keypad where you have a numeric keypad. And today, I'm going to be showing you how to add a DSC HS2TCHP touch screen keypad to a DSC PowerSeries Neo security system. Try and remember which keypad slot is used, because it can be useful if you ever need to change the keypad settings later. You can have the DSC HS2TCHP Keypad auto-enrolled so that it is assigned to the next available keypad slot on the system. This will be done using the system's main alphanumeric keypad. Upon first startup, you will need to enroll the keypad with the system. It will likely take a minute or two for the touchscreen keypad to fully boot up, so be patient. When you power the NEO System back on, the DSC HS2TCHP Keypad will start up as well. Just make sure to observe any wiring limits based on the wire size you use. We advise using 18 AWG, 4-Conductor cabling for this job, but you really shouldn't have any problem using a different gauge of wire if that's what you have around. Make sure all the wires go the proper location. The keypad terminals are also appropriately labeled. You can connect the wires at the panel to the same four (4) terminals. The DSC HS2TCHP will use the same 4-wire connection as a standard alphanumeric keypad on the DSC PowerSeries NEO. Making hardware changes while the system is powered on could result in damage to the panel or the keypad. When adding the DSC HS2TCHP Keypad, you want to first make sure that you power down the system. Adding a touchscreen keypad can be a nice option to make the system more inviting and approachable for users who may feel uncomfortable or intimidated in trying to operate an alarm system. The DSC PowerSeries NEO is a hardwired security system, and it usually has at least one touchpad alphanumeric keypad enrolled for programming purposes. In this video, Michael from Alarm Grid shows you how to add a DSC HS2TCHP Touchscreen Keypad to a DSC PowerSeries NEO Security System.
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