AboutDave Neuweiler Expertise The design and application of burglary and fire systems for homes and businesses. Helping alarm owners understand how their system works. Helping to troubleshoot false alarm problems. Questions about monitoring issues.
Experience Over a quarter century in the industry. Experience in installation, service, and monitoring centers. Training manager for a national protective services company; director of education and training for a national trade organization for for alarm dealers.
Question I have the system identified in the Subject area. Do you know a potential source for a keypad for the system? The keypad for the MDC 16C looks the same and may work. Any thought about that?
Answer Hello Woody, and thanks for writing.
I never worked much with Morse equipment, and the line as far as I know, has been obsolete for many years.
I checked a couple of parts sources, and found only one Morse item (not a keypad). E-Bay sometimes is a source for obsolete equipment, but that came up dry as well.
If you have access to an MDC 16C keypad, I'd say go ahead and try it. You have little to lose. If it doesn't work, you can replace the panel and keypads with something more up-to-date -- and I think you'll be surprised at how inexpensive it can be. Take a look here at alarm kits:
