Modding an old Time Warner Security System - Part 1

I'm writing this little article in hopes that someone else might find it helpful. If you want to be bored, or if you want to reuse your Time Warner Security system (without having to use Time Warner) keep reading...

When I purchased the house I'm living in, it came with a Time Warner Security System. I was under the impression that the system was completely installed. Turns out that at some point the previous owner had cancelled their Time Warner Security system. This meant that they came and removed the security panel leaving me with a lot of cool security stuff all over the house. None of which works.

I decided that since I didn't want to pay for the Time Warner Security service I would hook it all back up myself. The original equipment installation was a DSC PC5010 control panel with a DSC 433 wireless transmitter. After some research I found out that I would need to buy the DSC PC1832 control panel, a DSC PC5108 zone expander module, a DSC BD412 battery backup and a 1640 Transformer power supply. The total cost for all these parts was around $130 $100.

Once I get all the necessary parts to my house it's hook up time. That's when I'll go over all the fun nitty gritty of how to wire and program this bad boy up. The good part is that Time Warner did an excellent job at documenting every wire in my empty box (hopefully they did the same for yours).

UPDATE: After installing this system I did not end up needing the zone expander module.

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