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PSA: Ran all my zone wiring in one big home run to the panel for 3 jobs before a guy in Springfield asked why my keypad was so slow
I used to pull every device back to the can, thinking fewer splices meant fewer callbacks. Then on a 2 story in Springfield with 14 zones my keypad took almost 2 seconds to show status. He asked if I had star topped it or run it as a bus. That was the moment I realized I had been treating every panel like it was still 2004. Switched to home runs for keypads only and bus for the rest, and the lag went away. Still not sure I have it right for bigger houses. What are you all doing for keypad runs on anything over 10 zones?
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karen_martin7d ago
The part about treating every panel like it was still 2004 got me. I did the same thing for years, pulled 12 zones back to the can on a lake house and spent a whole Saturday landing wires like I was getting paid by the splice. Keypad sat there blinking at me like it was still waking up from a nap. Meanwhile the guy who wired the place next door ran his keypads homerun and bused everything else, and his keypads popped up before mine even finished thinking. Funny how a two second delay is what finally teaches you what a data bus is for.
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