MINI-345 Installation Manual

01Overview

What this manual covers

The Versa Wireless MINI-345 is a single-zone 345 MHz door and window transmitter. It sends on the Honeywell and Resideo 5800-series protocol, so it enrolls on a Honeywell VISTA with a 5800-series receiver and on a Honeywell Lyric. It also enrolls on 2GIG GC2, GC3, EDGE and GC Touch panels, because they read 5800-series sensors natively. A Resideo PROA7 or PROA7PLUS hears it through a PROTAKEOVER module set to rotary 0.

If you've installed a 5800MINI, you already know this sensor. The body is the same 2.2 x 1 x 0.25 in. and it mounts in the same spot. It programs as the same kind of zone, with the magnetic contact on Loop 1. What's different is the cover, which slides off instead of prying off. The blue Bluefield LED is new too, and it tells you the magnet is in range while you're still holding the parts to the frame.

This page runs through the job in the order you'd do it. We start with placement, then the battery and the tape, then enrollment on each panel family. After that come the LED legend, battery service and the full spec table. The PDF button above is the same manual, document V0000558-01-01, if you'd rather have it in the truck.

02In the box

What ships with the MINI-345

• The MINI-345 transmitter, which is 2.2 x 1 x 0.25 in. and ships in white, and the Panasonic CR2032 coin cell that runs it.
• The magnet, a neodymium rare-earth piece 1 in. long in a housing 0.320 in. wide, which is the part that goes on the door or the sash.
• Double-faced tape, so both pieces mount to a clean frame without a drill or a screw.
• A slide-off cover, which means you get at the battery with your thumb and the sensor stays on the frame. Brown and black cover packs are sold separately.

03Placement

Where to mount the MINI-345

Put the transmitter on the part that stays still, which is the frame. The magnet goes on the part that moves, which is the door or the opening sash. Mount on the frame or the casing, not on the glass. Keep the two pieces lined up along the long edge, so the reed sits in the magnet's field when the opening is shut.

Metal is the thing that shortens your gap. On wood you've got up to 1 in. between the magnet and the transmitter. On a steel door, an aluminum window frame or metal casing you plan on 1/4 in., because the surface pulls the field away from the reed. Foil-backed wallpaper does the same thing, so treat it as metal.

Keep it dry and keep it inside the temperature range, which is 32 to 122 deg F (0 to 50 deg C). Furnace rooms and utility rooms are poor spots, because the metal and the wiring in them soak up signal. Before you commit the tape anywhere, run the panel's Go/No Go test from the mounting spot. That test is the only check of radio signal you've got.

04Install

Fit the battery, then mount the sensor and the magnet

1. Slide the cover open

   Push the cover along the body and it slides off in your hand, so there's no tab to pry and nothing to break.

2. Fit the battery plus side up

   Seat the Panasonic CR2032 with the plus side facing up, then slide the cover back on. The blue and green LEDs come on and stay live for 15 minutes.

3. Mount the transmitter on the frame

   Press it onto the frame of the protected door or window with the double-faced tape, after you've run the Go/No Go test from that spot.

4. Mount the magnet and check the blue LED

   Stick the magnet on the door, or on the opening part of the window, then close it. The blue LED lights when the magnet is in range, and that's your placement check.

If the blue LED stays dark with the opening closed, the magnet is out of range. Move it closer, or line it up with the transmitter's edge, before you press the tape down hard. If the LEDs have timed out, slide the cover off and they run for another 15 minutes.

05Enroll

Add the MINI-345 to the panel

The MINI-345 has a unique serial number built in, and the panel learns it from the first transmission it hears while it's in autolearn. So the sequence is the same on every 345 MHz panel: start autolearn, open and close the magnet once, then set the zone on Loop 1 and save. Our panel-by-panel install guide has the exact key sequence for each one, and here's the shape of it.

Honeywell VISTA with a 5800-series receiver

1. Check the signal first. From the keypad, the RF sniffer is Installer Code + [#] + [3] and the Go/No Go test is Installer Code + [#] + [4]. Exit with the Installer Code + OFF.
2. Open zone programming. In installer programming, start *56 zone programming and pick the zone number.
3. Learn the serial. When the panel asks for the serial number, open and close the magnet, and the panel reads it from the transmission. Confirm it, and set the loop to 1.
4. Finish the zone. Set the zone type, usually perimeter, then save and test the zone from the keypad.

Honeywell Lyric

1. No receiver to add. The Lyric has its 345 MHz receiver built in, so you go straight to the installer tools and choose to add a sensor.
2. Trip the sensor. Open and close the magnet once, and the panel fills in the serial number.
3. Set Loop 1 and the zone type, name the zone, then save and walk-test it.

2GIG GC2, GC3, EDGE and GC Touch

1. Open the installer toolbox and go to wireless zones, then pick the next free zone.
2. Learn the serial. Choose learn, then open and close the magnet, and the panel reads the serial number from the transmission.
3. Set Loop 1, pick the sensor type and the equipment code for a door or window contact, name the zone and save.

Resideo PROA7 and PROA7PLUS

1. Fit the PROTAKEOVER and set its rotary to 0, the 5800 position. The panel's own PROSiX receiver stays live alongside it.
2. Add a sensor from the installer tools, then open and close the magnet so the panel learns the serial number.
3. Set Loop 1 and the zone type, name the zone, then save and test it.

The green LED tells you the sensor transmitted, and it doesn't tell you the panel heard it. So after you've added the zone, open and close the door a couple of times and watch the panel register each change before you leave the job.

06LEDs

What the lights mean

Three LEDs, and the blue and green ones are install tools on a 15 minute timer.

To wake the blue and green LEDs on a sensor that's already mounted, slide the cover off and the 15 minute window starts again. That's how you re-check magnet placement months later without touching the panel.

07Battery

Replace the battery

One Panasonic CR2032 runs the MINI-345 for 5+ years in typical use, and it's the same cell the 5800MINI took. When it gets low, the red LED flashes once about every five seconds for two minutes after each transmission. Your panel reports a low battery on that zone at the same time, and the swap takes a minute with the sensor still on the frame.

1. Vertically slide open the cover and lift out the old battery.
2. Fit a fresh Panasonic CR2032 with the plus side up, because that's the only cell the MINI-345 is specified for.
3. Slide the cover back on. The blue and green LEDs run for 15 minutes, so you can confirm the magnet is still in range while you're there.

08Specifications

MINI-345 specifications

Every MINI-345 figure in one place, the same numbers you'll find on the product page.

Mount the transmitter on the door or window frame, not on the glass. Keep both pieces clear of metal, foil wallpaper, moisture and rooms full of electrical wiring. Refer to the installation instructions for the control panel this device is used with for the limitations of the whole alarm system.

09Troubleshooting

When something doesn't look right

The calls we get most on the MINI-345, and what's usually behind them.

Still stuck? Contact Versa Wireless with the panel model and what the LEDs are doing, and we'll sort it out with you.