Door lock without bsmt locking?

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I have a 2006 Monaco Signature. My question is can I lock my entry door with my electronic keypad without locking all the basement doors?
I don’t find the need to lock the bsmt doors all the time when RVing for the winter in the CA desert.
Thanks for any advice?

[jacwjames]

What system do you have Essex of Trimark.

[wamcneil]

I doubt it. At least not without some significant rewiring.
If 2006 is like 2003, the essex keypad doesn't actually control the lock solenoids directly.
The keypad sends a "lock" signal to the coach's central locking system. And then the coach relays use that signal to trigger both the front door lock relay and the bay door lock relay.
In other words, the keypad isn't sending a 'lock front door' signal and also a separate 'lock bay doors' signal, it's just sending a lock signal. And it's the coach wiring causes both relays to fire.
The coach is wired such that when the essex keypad sends an "unlock" signal, the coach triggers the front door relay and not the bay door relay. So, the two systems are separate, but not such that you could selectively lock just the front door with the keypad. At least not as originally wired.
Presumably you could rewire the coach's locking system so that the keypad 'lock' doesn't fire both front door and bay doors, then use one of the unused aux signals on the keypad (repurpose the unused blue Arm wire) to specifically lock the bay doors. But then you'd always need to specifically lock the bay doors.
Cheers,
Walter

[vito.a]

You can manually lock the front door before you swing it closed and not lock the basement doors.

[Signature]

Originally Posted by jacwjames

What system do you have Essex of Trimark.

I have the Essex system. By the sounds of the other reply I can’t lock just the door without locking all the bsmt doors.

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I have the Essex system

[pasdad1]

Originally Posted by vito.a

You can manually lock the front door before you swing it closed and not lock the basement doors.

That is what we do also. Just push the little red lever down and shut the door.

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Thanks so much for your detailed reply.

[wamcneil]

Originally Posted by vito.a

You can manually lock the front door before you swing it closed and not lock the basement doors.

Well there’s a simple solution! I’m so accustomed to hitting 555 that I don’t even think about simply looking the door.
Same thing in cars for that matter… seems really unnatural to lock a car door on the way out.