GalaxyGuy

How are you actually connecting ? Serial, PSTN or Ethernet ? Before starting up RSS ensure that the comm's server has been shut down in the Windows system tray. When it asks about shutdown, enter 0 to shut down immediately. Then start up RSS by right clicking comms server and front shell and running as administrator. Click 'ok' to allow the comms server to start up, then login with manager and password. Then open the site in question, right click the comms and setup the connection you require. COM / Ethernet / Etc.

Check call back numbers haven't been set.

Both on the left side. The relay is next to the telecom connectors and the led is near the rs232 connector. If it doesn't click, it's not usually anything simple.

Was it sold as seen?

That's not right. Sounds like it's dead. When you apply power to a dimension, the relay should click and the red led should start flashing after about 5 seconds. I'm not sure it is one, but the £50 panels on eBay are £50 for a reason and are a bit of a gamble.

What is the red LED on the main panel PCB doing?

No, but it can be used for direct SMS. The Ethernet module can be used for the gx app, allowing remote control.

If port forwarding for use with the GX app, you can only lock down the RSS and UMS passwords with RSS at the moment. In saying that, the best advice is to use a VPN rather than opening ports up.

Hopefully, you're not powering up without a keypad. If you do that, then you cannot use the correct process to power down (menu 51.17-power off) and wait until the keypad shows 'Safe to power off'. With Flex, if you just pull the power, you have a small chance that you will corrupt the flash filesystem, leaving the panel bricked.

If a Dimension, fit the trigger header for the digi.

Yes, op, the keypad and RIO go to the rs485 bus on the right.

The new Ethernet modules should work on the older hardware, as the bus protocol has not changed. V4.03 and V4.11 will work. You'll not get the maxpro CCTV platform capability, as the older panels do not support the isom protocol in their menu system.

Okay, thanks for the update. I'll look into the reordering of the message elements. Nobody had mentioned it before.

Thanks for the feedback. I'm not sure why the notifications aren't being forwarded to the watch. I test on the emulator, as I don't have an apple watch to test with. I'll see if I can pick up a watch to test with. It may make sense to reorder the push notifications, as the sequence information is less important.

Yes, I imagine most companies feel the pain of apps. You can't just write the app, then forget about it. There's various certs and backend services to manage and each time there's a major new release for a new shiny phone model, the app needs updated, causing backwards compatibility issues for existing users with older devices. I think with something like an alarm panel, it would be easier just implementing a secure webserver and decent API in the Ethernet device. At least that way, as a manufacturer, you have more control over things.

You can always opt for selfmon. At least you'll have someone to call if you have an issue with Comms. Otherwise, with the free service, you just have to suck it up until Honeywell can be bothered fixing the issue. With iOS apps it can take a while to release a new version.

It will if you have the GSM/GPRS module fitted. You can have quadruple path PSTN/Ethernet/GSM/GPRS. Totally agree they're a pain for alarm companies.

You could swap the control panel for a Galaxy G2 or Flex with RF portal and all the radio components (with exception of any wireless sounder and keypad) will be compatible with the new (much better than Domonial) panel.

Wiring multiple devices gives 1k all closed and 2k,3k,4k,5k for various states of open. However, if possible, only add one detector per zone as it's not good practice to combine detectors on the same zone - root causing problem detectors becomes more complex. The push to set is a single operation. After you have pushed once, the circuit is ignored - you can press again and it will do nothing. It certainly will not unset the system in the way a keyswitch type zone would.

Seems like a lot of hassle for £10. At least it stops landfill I suppose.

Go into diagnostics menu 61 then select latest, comm's devices sub menu and gsm module. Pressing 'ent' on the device menus will show signal strength and sim card status etc.

Just to note that the panel you're looking at on eBay is cheap for a reason. It's not new and looks like it has been a swap out. That is, the installer has a fault on an installed system and they then switch out the PCB. If you look at the PCB, you can see that the screw terminals have been used. The PCB serial number doesn't match the box serial number and that's a classic sign of this type of swap out. I suspect that this panel will not boot, so if you do buy, don't put it on the wall without thoroughly testing it. I've had quite a few people who have bought these returns - some are lucky and some not so. I think the seller is pretty decent though. He'll refund on return. It's a bit of a hassle for the saving against buying the V7.03 CO48-D-E1 though! Especially the ones that come with Ethernet modules ?

C was the old pre - back wall tamper version.

The E1 is the European region 1 which includes the UK with English and settings that comply with UK standards for a grade 3 panel. E2 Etc are for other regions and include various languages and country specific settings If in the UK, make sure you get an E1 at version 7.03. There are a few customer returns from Europe being sold on eBay.

No, RIO's are not compulsory. There are 12 wired onboard zones on a Flex and 16 on a Dimension. Only if you need the additional wired or wireless zones, then you will need a RIO or RF portal. I'm saying that you really don't want to limit the panel capacity, as when you add more home automation based sensors, then you can easily reach the panel 12 zone capacity. If you buy an FX100+, then you can start at 12 hard wired zones and expand at a later date if you need to. The + panels also support many 'links' which are needed for home automation. There is no tie-in with the Virtual RIO module. It sits inside the control panel connected to the bus and publishes zone status to any MQTT server you select (the example I show above is running on a Pi Zero). It does not need the SelfMon platform to operate. The SIA over MQTT to SelfMon is only a convenient option for people should they wish to use it. There's nothing stopping you using the A083/E080 Ethernet modules and GX app or even the Ethernet to SelfMon. Note that SelfMon does have some advantages over the free Honeywell push notifications - like regular path testing and multiple messaging types which can be configured based on the priority of the event. Ie. Push notifications/email for all events, SMS for higher priority and voice for burglary or confirmed. Even with the current SelfMon setup, there's no need to give access to SelfMon to your system. The SIA events are sent to the platform by the control panel and SelfMon takes care of the message distribution via the various customer configured message queues - Push/SMS/Voice/Email/CURL. In this configuration, the control panel is the client connecting to SelfMon which is the server. For convenience, SelfMon does offer an HTTPS web based keypad to connect back into the control panel using the same security mechanism that the GX app uses with port 10001.