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1 hour ago, Paul Doyle said:
hello James not sure bud its NON Dongle version its not UMS it is full access version I set it up the normal way
account Number at the panel etc the version on the software 6.7 dimension will that have any effect with it not making
a direct connection cheers paul
Check call back numbers haven't been set.
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58 minutes ago, David1 said:
I will have to check, as a matter of interest where is the led and relay situated on the board to check it is nothing obvious
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.
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Was it sold as seen?
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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.
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4 minutes ago, David1 said:
Hi everyone, I am to this forum and I am looking for some advice. Have recently bought a GD 48 alarm, C037 keypad and standby battery, I have also replaced the on board button battery. My problem is that the keypad is showing ************ and I cannot get past this on power up. Have read previous posts with no success con anyone help. Thanks
What is the red LED on the main panel PCB doing?
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3 hours ago, James R said:
They also specced a gsm/gprs comms module - we are setting up radio/radio Dualcom for keyholder monitoring, I take it there's no need for the honeywell module as well?
No, but it can be used for direct SMS. The Ethernet module can be used for the gx app, allowing remote control.
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On 28/11/2020 at 20:59, James R said:
Panel - gprs comms module- ip comms module - 15 dt pirs... I'm thinking I'm gonna set it up and program in the office before I hand it to my installer.
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.
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1 hour ago, mikejc said:
Hi all,
New to the alarm game. I've recently had extensive work done at my house and took the opportunity to put alarm cables at all windows and external doors and for a couple for PIRs.
Purchased a used flex 50 from ebay. I've powered it up and seems to be showing the right signs of working properly (led on after 30 secs then flashing every 1.5 secs).
I also have a mk8 prox keypad arriving soon. Is there anything I can do to check the keypad is functioning ok so I know if I need to return it?
Also, any recommendations for PIRs (have no pet at the moment but might in the future)? Also need an external sounder (also have an alarm cable for this).
Thanks
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.
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If a Dimension, fit the trigger header for the digi.
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Yes, op, the keypad and RIO go to the rs485 bus on the right.
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22 hours ago, Bammers said:
Hi, I have a old Galaxy 60 panel, V4.5 and want to install a Ethernet module. I know the new Ethernet mods don’t work on this model but some old ones do. I have been offered a V4.03 but not sure if this works. Any info would be greatly appreciated.
ThanksThe 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.
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4 hours ago, JB1970 said:
I was about to edit my original post....I’ve just put the app on my wife’s iPhone and when I tested it the alert went to her watch. It’s now working on mine also. Not sure what was going on but it’s fine now.
Okay, thanks for the update. I'll look into the reordering of the message elements. Nobody had mentioned it before.
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2 hours ago, JB1970 said:
I'm fully aware that an app alone is not ideal for security - I've been in the trade since the late 80's. The app is merely a convenience and along with the rest of my security I'm well covered - I'm not expecting Oceans 11 to attempt a heist at my 3 bedroom semi!
I've tried SelfMon now and while the connection speed, path checking, event filters, SMS and e mail notifications are a big improvement over the Honeywell offering, it's lacking in a couple of areas, which is a shame:
- No notifications to Apple Watch unlike the Honeywell app. Easy to miss a phone notification and the buzz on your wrist is never missed. No idea why it won't work on the watch as the Honeywell app is ancient and works.
- The event notification is so long it doesn't fit in the banner and is truncated meaning you need to click on every notification to get the basic details(who disarmed the system, zone number and description of intrusion event etc). The Honeywell app would just give "13:42 Unset - Steve" rather than "MSG#24 Home 13:42:00 event = Close area. The system partially armed....." before needing to click on that notification to get the rest of the info in a separate window (which is only possible if you set notification banners to persistent)
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.
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10 hours ago, MrHappy said:
PSTN ? how retro...
I'll offer an opinion via PM
Where is the incentive for Honeywell to fix it, the app provides no income ?
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.
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9 hours ago, JB1970 said:
Not sure if anyone else is having issues who uses GX Remote Control for their Honeywell Galaxy/Dimension panels.
Since yesterday when I receive an event I get repeat notifications continually, non stop. So setting the system, the phone pings continuously every 5 or so seconds with the "set" message and won't stop. One of my customers is having the same issue. Strangely I've found that receipt of a text message from anyone will kill the notifications from GX Remote Control until the next push notification. So each time the system is set/unset, my wife and I exchange a text to stop the issue! I've tried deleting and re installing the app but this doesn't fix it. It may be that the new iOS 14 update has caused the issue.
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.
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6 hours ago, MrHappy said:
Apps - making life harder for alarm co's & providing little or no revenue.
As for progress, will your app signal without power to the premises or the line cut ?
App ain't really suited for security...
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.
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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.
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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.
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Seems like a lot of hassle for £10. At least it stops landfill I suppose.
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Tom
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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.
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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
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C was the old pre - back wall tamper version.
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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.
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5 hours ago, jelockwood said:
I am not ready yet to take the plunge. But in the meantime if I may I will ask a few more questions.
I got the impression that an alarm panel could support a number of wired and/or wireless sensors using the built-in board without needing a RIO and that a RIO was purely a way of expanding the capacity. Are you saying RIOs are compulsory? It makes it more expensive than I thought but not necessarily a blocker. Do the RIOs fit inside the panel box?
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.
QuoteYour Selfmon solution. I was intending to use the GX Remote app for self monitoring and looking at an integration solution both to add some non-Honeywell sensors e.g. smoke and leak and yes this approach would also mean it should be possible to use a smart home platform also to monitor the alarm system. Does your solution require giving access to your web server? Whilst I can see this does offer alert services etc. it means another avenue of Internet traffic that hypothetically could be attacked. I would also be wanting the MQTT aspect to operate purely internally on my network both again for security and to avoid issues due to any Internet connectivity issues.
If I don't want or need alerts from your service and purely want the MQTT option and any hardware does this still require an ongoing subscription? (The equivalent competing products for the Honeywell Vista i.e. AlarmDecoder and Envisalink would not require subscriptions.
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.
RSS to Honeywell gal dimension 520 version 7.02 thanks
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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.