Hi all,
I’m selecting a panel for my home, I’ve got a Honeywell G4 at the minute and I’m happy enough with this but it’s a bit limited on the output side. I’ve spoken to a few people and nosed around various forums, some have said Galaxy G2’s are bullet proof where as the newer Flex series can be a bit buggy but are worth the investment.
Not too worried about scoping for size. I’ve got two external doors that will have magnetic contacts and 6-7 PIR sensors throughout the house, A bell box (or two) and three keypads. I believe either system should be good with this.
My real question is on the I/O side of things. I have a fairly involved monitoring system and home automation system that’s going to be attached to this. The monitoring system and home automation needs a few lines out for the following:
2x System Armed / Disarmed
2x Intruder Alert
2x Duress / PA
1x Motion, even when the system is disarmed
All in addition to the standard SCB / Bell Box connections.
One set of outputs will be for remote monitoring the other set is for the home automation system.
So I make that seven outputs in all + bell box’s, I was told the Galaxy Flex 20 can be setup like this and to get a “Trigger module 8 outputs - A071-00-01” however hearing of some issues with the Flex 20 I wanted to make sure.
This is possible and will work on the Flex 20 without needing to buy more hardware? That I’m not being up sold the Flex over the Galaxy G2-20 unnecessarily and have the reliability bite me later on?
Any thoughts or advise?
Thanks