Flobble Posted March 21, 2017 Share Posted March 21, 2017 Anyone had success getting the internal serial port to generate a message stream, either in Direct mode or Printer mode? I'm trying to generate a stream of events for reading by a home automation system (no control of panel needed - trying to keep the systems as independent of possible), but I can't persuade the panel to generate any output I can read. Set up is: Genuine FTDI RS232 cable connected to the internal serial port (TXD/RXD/CTS/RTS/0V) all connected Serial port enabled in the panel; have tried both printer and direct mode Serial port configured as 9600/N/8/1 (defaults) Output using SIA Mode 3 Currently looking at output using a terminal emulator on a Macbook If I have the panel in printer mode it reports printer offline, and if in direct mode, nothing at all happens. None of the manuals seem to provide useful troubleshooting info, so would appreciate any guidance from anyone who's got this working! Link to comment https://www.thesecurityinstaller.co.uk/community/topic/41088-galaxy-gd48-internal-serial-port-settings/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
datadiffusion Posted March 21, 2017 Share Posted March 21, 2017 (edited) In printer mode I imagine it's looking for some sort of handshake / 'hello' from the printer which it won't get. In direct mode, is it not like any other alarm comms device in that you need to configure in the panel which events are transmitted (or not) Possibly also requires a cold restart if you change modes? Also have you got any other device you can either test the serial to USB cable with or anything with a 'real' serial port? All guesses as not a panel I use, but worth a try. Edited March 21, 2017 by datadiffusion xtra stuff yeah? So, I've decided to take my work back underground.... to stop it falling into the wrong hands Link to comment https://www.thesecurityinstaller.co.uk/community/topic/41088-galaxy-gd48-internal-serial-port-settings/#findComment-460782 Share on other sites More sharing options...
al-yeti Posted March 21, 2017 Share Posted March 21, 2017 Might have to wait for a monkey or that engineer up north Link to comment https://www.thesecurityinstaller.co.uk/community/topic/41088-galaxy-gd48-internal-serial-port-settings/#findComment-460794 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flobble Posted March 21, 2017 Author Share Posted March 21, 2017 Some success... the serial port requires a null modem connection; connecting TXD on the computer end to RXD on the panel end, and vice versa. So it's now spitting out a short sequence of 9 bytes every second. Link to comment https://www.thesecurityinstaller.co.uk/community/topic/41088-galaxy-gd48-internal-serial-port-settings/#findComment-460807 Share on other sites More sharing options...
GalaxyGuy Posted March 21, 2017 Share Posted March 21, 2017 It's looking for the SIA handshake. Look up the opengalaxy project. Link to comment https://www.thesecurityinstaller.co.uk/community/topic/41088-galaxy-gd48-internal-serial-port-settings/#findComment-460809 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flobble Posted March 21, 2017 Author Share Posted March 21, 2017 13 minutes ago, GalaxyGuy said: It's looking for the SIA handshake. Look up the opengalaxy project. Yes, thanks - that's where I was heading next. In the meantime, I set it up in 'printer mode', ran the 'system print' from the engineer menu and boom - lots of (mostly) sensible text. Happy days :-) Link to comment https://www.thesecurityinstaller.co.uk/community/topic/41088-galaxy-gd48-internal-serial-port-settings/#findComment-460810 Share on other sites More sharing options...
james.wilson Posted March 21, 2017 Share Posted March 21, 2017 you can also make it print events in real time. I have used that in the past on custom software. But as you say no reverse commands. I'm not good enough to use the mircotech over serial option securitywarehouse Security Supplies from Security Warehouse Trade Members please contact us for your TSI vetted trade discount. Link to comment https://www.thesecurityinstaller.co.uk/community/topic/41088-galaxy-gd48-internal-serial-port-settings/#findComment-460814 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flobble Posted March 21, 2017 Author Share Posted March 21, 2017 2 minutes ago, james.wilson said: you can also make it print events in real time. I have used that in the past on custom software. But as you say no reverse commands. I'm not good enough to use the mircotech over serial option That's exactly what I'm hoping to do. Do you happen to know what config is required to see real time events? Ideally I'd be able to see all trigger events as they happen, even when the system is unset. Link to comment https://www.thesecurityinstaller.co.uk/community/topic/41088-galaxy-gd48-internal-serial-port-settings/#findComment-460815 Share on other sites More sharing options...
james.wilson Posted March 21, 2017 Share Posted March 21, 2017 iirc log zones report all the time. There is a download called techmaster that can pull live events from the printer 232 securitywarehouse Security Supplies from Security Warehouse Trade Members please contact us for your TSI vetted trade discount. Link to comment https://www.thesecurityinstaller.co.uk/community/topic/41088-galaxy-gd48-internal-serial-port-settings/#findComment-460817 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flobble Posted March 21, 2017 Author Share Posted March 21, 2017 Thanks - I saw Techmaster, but I have almost entirely purged Windows from my life :-) Link to comment https://www.thesecurityinstaller.co.uk/community/topic/41088-galaxy-gd48-internal-serial-port-settings/#findComment-460818 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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