Hello,

I'm just wondering about the amount of hardware you can add to a GD-C048 with the available address line.

 

The instructions say I can have 8 keypads (3 prox), 4 RIOs and 4 RF RIOs

It seems you can add lots of stuff but much of it is limited by the rotary address switches and there appears to be some overlap.

 

Is a keypad on address 2 the same as a RIO on address 2?

 

Basically, I have 3 keypads, 0,1 and 2, along with 3 RIOs and 1 RF RIO which must take addresses 2-5 which means, if they work as the same address, then one must overlap with a keypad, also the RF RIO tried to take up 2 bunches of addresses and in fact keeps appearing as 102x and 103x no matter what I set its switch to be, and why is there a gap between 5-B which I can't seem to use.

 

In short, do I need a 96 or above to run 1xTC(prox), 1xMK7(prox), 1xMK8(prox), 3xRIO, 1xRF RIO? It all gets a bit confusing

 

Cheers,

Gordon.

 

7 minutes ago, Gordon Smith said:

 

 

In short, do I need a 96 or above to run 1xTC(prox), 1xMK7(prox), 1xMK8(prox), 3xRIO, 1xRF RIO? It all gets a bit confusing

 

Cheers,

Gordon.

 

No the 48 would work , sure experts might agree 

 

But if it was choice I would buy the 96 anyway , depending where and how you buy it , not much in the price

The addresses for each device type map to different addresses on the rs485 bus. So keypad at 0 and Rio at 0 have different addresses on the bus, so don't clash.

 

The RF portal rotary address is not the virtual Rio addresses that run at 102/103. You can disable or change the virtual Rio addresses in the RF portal menu.

23 hours ago, al-yeti said:

No the 48 would work , sure experts might agree 

 

But if it was choice I would buy the 96 anyway , depending where and how you buy it , not much in the price

 

Thanks,

I've got my eye on a couple of PCBs on the bay which might go for a few pennies or there is a guy in Glasgow selling full new ADT 96s for £50, pretty sure there's not too much difference in the ADT version.

 

Gordon.

23 hours ago, GalaxyGuy said:

The addresses for each device type map to different addresses on the rs485 bus. So keypad at 0 and Rio at 0 have different addresses on the bus, so don't clash.

 

The RF portal rotary address is not the virtual Rio addresses that run at 102/103. You can disable or change the virtual Rio addresses in the RF portal menu.

 

Thanks GG looks like I need to do a bit of digging in the menus, I shouldn't need 16 RF addresses anyway as most stuff is wired.

 

Might get somewhere now

 

Gordon.

 

Apart from the ADT one will most likely be stolen, ironic really. 

On 12/12/2019 at 18:57, GalaxyGuy said:

The addresses for each device type map to different addresses on the rs485 bus. So keypad at 0 and Rio at 0 have different addresses on the bus, so don't clash.

 

The RF portal rotary address is not the virtual Rio addresses that run at 102/103. You can disable or change the virtual Rio addresses in the RF portal menu.

Got gd96 for sale I know a man who wants one

4 hours ago, Gordon Smith said:

 

Thanks,

I've got my eye on a couple of PCBs on the bay which might go for a few pennies or there is a guy in Glasgow selling full new ADT 96s for £50, pretty sure there's not too much difference in the ADT version.

 

Gordon.

Careful tho many with faults if your buying off eBay or something , test it well , see what firmware version it has , somewhere firmwares like 7 and others were revised quite quickly due to bugs 

23 hours ago, norman said:

Apart from the ADT one will most likely be stolen, ironic really. 

 

Wow, I know ebay might have some shady characters but I never imagined this sort of gear would be dodgy.

It's the ADT one which is new, I would have hoped the 2nd hand PCBs would have come from upgrades or new alarm co. taking over and installing their own stuff.

 

Strewth

 

19 hours ago, al-yeti said:

Careful tho many with faults if your buying off eBay or something , test it well , see what firmware version it has , somewhere firmwares like 7 and others were revised quite quickly due to bugs 

 

My C048 is V6.93, one of the boards I noticed was 7.03, others don't specify.

 

Once I get a chance to re-jig the addresses then if I can get the current system to work with the above RIOs then I would imagine I should have all the capacity I need, I have no end of inputs spare but the outputs are the problem, especially the RIO ones which are remote to the house.

 

Thanks again.