Not much to be gained from the firmware files unless the design is secured by obscurity. Oh, wait...  Seriously though, it would be pretty hard to keep these things out of the public domain these days.

 

The touch screen displays are a bit of an expensive gimmick anyway.  And why would you want to look at CCTV cameras on an alarm keypad in a hallway Etc. when you can do the same on your phone. Someone on one of the Facebook forums posted a pic of a new Honeywell commercial security range. I cannot remember the name, but it looked quite different to any of the Galaxy products of yesteryear.

Just find it unusual, a lot of manufacturers try to distribute there firmware on a need to know basis, to make it harder to access.

They are maybe concerned that someone could RE it and find some exploit, I am not saying it's a good or bad thing just unusual.

I suppose exploits for IP devices are more what people are looking for, Hik took the method of obscuring there firmware files when they realised people where finding exploits.

Edited March 20, 20206 yr by sixwheeledbeast
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30 minutes ago, GalaxyGuy said:

Not much to be gained from the firmware files unless the design is secured by obscurity. Oh, wait...  Seriously though, it would be pretty hard to keep these things out of the public domain these days.

 

The touch screen displays are a bit of an expensive gimmick anyway.  And why would you want to look at CCTV cameras on an alarm keypad in a hallway Etc. when you can do the same on your phone. Someone on one of the Facebook forums posted a pic of a new Honeywell commercial security range. I cannot remember the name, but it looked quite different to any of the Galaxy products of yesteryear.

Doubt you get hkc firmware

9 minutes ago, sixwheeledbeast said:

Just find it unusual, a lot of manufacturers try to distribute there firmware on a need to know basis, to make it harder to access.

They are maybe concerned that someone could RE it and find some exploit, I am not saying it's a good or bad thing just unusual.

I suppose exploits for IP devices are more what people are looking for, Hik took the method of obscuring there firmware files when they realised people where finding exploits.

Texe firmware all on download public?

Nope. It's probably not hard to access but it's not "public"

1 hour ago, sixwheeledbeast said:

Nope. It's probably not hard to access but it's not "public"

Hkc is all through licenced software 

 

Don't think you can do it with files , or atleast installers can't 

 

Jw?

It makes sense to publish from a common source rather than file shares on facebook.

Yeah, they're a professional panel... 

12 hours ago, Logan said:

Galaxy panels are soo confusing even this panel confused me    its its currently all in parts as i try to figure it out 

As a collector museum dude you wouldn't be expected to do complicated stuff

17 hours ago, al-yeti said:

Hkc is all through licenced software 

 

Don't think you can do it with files , or atleast installers can't 

 

Jw?

Not by fw files. There is an app for upgrading that will have firmware contained in the exe

2 hours ago, Logan said:

Turns out one of the keypads were faulty as the ent button was stuck 

That doesn't remove the fact they are complicated for you