I would like to install either a Honeywell Galaxy 2-20 or 2-44.
The house is very large with detached garages 10m away. Because the majority of the house
floors can not be lifted and the decoration disturbed a wireless system must be fitted. This
does not seem to be a problem for the Galaxy G2.
Initial assessment suggest that in excess of 40 wireless detectors are required (dual-tec,
door contacts, smoke alarms etc). As far as I can tell from the Honeywell specs there is no
limit to the number of wireless detectors that can be added to the system, is this correct?
Without doing a detailed RF site survey I anticipate that 2 RF portals will be required, the
maximum that can be fitted with the Galaxy G2. The specs say that RF range in free space
is 2km and once inside the fabric of a building reduces down to 100m. Is this a realistic
assumption for a 2 storey block/brick house with little or no steel work?
I assume that the standard PSU in the Galaxy 2-20 or 2-44 control panel is okay to drive
2 RF portals, looking at the specs?
Honeywell have released a second generation RF portal C079-2, is this available yet?
There also seem to be some new panic buttons available such as TCBPA8M, can these
be obtained yet? I can't see them on the web site.
The installation manual describes the programming of the system via the keypad, which
looks time consuming. The other option seems to be the RSS via RS-232. How would I
obtain this software?
Any help would be welcome.
Thank you
Michael.