mikel

Hello James, Thanks for the reply. Thanks for letting me know. Okay, that makes sense. I understand the issues, we will do a site survey first. We will go for the keypad in that case. Best regards, Michael.

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.