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The flashing stars mean that the keypad has lost the connection with the central control box (the steel one with Galaxy on the lid) - though oddly the power is still on. Have you had a power cut or carried out any DIY that might have damaged the cable? Try pressing the Esc a few times and see if...

Interesting. Which version of the firmware have you seen this in? Does it actually allow you to configure a TT into the panel? The TouchCenter was actually made for the American market and bodged into the Galaxy range - hence the three LEDs on the RHS that don't actually do anything. It does...

GalaxyGuy: Have you thought about making Selfmon for Texecom? Given how unreliable their own offering is there must be a market for it. And Texecom will provide the protocol.

A good question. I've still got to stick a detector in the loft but was also unsure what type: * Heat - it gets pretty hot in a loft in summer. Alarms trigger at something like 60 degrees. There's a good chance of false alarms. * Optical - it's pretty dusty in a loft. Dust in the sensor chamber...

The master socket should be the one that is connected to the cable coming in from the street. There are only two wires in a master socket - connected to the A and B terminals. The colours used will vary. Extension sockets should use slave sockets. The number of wires connected between these and...

Personally I prefer to keep what are essentially 'safety critical' and 'convenience' devices completely separate. If your alarm fails for some reason then that's unfortunate, though it's unlikely to cost you your life. However, if your smoke alarms don't activate and wake you up because of a...

Have you configured an exit time in menu 51? By default there is no time set and it'll sit there forever.

Yes. It is straightforward to disable this: * Enter engineer mode by entering the engineer PIN * Select option 56 (comms) * Select option 1 (internal telecoms) * Select option 10 (line fail) * Ensure that all three options are set to disabled You may have to restart the panel to clear the...

In this configuration there are still wires between the two (albeit a couple of inches long). These aren't supplied with the alarm or relay - as with the other devices 1mm 3 core and earth would be fine.

Hi, Apologies for the delay in replying. Yes. The first alarm in the chain is powered using normal 1mm 2 core and earth cable. Subsequent alarms are chained off this using three core and earth cable. You have two choices with the relay. As Phil suggested you could fit one of the alarms to it...

Yes. I have a set of Aico mains powered smoke alarms, which each have a 9v PP3 battery inside them. The alarms are powered off the mains and if the mains fails they are powered off the internal battery. They are connected together with conventional 3 core and earth cable. If one alarm sounds...

Agreed. With the addition of a ComIP or ComWiFi and the Texecom app you can be remotely notified that a detector operated. If you have everything on separate zones and more than one goes off then it sounds like your house is on fire! Ideally I'd like to have each detector on separate zones, and...

Personally I prefer to keep what are essentially 'safety critical' and 'convenience' devices completely separate. If your Texecom alarm fails for some reason then that's unfortunate, though it's unlikely to cost you your life. However, if your smoke alarms don't activate and wake you up because...

I've got one of these on the garage ceiling for exactly this reason: https://www.riscogroup.com/products/family/124 You can often pick them up on eBay for less than a tenner. Note that the microwave will need very careful adjustment to avoid picking up people walking past outside the garage door!

Personally I prefer to keep what are essentially 'safety critical' and 'convenience' devices completely separate. If your Galaxy alarm fails for some reason then that's unfortunate, though it's unlikely to cost you your life. However, if your smoke alarms don't activate and wake you up because...