Honeywell Galaxy 16+

[stokie79]

Hi,
I have a Honeywell Galaxy 16+ alarm and would like some help to be able to control it remotely, if at all possible !

Here is a shot of the alarm so you an tell

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Looks like a cat5 connection is there, so I wondered can this be done?

If so do I need to get anything else ?

 

[sparkymarka]

The 16 + is very old so I very much doubt it !

 

[GalaxyGuy]

Best replace with a G2 panel or better. Cost 35-85 on ebay depending on model g2-12 to g2-44. The other parts of your system will be compatible and you can add an LCE module for Ethernet capability.

 

[stokie79]

Ok well I just ordered this

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/121598609574?_trksid=p2057872.m2749.l2649&ssPageName=STRK:MEBIDX:IT


Will that work now?

 

[alan333]

Tha's what I did, swapped my old Galaxy 8+ for a G2-12 and added the £50 ethernet module.

 

[stokie79]

Great stuff, I have just ordered that add on from sm security too so hopefully that will come this week too. Galaxy guy says my old alarm stuff will work with it, I was hopeing my keypad will still work did you have to change yours Alan?

This is my keypad

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• stokie79
• 22 Mar 2015
• 1

 

[GalaxyGuy]

That will work fine.

 

[stokie79]

Great stuff just wait for my stuff to arrive then try and workout how to set it all up

 

[Europlex]

Do you have any manuals for the Galaxy?

If you don't you are going to have fun.

I would start searching around now or you will get very frustrated with the panel when it arrives if there is not one supplied.

I don't think Honeywell puts the manual in the panel any more, I might be wrong though.

 

[stokie79]

Thanks for the tip, will take a peek

 

[alan333]

Your old keypad will work fine as GalaxyGuy says, but we upgraded ours to an identical looking one with the keyprox function, ie tags you touch against the keypad for setting and unsetting. Very handy when you come in with bags of shopping etc.

Here's a link to the installation manual...

http://www.beacon-ni.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/Honeywell-Galaxy-Series-2-User-Manual.pdf

Edit...here's a link to a keyprox keypad
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Honeywell...011?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_3&hash=item1c5006b87b

And to the key prox tags/fobs. They come up on ebay singularly too, it's just to show you what they are like...
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/10-x-Gala...877?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_3&hash=item463526ef9d

Edit again...with the keyprox keypads you can adjust the keypad button volume too, if that's as important to you as it was to us.

 

[stokie79]

Great post thanks Alan, the alarm is for my bird shed so don't think I would need a keyprox. I have one of those in my house alarm already, and use it more than the keypad !

This is why I want the remote access feature, so I can set and unset should it go off in the night without it going off for a long time to annoy the neighbours, we will not here the alarm if we are in bed

 

[stokie79]

does anyone know how i can alarm this window?

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• stokie79
• 23 Mar 2015
• 1

I was thinking of drilling through each pipe, and putting alarm wire through them all, then putting a 1k resistor on the end and putting the two bare wires into the alarm control box would that work, so it the wire is broken it would set the alarm off?

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• stokie79
• 23 Mar 2015
• 1

 

[GalaxyGuy]

Would work, but would not protect against bars being bent open.

Something like the Takex/Pulnix external beams may provide a better solution:
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Takex-PB6...992?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_3&hash=item4191c8fed0

 

[stokie79]

those look very posh!

Problem with a " beam " is the birds sometimes fly at the window and grab the netting, meaning they an hold on, so could easily break the beam, assuming they work like a PIR?

i could do with something that don't detect movement, Those bars are bent in to the holes, so if i can find a way of getting the wire tight ish then that might just work