Section 8: Rf Hints And Tips - Honeywell Galaxy 2 Series Installation Manual

Galaxy 2 Series Installation Manual
RF Hints & Tips

SECTION 8: RF HINTS AND TIPS

How to Install RF
The system works with the current 5800 receivers on ECP and/or the V2 Wireless Receiver on RS485. A
maximum of two RF receivers can be fitted on the ECP bus and two on the RS485 bus, to support up to 44
zones. The two RF receivers are in addition to the prox keypads. All programming is local in the panel. Up to
23 RF fobs and 23 prox tags/cards can be added to the system.
RF Zones
To ease installation, there is a built-in signal strength reading for each Alpha or V2 protocol detector. This is
viewable from the keypad, in walk test (option 31), in display zones (option 21) and from program zones
(option 52).
All RF device handling is done in the Control panel. No device processing takes place at the receiver. This
allow all transmitting devices to signal to the alarm panel via the nearest available receiver (Roaming) as per
the 5882 system, but including Rolling Code fobs.
RF Stop Set
There is a facility to prevent setting if any of the supervised peripherals have not sent a supervision signal within
the previous 20 minutes. An indication will only be given if RF Chech is enabled (see menu
51.50.6= Parameters.RF Options.RF Check) The devices involved are indicated to the user at the time of
starting the setting procedure. This condition is not a fault. The 2HR supervision fail is a fault. This stop-set is
merely a warning to the user that the system cannot determine the status of the detector.
NOTE: This function only checks zones with RF supervision enabled (see menu 52.5.3=Zones.RF
Options.Supervision)
RF Diagnostics
Facilities are provided to allow the panel to record and pass the following information to the remote servicing
software for remote diagnostics.
1. Minimum signal strength for each detector from each receiver.
2. Current signal strength for each detector from each receiver.
3. Maximum background noise for each receiver.
4. Current background noise for each receiver.
5. Transmitter battery status.
NOTE: Only point 5 is applicable to 5800 series receivers.
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