HoneywellGalaxy Driver - The HoneywellGalaxySerialNetwork

Overview

A HoneywellGalaxySerialNetworkrepresents a device connected via RS232.

You can add as many HoneywellGalaxySerialNetworks to a station as required - the only limit to this is the number of devices in your license file.

Adding a HoneywellGalaxySerialNetworkto a station

To add a HoneywellGalaxySerialNetworkwork perform the following steps:

  1. Open the station and expand the Config tree.
  2. Double click on the the Drivers node.
  3. In the Driver Manager window click the New button.
  4. Select HoneywellGalaxySerialNetwork from the drop down list and click Ok.
    Adding a HoneywellGalaxySerialNetwork
  5. Enter a name for the network and click Ok.
    Entering the name for the HoneywellGalaxySerialNetwork

Configuring a HoneywellGalaxySerialNetwork

Once a HoneywellGalaxySerialNetwork has been added to the station, you need to select the serial port to be used.

  1. Locate the HoneywellGalaxySerialNetwork in the device manager.
  2. Right click on the HoneywellGalaxySerialNetwork and select Views->Property Sheet from the context menu.
  3. Expand the Communicator tree.
  4. Expand the Serial Port Parameters tree.
  5. Enter the port name into the Port Name field. For instance COM1.
  6. Leave the Baud Rate field set to Baud9600.
  7. Leave the Data Bits field set to Data Bits8.
  8. Leave the Stop Bits field set to Stop Bits1.
  9. Leave the Parity field set to None.
  10. Leave the Flow Control Mode field set to its default of no option selected.
  11. Click on the Save button.
    Configuring a HoneywellGalaxySerialNetwork

Serial connection wiring

The serial connection is located on the bottom left corner of the main board. The connections are:
Galaxy Panel JACE DB9 COM1
TX Pin 2 RX
RX Pin 3 TX
CTS Pin 7 RTS
RTS Pin 8 CTS