HoneywellGalaxy Driver - The HoneywellGalaxyPointDeviceExt

Overview

A HoneywellGalaxyPointDeviceExt represents the container that holds the different points in relation to a Honeywell Galaxy system.

This is a frozen property on a HoneywellGalaxyDevice called the Points Folder.

Zones

Creating PX buttons for Zone actions

Since version 1.0.8.1 new actions have been added to points in order to assist UI set / unset buttons in relation to zones.

The actions behave as if the user has directly interacted with the keypad, removing any coalesing behaviour.
When the actions are invoked, they directly send the commands to the panel, ignoring the control logic of the point, which will continue running in the background. This allows for the command to be sent, irrelevant of if it was the last command sent to the panel.

These new actions may be hidden by modifying the flags against the relevant action's slot if necessary for any existing UI's.

Zone addressing

In Niagara, zones are mapped from 1 - 528.

The mapping of the zones depends upon the setting of the zone addressing property under the Network of the driver.

For any new installations the zone addressing should be set to CCC zone numbers - Niagara zone numbers will then directly map to the CCC (3 digit contact ID) numbers.
This is preferred as any contact with technicians familiar with the Galaxy panel, won't be confused by a alternative Zone numbering system.

Any driver updates to existing installations should have the addressing property set to Traditional in order to maintain the current zone mappings.
PLEASE NOTE: If the zones used are all in the range 1 - 256 in the existing setup, then the mode can be changed to CCC to ease later maintainance on the system

In built to the driver is a tool, in order to assist with the mapping of the hard wired zones of the Galaxy panel, to the zones represented in Niagara. This tool can be found by right click over the Panel under the device in the network, and then under the Views menu the item Remote Spy.

The first table of importance is the Zone Number - Current Protocol Mappings. This table maps the Niagara zone numbers, to the CCC (3 digit contact ID) numbering system relevant to the Galaxy panels. In the addressing mode CCC, Niagara zones will match the CCC (3 digit contact ID) number. In the traditional addressing mode zones above 256 are mapped differently. CCC 257 - 272 become niagara zones 513 - 528. The final column is the 4 digit ID, which is used in the next set of tables on the page to identify the physical wiring of the panel in relation to a 4 digit ID.

The Galaxy panel has some on-board connections, as well as lines that external RIO's can be connected to in order to expand the system. There is a table for each of the 4 expansion lines that can be used, as well as the on-board connections.

  1. On-board RIO addresses
  2. Line 1 RIO addresses
  3. Line 2 RIO addresses
  4. Line 3 RIO addresses
  5. Line 4 RIO addresses

Each row in the table displays the following information: