Another Galaxy 48 ADT reset / crash / factory default thread

[garethwestwood]

Hey DIYnot-ers,

I've seen several threads on here relating to the various ADT Galaxy 48 Galaxy Dimension 48 systems and ways to reset them.

Our situation is fairly typical, moved into a new premises where there is an ADT branded alarm system but I'm not prepared to pay them a load of cash for doing not a lot. I like understanding stuff like this and would like to take the opportunity to RTFM and set it up myself.

I've disconnected (after carefully photographing and labelling!) everything from the main board except for a single keyprox and have tried several combinations of;
isolate mains
remove cover
replace cover screw to push tamper switch
remove backup battery
remove cr2032 battery
links out zone 1 to 0v
link out bell tamper to ground
wait 10 mins
replace cr2032
replace backup
turn on mains

Each time the same thing seems to happen;
buzzer goes off and the top line of the display shows *'s
screen goes blank buzzer stops
screen displays "configuring please wait"
screen displays I get "press any key to setup" and an alternating beep starts
pressing any key takes you to a language selection page (esc here just seems to accept default)
I then get a "defaults" selection with 14 options

ADT Com UK
ADT Res UK
ADT Com IE
ADT Res IE
Sp
Portugal
Czech Rep
Slovakia
Hungary
Italy
Netherlands
NFa2p France
T014 Belgium

No matter which "default" I select I then find that entering the pin 12345 allows me to see the warnings and allows me to set and unset the system but does not let me access the engineer menu options. Entering 112233 ent gives me an "insufficient access rights" message.

So, it looks to me like I'm partly resetting (I believe in alarm parlance it's referred to as crashing) the system as it's asking for that initial setup but clearly as the first 4 menu options are ADT ones, it's not totally reset

Can someone point out the (probably obvious) thing that I'm missing.

 

[sparkymarka]

Galaxy guy is the person to talk to ….as ADT may have there own firmware in the panel ( non standard )

 

[garethwestwood]

Hey @sparkymarka, thanks for coming back to me (and for all the other advice you have given to others previously).

I was beginning to assume it was going to be something like that.... I'll hold fire and see if @GalaxyGuy appears at some point.

 

[sparkymarka]

How much stuff is on the alarm ? It may be cheaper to swop out to another brand ….?

 

[garethwestwood]

1 keypad, 12 (I think) detectors of various types, I had a quick look on ebay and GD48 used units seem to be around £150.

I did also spot that I can get a SPI key with "normal" firmware that I guess I might be able to use to re-flash it? Have asked the seller if this is likely to work. I guess it only works if SPI key is enabled in one of the default configs.

 

[GalaxyGuy]

You need to enable engineering access using the manager code first. So, manager code then menu 48 and enable access, then esc out of the menu and enter as engineer. If you are starting from default, then get the SPI key to upgrade to non ADT. It will be easier in the long run and get you on v7.04 with all bug fixes. I sell the SelfMon SPI keys. You can pick up the Honeywell SPI key, but they both have the same functionality.

 

[garethwestwood]

@GalaxyGuy good work, I'm in.

Wanna post a link (if allowed) or send me a DM to where I can get one of those SPI keys from you? I've had a really quick look at SelfMon and I like the look of it.

 

[GalaxyGuy]

I'll PM you

 

[garethwestwood]

For the record for anyone finding this thread in the future;

Ordered a SelfMon (google them) SPI key from ebay but you can also get them direct from SelfMon
Arrived next business day
Followed the included instructions
ADT purged from my alarm

You don't need to subscribe to SelfMon to use the SPI key but it looks to be £1 a month to subscribe if you don't enable any SMS / Voice alerts and that sounds well worth it to me particularly if you compare it to what the "big boys" charge for similar features.

Now I just need to teach myself how to program it but that's what the programming manual is for.

Thanks again to @GalaxyGuy and @sparkymarka for the assistance.