Smartthings with AD2PI Network appliance

[JJsLegacy]

Few questions - not sure if you can answer yet but thought I would ask.

1. I see you guys mention "network appliance" which to me is the ad2pi/pi setup. Will this not work with a pi/ad2usb or any other combo? Why the network appliance as I assume it's connecting to the same code.

2. How tightly will this be integrated? For example can I teach the ST to understand what zone is windows and will it know if a zone is faulted (in this case open)? I would like to create a rule for example that turns off the HVAC if my wife decides to open some windows. I think I could create this rule but it would depend on what data ST is really going to get from the alarmdecoder device. I'd rather not buy a bunch of more sensors to make this work.

Thanks!

Jeffrey

[kevin]

Few questions - not sure if you can answer yet but thought I would ask.

1. I see you guys mention "network appliance" which to me is the ad2pi/pi setup. Will this not work with a pi/ad2usb or any other combo? Why the network appliance as I assume it's connecting to the same code.

2. How tightly will this be integrated? For example can I teach the ST to understand what zone is windows and will it know if a zone is faulted (in this case open)? I would like to create a rule for example that turns off the HVAC if my wife decides to open some windows. I think I could create this rule but it would depend on what data ST is really going to get from the alarmdecoder device. I'd rather not buy a bunch of more sensors to make this work.

Thanks!

Jeffrey

1. Network appliance is the easiest way to sum it up. Anything that is running our web application successfully will be compatible.

2. Don't know yet - but you will always be able to reference a zone by zone number - the ideal situation would be to be able to create scenes like this, though.

[JJsLegacy]

Thanks Kevin - sounds great!

Look forward to testing this out and looks like I will be able to add a nice bit of functionality to my setup!

[ChadCK]

This would be an amazing setup if it integrated into smartthings so easily as described so far. I've been looking for something for a long time to do the self monitoring of an alarm panel. I was ready to buy an envisalink till I found this device and then this thread about working toward smartthings integration without having to go through a whole project of setting up an arduino and shield. I think this alone would draw many more people to this device.

Any progress update, i know things like this takes time, hoping we all get to see and use it soon Thanks for the hard work.

[Scott]

I'm working on a release with the RESTful API and a few other features. Getting that out the door will let me focus on the SmartThings side of things again. I just have a bit of testing left and then finalizing the new Raspbian image and it'll go out, hopefully later this week.

So, still no ETA, but things are moving forward!

[terryhonn]

Awesome, can't wait!

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[Scott]

Hey folks,

Sorry I've been so quiet, but I come bearing gifts!

https://github.com/nutechsoftware/alarmdecoder-smartthings

The README should provide a decent overview of it's capabilities as well as the setup process. Please give it a go and let me know if you have any issues.

[JJsLegacy]

awesome stuff guys.

few questions and one issue.

1. Does the panic button make a straight call and has no popup warning etc? Freaks me out a bit having that so easy to bump if so. Frankly I will likely never use the panic from the smartthings app - by the time smartthings opened and refreshed I would be dead

2. Is the zones of 12 in the service manager and 8 switches set that way to any reason? Any limits or just decided on those numbers?

3. Can I rename the 8 switches that are created to match my zones or will that break the process of turning the virtual switch on? ( I haven't changed them yet)


One issue I see so far is when I trip a zone the corresponding switch I setup does not seem to change state. Not sure if there is more I need to do. I edited switch#8 and put in a 5 for example for zone 5 but state never changes as I open the window and leave it open. I do see a "5" in the red circle showing the fault in the smartapp so I know it's detecting it.

[Scott]

1. Does the panic button make a straight call and has no popup warning etc? Freaks me out a bit having that so easy to bump if so. Frankly I will likely never use the panic from the smartthings app - by the time smartthings opened and refreshed I would be dead

It does instantly set it off, and that's a really good point. Would hate to have cops show up guns drawn for what amounts to a butt-dial. Might see about some sort of double (or maybe triple) press with a timer to reset it back to #1 if it wasn't completed.

2. Is the zones of 12 in the service manager and 8 switches set that way to any reason? Any limits or just decided on those numbers?

12 and 8 refer to two different things related to zones. I should make these constants..

12 is the number of status tiles on the main window and is the maximum number of faults that'll be displayed there. That number was chosen for uniformity in the UI, and could easily be increased or decreased according to your tastes and needs.

8 is the number of virtual switches, which was chosen because it's the number of hardwired zones on the most common Vista panels. That can also be changed as necessary. Few more places to change this one, I think.

3. Can I rename the 8 switches that are created to match my zones or will that break the process of turning the virtual switch on? ( I haven't changed them yet)

You should be able to change these without issue, but it'll take a little bit of a rework since it's done with a loop currently. You can find that particular piece of code in addExistingDevices() in service_manager.groovy. The label is the bit you'd change.

One issue I see so far is when I trip a zone the corresponding switch I setup does not seem to change state. Not sure if there is more I need to do. I edited switch#8 and put in a 5 for example for zone 5 but state never changes as I open the window and leave it open. I do see a "5" in the red circle showing the fault in the smartapp so I know it's detecting it.

I'll see if I can reproduce this. At least we're seeing it in the tiles!

Thanks for the feedback!

[JJsLegacy]

Thanks Scott,


For now I commented out:
state "default", action:"alarm.both", icon:"st.Health & Wellness.health9", label: "PANIC"

This just leaves a blank tile. It would be nice if you could change colors on taps for example - like green,yellow,red and if you hit red without a reset you better get your hands up

For the renaming of the virtual switches - I can rename them in the ios APP but I was guessing that will break the logic to turn them on and off - is that true or does it us use some other link between?
I would like to name them very specifcally like "office windows" , "front door" etc so I can use them later for making rules. Not that I can't do it with the # just not as easy to remember.


As for my virtual switches not working - I have about 14 zones and my numbers bounce around a bit so not sure if that is causing an issue but I was just testing with zone 5 specifically but I did test a few others and nothing changed. I didn't see anything in the event logs either for turning on the switch etc.

Thanks!