Smartthings with AD2PI Network appliance

[Scott]

Can you arm/disarm your panel normally with the AlarmDecoder?

The AD software should automatically send a * to the panel when it sees that message. The first thing I'd check is the keypad address on the AlarmDecoder, which should be 31 if it's an SE panel. If it's failing to send it'll never clear that message.

An incorrect address would also keep the panic from working. Since the documentation is a little lacking at this point I should probably note that the panic button is a tri-state and needs to be hit 3 times to trigger.

[theraptscallion]

I just received the pre-built network appliance a few weeks back to install with an Ademco Vista 128BP panel. I wired everything up appropriately, addressed the keypad, and connected the device to my network with ethernet. The diagnostics in the setup work fine (4 green checks), and smartthings will update panel status, but it doesn't let me arm or disarm. What obvious step am I missing or how should I approach troubleshooting?

EDIT: I can telnet into the device, it responds to commands, and I can send the * successfully. I can't seem to arm or disarm the panel at all from the webapp or the telnet interface however, so it's not so much a smartthings issue.

[kevin]

Did you enable a keypad address for the alarmdecoder in your panel? Seeing messages but not being able to send - this is the first thing we check.

[theraptscallion]

I enabled an alpha keypad at 18 and gave it global master access. I tried adding another keypad at 19 and giving it only single partition access (I only have the one partition) and changed the device to 19. Didn't make a difference.

EDIT: If I assign the appliance to one of the physical keypad addresses (1 or 2) it gives an error in the GUI test suggesting I change wiring in the "send" diagnostic and those physical keypads won't arm or disarm depending on which I have it assigned to.

EDIT 2: I assigned it to the installer keypad (which stays unconnected most of the time) and it seems to work. It must be one of the keypad programming settings I enabled is wrong somehow. I'll do some experimenting and report back with a fresh post to the general help the community after I figure out which setting was the cuplrit!

[theraptscallion]

Now that I've had a chance to play around with the smartapp and the smartthings integration, I've been favorably impressed. I do want to echo reversing the open and closed code, as the native smartthings attempt at security will fault if the Alarm Decoder zones are open. Other than that, it works as advertised and I can base triggers on the zone's state changing.

[jasonsf]

Hi, I have some questions for anyone who has successfully setup automations around the Service Manager.

First, is there a way to change the alarm state based on a button press? I have a minimote that I would like to use as an alarm remote. So far I have been unsuccessful getting AlarmDecoder to respond when I make it the target of the buttons.

Second, I would like the SamrtThings Home Monitor to sync its state with the Service Manager. So, it I arm Service Manager, the Home Monitor arms also and vice versa. Has anyone successfully written anything to do that. I've tried using the CoRE rules engine but I'm stuck when trying to figure out what kind of device the Service Manager emulates. If I choose a Lock, it allows locking and unlocking, but I don't see how to choose between Home and Away modes.

The third issue I have is not SmartThings related. I would like to use the Web App notifications but none of the default integrations work for me. I was playing around with the Custom notification to try triggering a PushBullet notification but I can't seem to get the header parameters right. Has anyone gotten that working successfully? Or perhaps triggering an IFTTT recipe? I'm going to try to get the email working but so far I've only tried hitting the yahoo smtp server and it is rejecting my password. I'll keep working on it.

Thanks in advance for any advice you guys have. Despite these issues, it is really nice being able to use the alarm system that came with my home without paying a monitoring service!

Jason

[jasonsf]

I've answered some of my own questions.

First, is there a way to change the alarm state based on a button press? I have a minimote that I would like to use as an alarm remote. So far I have been unsuccessful getting AlarmDecoder to respond when I make it the target of the buttons.

I'm still looking for the right way to trigger these. The button controller smartapp seems to work ok by toggling the AlarmDecoder device as a lock or a switch.

Second, I would like the SamrtThings Home Monitor to sync its state with the Service Manager. So, it I arm Service Manager, the Home Monitor arms also and vice versa. Has anyone successfully written anything to do that. I've tried using the CoRE rules engine but I'm stuck when trying to figure out what kind of device the Service Manager emulates. If I choose a Lock, it allows locking and unlocking, but I don't see how to choose between Home and Away modes.

Apparently the smartapp for the AD2SmartThings project does this and maybe it is something AlarmDecoder can add to their smart app. I've been able to make some CoRE Pistons that will probably work.

The third issue I have is not SmartThings related. I would like to use the Web App notifications but none of the default integrations work for me. I was playing around with the Custom notification to try triggering a PushBullet notification but I can't seem to get the header parameters right. Has anyone gotten that working successfully? Or perhaps triggering an IFTTT recipe? I'm going to try to get the email working but so far I've only tried hitting the yahoo smtp server and it is rejecting my password. I'll keep working on it.

I've successfully used the IFTTT Maker channel to send push notifications to my phone.

Jason

[jasonsf]

Scott - this code is backwards:

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The "open" and "closed" need switched

I just ran in to this. I manually changed my service manager, but this is going to be a problem because SmartThings sees Open Contact Sensors as faulted. Smart Home Manager will not be able to use those virtual contact sensors correctly.

Jason