= DSC Alarm Panel =

This Plugin connects a DSC Alarm Panel with MiOS system, via an IT-100 interface board or compatible interface.

To make it easy to handle different panel features, the plugin defines three different devices on the MiOS system:

'''main device'''[[Image(main_panel1.png, align=right)]]
This represents the panel itself.  The main tab contains:
     - A display with any message shown by the panel's LCD screen.
     - A text entry box to set the access code used by the plugin to access the panel.
     - A button to synchronize the panel's clock with Vera's.
There are four 'global' alarms on the panel:
      - Fire Key
      - Auxiliary Key
      - Panic Key
      - Auxiliary Input
Each of these can generate an event when triggered or cleared.

'''partition subdevices'''[[Image(partition_panel.png, align=right)]]

On the main tab the device shows the partition status ('Ready', 'In Alarm', 'Disarmed', etc), and has five buttons to send commands to the partition: 'Away', 'Stay', 'Armed no Entry Delay', 'Arm with Code', 'Disarm'.

Events are generated on status changes.

'''zones or sensors'''

Each zone is represented as a sensor device.  Currently you can select which appears as  'Smoke sensors' and which as 'Motion sensors'.  There's no functional difference between them, but a UI can list them apart, or show different icons.

Events are generated on status changes.