= The Visonic Powermax Plugin for Vera=
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Visonic produces the Powermax alarm panel series (Powermax, Powermax+, !PowermaxExpress, !PowerMaxPro and !PowermaxComplete). This plugin allows you to control the alarm panel via Vera (arm/disarm) and allows you to use the Powermax sensors (movement, door contact, ...) within Vera. For example, you can use Powermax sensors in Vera scenes.  

The Powermax provides support for a serial interface that can be connected to Vera. The serial interface is not installed by default but can be ordered from any Powermax vendor for about £30 (called the Visonic RS-232 Adaptor Kit). Visonic does not provide a specification of the RS232 protocol and, thus, the plugin uses the available protocol specification given in [http://www.domoticaforum.eu/viewtopic.php?f=68&t=6581].

== Development Status ==
Supported and ested features:
 * Supported Panels: Powermax+ and !PowerMaxPro are confirmed to work
 * Supported Sensors: Motion Sensors, !Door/Window Contacts
 * Supported Functions: Arm, !ArmHome, Disarm

To do list:
 * Sensors: Fire Detector, Flood Detector, ...
 * Functions: display/decode all possible events, read eventlog, handle alarms 
 * Specials: allow sending X10 commands via Vera, make keyfob buttons available in vera  

== Links ==
 * Forum: [http://forum.micasaverde.com/index.php?topic=6884.0]
 * Protocol Specification: [http://www.domoticaforum.eu/viewtopic.php?f=68&t=6581]
 * Protocol Discussion: [http://www.domoticaforum.eu/viewtopic.php?f=68&t=6517]

== Starting Points ==

 * TracGuide --  Built-in Documentation
 * [http://trac.edgewall.org/ The Trac project] -- Trac Open Source Project
 * [http://trac.edgewall.org/wiki/TracFaq Trac FAQ] -- Frequently Asked Questions
 * TracSupport --  Trac Support

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