Honeywell Ademco Vista Alarm Panels Plugin via AD2USB

Plugin for basic integration with the Honeywell Ademco Vista panels via the AD2USB keypad emulator.

Current Version

2.2

Compatible Products

All the Honeywell Ademco Vista alarm panels that AD2USB supports. NOTE: This plugin uses the GOTO command to switch between partitions when more than one partition is used. If the panel doesn't support this command, the plugin won't work correctly for more than one partition. From what I've seen, the only panels with two or more partitions that don't support this command are the SE panels.

Installation

1. Download these files on your computer:

• ​ D_VistaAlarmPanel1.json
• ​ D_VistaAlarmPanel1.xml
• ​ D_VistaAlarmPartition1.json
• ​ D_VistaAlarmPartition1.xml
• ​ I_VistaAlarmPanel1.xml
• ​ L_VistaAlarmPanel1.lua
• ​ S_AlarmPartition2.xml
• ​ S_VistaAlarmPanel1.xml

2. On the Vera dashboard, go to MiOS Developers -> Luup Files and upload all 8 files you downloaded.
3. If Restart Luup after upload is checked, uncheck it, then click GO.
4. Go to Create Device; in the UpnpDevFilename field enter D_VistaAlarmPanel1.xml and in the Description field enter Honeywell Ademco Vista (or any name you want). Press the Create Device button.
5. Restart Luup by clicking the curving arrows in upper right corner in the dashboard.
6. In the created device's control panel open the Advanced tab and enter the number of active partitions in the NumPartitions input field. If this field doesn't exist, reload the web page.

Warning: The plugin might not work correctly if this number is incorrect.

7. Restart Luup. After restart a device for each partition is created.
8. In the partition's control panel, open the Advanced tab and in the KeypadAddresses input field enter the addresses of the keypads assigned to this partition. If there are more than one keypad for a partition, enter the addresses of each keypad separated by a comma (e.g. If the keypads at addresses 17, 19 and 23 are assigned to this partition, the KeypadAddresses will be 17,19,23). Repeat this for all the partition devices.

NOTE: If the KeypadAddresses field doesn't exist, reload the web page.

WARNING: The plugin won't work correctly if these variables aren't correctly set.

9. Restart Luup.
10. Assign and configure the serial port to the panel device: in the panel device's control panel, open the Settings tab, click on the I/O button to open the Serial Port configuration panel and select the serial port connected to the AD2USB. Set the Baud to 115200.
11. Restart Luup.
12. Enjoy using the plugin. :)

Usage

On the dashboard

Te panel device displays its version and the faulted zones. The partitions device display the current arming status. Here are the statuses' real equivalents:

Displayed status	Real status
Ready	DISARMED, READY TO ARM
NotReady	DISARMED, with one or more FAULTED zones
Armed	AWAY
ArmedInstant	MAXIMUM
Stay	STAY
StayInstant	INSTANT
Night	NIGHT-STAY

The alarm panel device control panel

Clear Message clears the status messages generated by the plugin in the status box (upper-right corner of the dashboard).

In the Advanced tab there are two important variables: DebugMode and NumPartitions.

DebugMode is 1 (enabled) by default, which means that the plugin logs all the events. Setting this to 0 (disabled) will make the plugin log only the most important events, like errors.

NumPartitions is the number of partitions, which is 1 by default. The plugin may crash if this number is incorrect.

The partition device control panel

To bypass a zone enter the zone number in the Bypass Zones input box. To bypass several zones, enter the zone numbers separated by a comma. To bypass all the zones leave the box empty or enter all.

Chime Mode activates or deactivates chime mode for the current partition. The button will turn green if it's active.

Notes

• ALL the partition actions require the correct PIN code. The reason for this is that the plugin doesn't know what partition the AD2USB is assigned to, or even if it's assigned to any. So the plugin first executes a GOTO command, which requires the PIN code of the target partition.

• After performing an action using the PIN code, it is stored in an internal variable, and it will be used ONLY for getting the faulted zones.

Debugging

By default, the plugin logs only the important events, like alarms and errors. To enable verbose logging go to the Advanced tab in the panel device's Toolbox and set the DebugMode to 1 then restart Luup.

How to see the logs:

You can find how to see the logs here:

​http://wiki.micasaverde.com/index.php/Logs

It is recommended to look only for the log entries with levels 01 (errors) and 50 (Lua):

tail -f LuaUPnP.log | grep '^01\|^50'