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

2.0 Beta

Compatible Products

• All the Honeywell Ademco Vista alarm panels that AD2USB supports.

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. After Luup has restarted, reload the web page. (best use <Ctrl + F5> to do so)

Usage

On the dashboard, the panel device displays its version and the faulted zones. The partitions device display the current arming status. Here are the statuses' meaning:

• Disarmed = DISARMED
• Armed = AWAY
• ArmedInstant? = MAXIMUM
• Stay = STAY
• StayInstant? = INSTANT
• Night = NIGHT-STAY

Notes

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'