DSC Alarm

Plugins & Plugin Development DSC Alarm System
#1

I have recently fiddled with my USB port and tried to add a extender to it. I have my DSC alarm plug in via IT100 serial port adaptor. I want to do data logging and need a memory stick plugged in as well (VERALITE only has 1 USB port)
It has caused alot of faulting and I have reset my network.
Now back up an running I have hassle with my DSC alarm. Not sure if I have set it up properly or need to change the serial port settings…
I can see all the Zone of the the alarm … I can use them to create scenes etc. I can use my luup code that I had to poll all zones for Open/Close etc. However I cannot “send instructions” to the alarm …, eg ARMING it or the scenes I have that can indiviually BYPASS the zones on the Alarm (used if I have a zone that is going off … I bypass that zone and reset the alarm. NB …EnableRemoteArm has been set to “disarm”

?? My Alarm has 32 Zones … I think I have an extender card that take it from 16 zones to 32 . I have only one PARTION set on the Vera, and that how it used to work. . The alarm device has the same ID# as before , however the PARTION has a different ID# . I do not see any reference I need to change in any code to point to the new Partition #

What should I look at?
Any possibility that the SERIAL cable is the fault here?

Any help will be appreciated
Thanks
Andrew

#2
I cannot "send instructions" to the alarm ..., eg ARMING it or the scenes I have that can indiviually BYPASS the zones on the Alarm (used if I have a zone that is going off .. I bypass that zone and reset the alarm. NB ..EnableRemoteArm has been set to "disarm"

Just a thought - have you checked that the code/scenes you have which point to the DSC System device/module are still pointing to the correct device/ID ?

#3

Yes, have checked all pointing to right place.
Thinking I need to ?? reinstall from start … did it so long ago… was there anything special that was done ?
Also does the attached pic of SERIAL port setup look ok ?

Very frustrating… the alarm talks to me , but I can’t talk to it!

Thanks
Andrew

#4

I use the IT-100 but I connect it to a Rasp Pi running ser2net and then point the DSC plugin to the Pi?s IP and the port that the IT-100 is pointed to. (Allow you to place your Vera anywhere)

#5

?? I am sure there was a field in either the DSC Alarm device or the DSC Partion that you permanently put your pin # in ?
Am I right here?

#6

All this started when I tried to add a USB Hub to the USB PORT … now it has directed a path =/dev/ttyUSB0 I don’t remember this being there before.
Could it be that the DSC alarm is not able to share the SERIAL port ?
Still able to see the Partition arm on vera device (the status changes) … when armed by normal keypad … but I am am not able to do this via the Vera device… very frustating!!

#7

Hi

It sounds like the addition of the hub has messed with your serial configuration - as you will either have a connection or you will not.

You mentioned that you could use your Luup code to poll zones? Please can you paste that code here to see what that does - keep in mind the zones created are not z-wave nodes, but just representations of the zones on your DSC panel.

Not sure what UI version you are running, it want to share here ui5 instructions here.

http://code.mios.com/trac/mios_dscalarmpanel/wiki/UI5

#8

I am on u15
I can use the code I setup to Poll open or closed ZONES … eventually sends a message to my phone via a PUSHOVER message… this works. However I suspect it is now talking to the the security sensors that are showing up on the system , and showing if tripped or not… That code is quite long winded below … The code directly below does not activate or talk to the alarm … this trying to “talk to the panel”

The code sent to BYPASS a ZONE… (doesn’t work anymore)

luup.call_action(“urn:micasaverde-com:serviceId:DSCAlarmPanel1”,
“SendCommand”,
{Command = “070”, Data=“*”}, 80)
luup.call_action(“urn:micasaverde-com:serviceId:DSCAlarmPanel1”,
“SendCommand”,
{Command = “070”, Data=“1”}, 80)
luup.call_action(“urn:micasaverde-com:serviceId:DSCAlarmPanel1”,
“SendCommand”,
{Command = “070”, Data=“1”}, 80)
luup.call_action(“urn:micasaverde-com:serviceId:DSCAlarmPanel1”,
“SendCommand”,
{Command = “070”, Data=“0”}, 80)
luup.call_action(“urn:micasaverde-com:serviceId:DSCAlarmPanel1”,
“SendCommand”,
{Command = “070”, Data=“#”}, 80)

Code to POLL zones

local Z1 = luup.variable_get(“urn:micasaverde-com:serviceId:SecuritySensor1”, “Tripped”, 81)
local Z2 = luup.variable_get(“urn:micasaverde-com:serviceId:SecuritySensor1”, “Tripped”, 82)
local Z3 = luup.variable_get(“urn:micasaverde-com:serviceId:SecuritySensor1”, “Tripped”, 83)
local Z4 = luup.variable_get(“urn:micasaverde-com:serviceId:SecuritySensor1”, “Tripped”, 84)
local Z5 = luup.variable_get(“urn:micasaverde-com:serviceId:SecuritySensor1”, “Tripped”, 85)
local Z6 = luup.variable_get(“urn:micasaverde-com:serviceId:SecuritySensor1”, “Tripped”, 88)
local Z7 = luup.variable_get(“urn:micasaverde-com:serviceId:SecuritySensor1”, “Tripped”, 100)
local Z8 = luup.variable_get(“urn:micasaverde-com:serviceId:SecuritySensor1”, “Tripped”, 89)
local Z9 = luup.variable_get(“urn:micasaverde-com:serviceId:SecuritySensor1”, “Tripped”, 101)
local Z10 = luup.variable_get(“urn:micasaverde-com:serviceId:SecuritySensor1”, “Tripped”, 90)
local Z11 = luup.variable_get(“urn:micasaverde-com:serviceId:SecuritySensor1”, “Tripped”, 102)
local Z12 = luup.variable_get(“urn:micasaverde-com:serviceId:SecuritySensor1”, “Tripped”, 91)
local Z13 = luup.variable_get(“urn:micasaverde-com:serviceId:SecuritySensor1”, “Tripped”, 103)
local Z14 = luup.variable_get(“urn:micasaverde-com:serviceId:SecuritySensor1”, “Tripped”, 104)
local Z15 = luup.variable_get(“urn:micasaverde-com:serviceId:SecuritySensor1”, “Tripped”, 105)
local Z16 = luup.variable_get(“urn:micasaverde-com:serviceId:SecuritySensor1”, “Tripped”, 92)
local Z17 = luup.variable_get(“urn:micasaverde-com:serviceId:SecuritySensor1”, “Tripped”, 93)
local Z18 = luup.variable_get(“urn:micasaverde-com:serviceId:SecuritySensor1”, “Tripped”, 106)
local Z19 = luup.variable_get(“urn:micasaverde-com:serviceId:SecuritySensor1”, “Tripped”, 107)
local Z20 = luup.variable_get(“urn:micasaverde-com:serviceId:SecuritySensor1”, “Tripped”, 108)
local Z21 = luup.variable_get(“urn:micasaverde-com:serviceId:SecuritySensor1”, “Tripped”, 109)
local Z22 = luup.variable_get(“urn:micasaverde-com:serviceId:SecuritySensor1”, “Tripped”, 110)
local Z23 = luup.variable_get(“urn:micasaverde-com:serviceId:SecuritySensor1”, “Tripped”, 94)
local Z24 = luup.variable_get(“urn:micasaverde-com:serviceId:SecuritySensor1”, “Tripped”, 95)
local Z25 = luup.variable_get(“urn:micasaverde-com:serviceId:SecuritySensor1”, “Tripped”, 96)
local Z26 = luup.variable_get(“urn:micasaverde-com:serviceId:SecuritySensor1”, “Tripped”, 97)
local Z27 = luup.variable_get(“urn:micasaverde-com:serviceId:SecuritySensor1”, “Tripped”, 98)
local Z28 = luup.variable_get(“urn:micasaverde-com:serviceId:SecuritySensor1”, “Tripped”, 99)
local Z29 = luup.variable_get(“urn:micasaverde-com:serviceId:SecuritySensor1”, “Tripped”, 111)
local Z30 = luup.variable_get(“urn:micasaverde-com:serviceId:SecuritySensor1”, “Tripped”, 126)
local Z31 = luup.variable_get(“urn:micasaverde-com:serviceId:SecuritySensor1”, “Tripped”, 122)
local Z32 = luup.variable_get(“urn:micasaverde-com:serviceId:SecuritySensor1”, “Tripped”, 123)

local msg
local trips = ‘’

if tonumber(Z1) == 1 then
trips = trips … “SMS Arm\n”
end
if tonumber(Z2) == 1 then
trips = trips … “Guest Passage\n”
end
if tonumber(Z3) == 1 then
trips = trips … “Passage PIR\n”
end
if tonumber(Z4) == 1 then
trips = trips … “Laundry PIR\n”
end
if tonumber(Z5) == 1 then
trips = trips … “Kitchen VX\n”
end
if tonumber(Z6) == 1 then
trips = trips … “Front Door\n”
end
if tonumber(Z7) == 1 then
trips = trips … “Kitchen PIR\n”
end
if tonumber(Z8) == 1 then
trips = trips … “Remote Arm\n”
end
if tonumber(Z9) == 1 then
trips = trips … “Fountain VX\n”
end
if tonumber(Z10) == 1 then
trips = trips … “Lounge Kitchen\n”
end
if tonumber(Z11) == 1 then
trips = trips … “Lounge PIR\n”
end
if tonumber(Z12) == 1 then
trips = trips … “TV Study\n”
end
if tonumber(Z13) == 1 then
trips = trips … “Pool VX\n”
end
if tonumber(Z14) == 1 then
trips = trips … “TV PIR\n”
end
if tonumber(Z15) == 1 then
trips = trips … “Club Road Beam\n”
end
if tonumber(Z16) == 1 then
trips = trips … “Panic Zone\n”
end
if tonumber(Z17) == 1 then
trips = trips … “Stair Window\n”
end
if tonumber(Z18) == 1 then
trips = trips … “Landing PIR\n”
end
if tonumber(Z19) == 1 then
trips = trips … “Front Beam\n”
end
if tonumber(Z20) == 1 then
trips = trips … “Study Beam\n”
end
if tonumber(Z21) == 1 then
trips = trips … “Balcony VX\n”
end
if tonumber(Z22) == 1 then
trips = trips … “Front Wall Beam\n”
end
if tonumber(Z23) == 1 then
trips = trips … “Upstairs Window\n”
end
if tonumber(Z24) == 1 then
trips = trips … “Laundry Garage\n”
end
if tonumber(Z25) == 1 then
trips = trips … “Kate’s Room\n”
end
if tonumber(Z26) == 1 then
trips = trips … “Emma’s Room\n”
end
if tonumber(Z27) == 1 then
trips = trips … “Main Bedroom\n”
end
if tonumber(Z28) == 1 then
trips = trips … “Ensuite\n”
end
if tonumber(Z29) == 1 then
trips = trips … “D/Door VX\n”
end
if tonumber(Z30) == 1 then
trips = trips … “Z30 Unknown\n”
end
if tonumber(Z31) == 1 then
trips = trips … “Garage Door\n”
end
if tonumber(Z32) == 1 then
trips = trips … “Gate\n”
end

if string.len(trips) > 0 then
msg =“” … trips
else
msg = "No zones are open. "
end

luup.call_action(“urn:upnp-org:serviceId:IOSPush1”, “SendPushOverNotification”,{ Title= “Open Zone Status”, Message=msg, Priority=1, URL=“”, URLTitle=“”, Sound=“intermission”}, 121)

#9

I have bought another SERIAL/USB cable … because that is cheap enough to try.
How do I go about purging the settings on SERIAL port and resetting it again?