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Support for wireless siren Device S00

Open Fabio72 opened this issue 2 years ago • 5 comments

I have a wireless siren with a Powermax Pro panel, connected in Powerlink mode. I can see "Devices: PGM,X01,X02,X08,S00" So I think S00 should be the siren. Is it possible to integrate its status (tamper and battery)?

Are keyfob battery low messages managed somehow?

Thanks, Fabio

Fabio72 avatar Apr 27 '22 13:04 Fabio72

Hi, The S00 is a siren yes, but the information you've seen is from the download of the EPROM and as far as I know there are no messages for it and no "active" state. However, I don't have one and so I have no way of knowing for certain or testing it.

If you are interested in helping look at this then you can set your Home Assistant log files to debug like here on the wiki https://github.com/davesmeghead/visonic/wiki#logger-settings Arm the alarm, then trigger the siren, then disarm and upload a log file to pastebin with a link here. I can then look at the messages and see if there's something in there that I don't yet decode Cheers D

davesmeghead avatar Apr 29 '22 17:04 davesmeghead

Hi, thanks for the wonderful integration: I used to have a Powerlink, but this is way more useful.

In the pastebin there is the debug log of an alarm activation and an alarm trigger few hours later. The wireless siren was activated as well. Note that I'm using the Squawk option, so the wireless sirer sound on every activation.

The status of the panel is:

code_format: null changed_by: Fob 01 code_arm_required: false Panel Mode: Powerlink Protocol Version: 1.0.14.0 Watchdog Timeout (Total): 0 Watchdog Timeout (Past 24 Hours): 0 Download Timeout: 0 Download Retries: 0 Panel Last Event: Disarm / Fob 01 Panel Last Event Data: Zone: 0 Entity: null Tamper: false Siren: false Reset: false Time: '2022-05-04T09:14:32.946266' Count: 1 Type:

  • 85 Event:
  • 31 Mode:
  • Disarm Name:
  • Fob 01

Panel Alarm Status: None Panel Trouble Status: None Panel Siren Active: false Panel Status: Disarmed Panel Status Code: Disarmed Panel Ready: No Panel Alert In Memory: No Panel Trouble: No Panel Bypass: No Panel Status Changed: No Panel Alarm Event: No Panel Armed: No Power Master: No Panel Model: PowerMax Pro Part Panel Type: 4 Model Type: 62 Panel Name: Unknown Set Voice Option: Disable Voice Auto Arm Option: Disable Auto Arm Time: 12:00 Squawk Option: Low Level Time Format: Europe - 24H Date Format: Europe DD/MM/YYYY Entry Delay 1: 30 Seconds Entry Delay 2: 3 Minutes Exit Delay: 3 Minutes Bell Time: 4 Minutes Abort Time: 30 Seconds Alarm Cancel Time: 5 Minutes Quick Arm: On Bypass: Force Arm Exit Mode: Normal Piezo Beeps: Disable Trouble Beeps: Disable Panic Alarm: Disable Panic Swinger Stop: After 2 Times Cross Zoning: Off Supevision Interval: 8 Hours Not Ready: Normal Auxiliary Keyfob Button function 1: System Status Auxiliary Keyfob Button function 2: PGM/X-10 Jamming Detection: EN 30/60 Latchkey Arming: On No Activity Time: Disable Back Light Time: Off After 10 Seconds Duress: 0000 Piezo Siren: Off Reset Option: User Reset Tamper Option: Off Siren On Line: Disable on Fail Memory Prompt: Enable Disarm Option: Any Time Bell Report Option: EN Standard Low Battery Acknowledge: Off Screen Saver: Off Confirm Alarm Timer: 60 Minutes AC Failure Report: 5 Minutes User Permit: Disable Autotest Time: 12:00 Autotest Cycle: Disable 1st Account No: xxxxxx 2nd Account No: xxxxxx Report Format: SIA 4/2 Pulse Rate: 20 pps Report to Central Station: All * All Report Confirmed Alarm: Disable Report Send 2wv Code: Don't Send Two-Way Voice To Central Stations: Disable Ringback Time: 1 Minute Central Station Dialing Attempts: 8 1st Ringback Tel No: xxxxxxxxxx 2nd Ringback Tel No: xxxxxxxxx Two-Way Voice - Private Phones: Enable Reporting To Private Tel: Alarms Report To Pager: Disable Report Recent Close Report: Off Remote Access: On Zone Restore: Report Restore Upload Option: Any Time Dialing Method: Tone (DTMF) Line Failure Report: 30 Minutes System Inactive Report: Disable Ambient Level: Low Level GSM Install: Not Installed GSM Report to SMS: Disable Report GSM Line Failure: Don't Report GSM Line Purpose: SMS Only GSM Select Antenna: Internal antenna PowerLink Failure: Disable Report PGM Pulse Time: 2 Minutes PGM By Arm Away: Turn Off PGM By Arm Home: Turn Off PGM By Disarm: Turn On PGM By Memory: Disable PGM By Delay: Pulse Active PGM By Keyfob: Disable PGM By Line Fail: No PGM Act Zone A: Disable PGM Act Zone B: Disable PGM Act Zone C: Disable Internal/Strobe Siren: Internal Siren X10 House Code: B X10 Flash On Alarm: No Flash X10 Trouble Indication: Disable X10 Report on Fail to Central Station 1: Disable X10 Report on Fail to Central Station 2: Disable X10 Report on Fail to Pager: Disable X10 Report on Fail to Private: Disable X10 Report on Fail to SMS: Disable X10 Lockout Time (start HH:MM): 08:00 X10 3 Phase and frequency: Disable Panel Serial: xxxxxxxxxxxxxx. Panel Eprom: J-701638 C13.804 Panel Software: JS701880 C13.805 Door Zones: Z01,Z16,Z17,Z18,Z29 Motion Zones: Z12,Z13,Z14,Z15,Z20,Z21,Z22,Z23,Z25 Smoke Zones: Z24 Other Zones: Z02,Z03,Z04,Z05,Z06,Z07,Z08,Z09,Z10,Z11,Z19,Z26 Devices: PGM,X01,X02,X08,S00 Client Version: 0.7.0.2 Exception Count: 0 friendly_name: Visonic Alarm supported_features: 7

https://pastebin.com/33D0cy0M

Fabio72 avatar May 04 '22 08:05 Fabio72

Hi, Sorry but I've been really busy with familly life and work this past week or so.

I've taken a long look through your log file and I can't spot anything that would provide a status for a siren. I thought that if you gave me a log file around when the siren was being used then it may provide an individual status message for it.

I do have a few observations though

  1. You have 3 "unknown" sensor types, please can you provide the make (I assume Visonic) and model (e.g. "Next K9-85") for your zones Z02 (Dining Room), Z03 (Living Room) and Z26 (Utility Room). According to the log file, Z02 is the same sensor as Z04 to Z11, is this correct? If you give me the make and model then I'll add them to the recognised sensors for the next software release. This will set the sensor type in Home Assistant correctly i.e. Motion, Magnet etc
  2. In the panel settings you have "Bypass" set to "Force Arm" and I've never seen this before, I didn't realise it could be done so I've learnt something new. When you arm the panel it automatically bypasses the sensors that are open and "not ready". In your log file the panel sends the integration a bypass message for each sensor. I currently don't do anything about these messages so I'll add a new function to recognise them and set the bypass flag in each sensor in Home Assistant (although the panel does send an overall update eventually in your log file). I could do this based on this panel data message
2022-05-03 16:55:46 DEBUG (MainThread) [custom_components.visonic.pyvisonic] [handle_msgtypeA7]         System message Force Arm / Fob  01  alarmStatus None   troubleStatus None
  1. I saw a new A5 format data packet. All the time that I've seen this data item it has been filled with zeros but you have an "01" in there. I have no idea what it is but it doesn't seem to be related to the siren status (based on where this is in the log file).
2022-05-03 16:52:45 DEBUG (MainThread) [custom_components.visonic.pyvisonic] [handle_msgtypeA5] Parsing A5 packet 00 07 00 00 00 00 00 01 00 00 43

davesmeghead avatar May 14 '22 08:05 davesmeghead

Hi, On Powerlink the wireless siren was simply shown as Wireless Siren. When the battery was low, a warning was shown. Maybe the low battery status frame is only used when necessary. Also the keyfob battery was shown on Powerlink when low.

I can try to raise a tamper alarm on the wireless siren, but I have to take out the long ladder and it will take some time. BTW the siren is MCS-730

  1. Z26 is MCT-100. Z02 and Z03 are really old Visonic sensors, identical to MCT-302

  2. The panel is configured to bypass open zones on force arm. Daytime I leave window shutters open when I leave home, so the magnetic sensor is bypassed and I only use the curtain PIR.

  3. the panel was attached to a Powerlink and configured to send notifications to Visonic servers. I don't know if I cleared all related settings when I removed the Powerlink. I'm using the Visonic dual serial board, connected to an serial/ip transceiver.

My log file contains 250 records, all related to 2006 and it does not get updated. The same happened with Powerlink: log file was not updated. By the way, it happened twice that Powerlink stopped answering to the network after 2/3 years of use and I had to change it. So I bought 3 powerlinks in total...

Fabio72 avatar May 16 '22 08:05 Fabio72

Hi, For the siren and keyfob battery status I do not process either of these at the moment as I do not know where the message data is located, the next time that I get a keyfob battery low I'll investigate (I might also ask in the main forum if anyone can send me a log file when it happens to them). You may be correct, the panel may only send the data when there's a problem.

For the wireless siren tamper alarm, if you do it and send me a log file then I'll take a look through.

For 1) I have added the 3 sensors, it will come through in the next software release For 2) Ah OK, HA should show that these are bypassed but it may take time to come through as I periodically request the bypass status from the panel. I have updated the code to make this quicker with Force Arm, this will also be in the next software relesee For 3) That should still be OK, the HA integration should still pick out what it needs. Maybe the A5 07 message here is related to the battery status of the keyfobs, I don't know yet.

The log file should wraparound and over-write the oldest entries, I'm not sure if there's a panel setting for this.

For the multiple powerlink failures, is your Ethernet noisy/spikey, do you get lots of lightning storms as that can destroy equipment. Or maybe you were just unlucky. Dave

davesmeghead avatar May 16 '22 17:05 davesmeghead