I have a security camera outside with motion detection. When motion is triggered, it can do a myriad of things, including send and http command. I have it sending an http command which runs a scene. What I’d love the scene to do is send the alarm panel a command to issue a squawk. This would be an audible indicator that there is motion outside. I have the DSC plugin working just fine with my 1864 and EVL3 for quite a while now. I recently added the camera to the mix and now am looking for the best way to know when someone is outside. I like the squawk as it’s loud enough to hear throughout the house but not too loud to be alarmed (pun intended).
In my automation’s advanced tab, I see a ‘send command’ command but no dialog appears after selecting this to dictate the command to send. So I’m hoping experts here will have an idea.
You need to know how to send key codes to the DSC panel … You need to have setup/know the configuration of your PRG outputs and then send the appropriate commands to manipulate these.
Thanks RTS. So if i setup the PRGs in advance, how can I have the DSC Plugin send the appropriate command(s)? As I said, I see the send command option, but there is no where to enter the command to send.
I could also put a motion sensor out there but again, I don’t know if the plugin is capable of sending commands to the panel.
[quote=“Bulldoglowell, post:3, topic:179468”]cool idea. I can now toggle the chime mode on my alarm (which makes a chime when I do that) when an outdoor motion sensor is tripped.
this is why the forum is so great… for sharing these ideas.[/quote]
Can you tell me how you did this? If it’s quick/easy, it’s likey a better option than figuring out a squawk option.
[quote=“johnfdl, post:5, topic:179468”][quote=“Bulldoglowell, post:3, topic:179468”]cool idea. I can now toggle the chime mode on my alarm (which makes a chime when I do that) when an outdoor motion sensor is tripped.
this is why the forum is so great… for sharing these ideas.[/quote]
Can you tell me how you did this? If it’s quick/easy, it’s likey a better option than figuring out a squawk option.[/quote]
not sure you can do it with a DSC plugin (I have the AD2USB) but I just created a PLEG Condition:
FrontDoorMotion OR PatioMotion OR BackDoorMotion
and an action, under advanced just like you saw in the attached screen shot which toggles my chime, being sure to enter my pin.
This will toggle/pulse one of the Output PGM’s, to which you’d need to have a beeping device attached (or co-joined to the DSC one, but that might be a bit loud)
The [tt]SendCommand[/tt] hook on the DSC plugin is designed to let you send an arbitrary byte sequence to the Panel, but these are assumed to be “valid” commands (from the DSC API reference).
Thanks everyone. Since I have the squawk enabled on arm/disarm on my DSC, perhaps it’s just easier to create a scene which toggles the partition arm state (and toggle it back) to generate the squawk noise. Now, I need to figure out how to write the scene so that it first detects the current arm state and toggles appropriately. I assume PLEG is my friend here (haven’t yet needed it).