Honeywell Ademco Vista Alarm Panels Plugin via AD2USB

shep29 · April 24, 2012, 3:25pm

@hugheaves

Here’s a stupid question from a non-programmer: do I need to connect my PC directly to Vera to do this? Or can it just be connected to my LAN? Can I use PuTTY to connect to Vera via SSH (step 1)? My personal computer is dead and my wife took her Mac to work but I do have my work computer where I am able to access putty. I just can’t download any programs like ad2usbgui. My IT dept. has it locked down.

clymber · April 24, 2012, 4:17pm

@shep29,

Yes, you just connect to your Vera via the LAN. (so your PC and the Vera need to be on the same LAN, but not directly connected) And you’re right, on Windows, you can use an SSH client like PuTTY instead of the “ssh” command.

This page has more info:
http://wiki.micasaverde.com/index.php/Logon_Vera_SSH

shep29 · April 24, 2012, 4:35pm

@hugheaves

OK, I’m in! But I keep getting a “Connection closed by local host” message after I try to telnet (after I hit enter at step 4). I tried it a few times. Any ideas?

EDIT I keep getting a “Connection closed by foreign host” message after I hit enter after typing in step 4.

clymber · April 26, 2012, 12:54am

Hmmm, that’s a tricky one. It’s likely that there are some differences with making this work on UI4. Is there also a line that says “Port already in use” before you get the “Connection closed…” error message, or do you just get the “Connection closed…” error message by itself?

shep29 · April 26, 2012, 12:07pm

No I just get the “Connection closed…” error. Also tried it on my wife’s Mac. No dice. Is there a place I can find the right commands for UI4?

waynebrady · May 3, 2012, 6:45pm

I’m contemplating about upgrading to UI5, but I’m worried I might run into problems with this Vista plugin. Anything I should know before I upgrade to UI5? What are the added benefits from upgrading from UI4 to UI5?

Thanks in advance!!

Thinkfire · May 8, 2012, 3:44pm

Would it be OK if the status of the zones were shown in the Cheat Sheet?[/quote]

Well it would be ok. But it’s just nice to see it on our dashboard in one spot somewhere no matter the zone. I have mine all scattered throughout my dashboard based on the location of the sensor. So when I see “Not Ready” as status, I have to scroll up and down and look all over to figure out which zone is still faulted. It used to show in the same box, so you just had to glance at it to see which zone is faulty. Or if you need to make a separate “zone status” box that would be nice as well, I could just put it in the same category as the alarm panel one and have them side by side. So when a zone is faulted, no need to scroll all over the place and check all my zones.

Also, when will this recognize open vs close rather than just “triggered”? Or is that a limitation of AD2USB? I have another setup tied into my system which recognizes open/close so I know its not a limitation of the security panel. See http://forum.micasaverde.com/index.php/topic,10366.msg71291.html#msg71291 for details.

Thinkfire · May 8, 2012, 10:58pm

[quote=“waynebrady, post:426, topic:168766”]I’m contemplating about upgrading to UI5, but I’m worried I might run into problems with this Vista plugin. Anything I should know before I upgrade to UI5? What are the added benefits from upgrading from UI4 to UI5?

Thanks in advance!![/quote]

Same here. I would like to know what kind of problems to expect if I upgrade.

JOD · May 14, 2012, 8:09pm

Would someone confirm for me: Does your lock show as locked when in the Armed state?
Ver 2.43

mcvflorin · May 15, 2012, 11:34am

@JOD,

I tested this on both UI5 (1.5.373) an UI4 (1.1.1245), and the lock shows unlocked when in Armed state. I checked the plugin and the Armed variable is updated fine, so I think it’s a UI issue.

garrettwp · May 15, 2012, 11:42am

It must be a UI issue as I am getting the same thing with my DSC Panel.

Garrett

jwiz · May 15, 2012, 12:03pm

Same here with an Elk M1Gold panel

John

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waynebrady · May 24, 2012, 10:29pm

Is it possible to trigger panic mode via the Vera?

mcvflorin · May 25, 2012, 8:27am

Yes, you must program one of the letter buttons (A, B, C, D) to trigger panic mode and press the buttons from the plugin.

shahhim · May 29, 2012, 10:43pm

Is it possible to ARM AWAY with Home Buddy or will it arm in STAY mode only(since as per ADEMCO V20P settings, to ARM AWAY the door has to open and close or else it defaults to STAY)

mcvflorin · May 30, 2012, 7:22am

That depends on how the panel is configured.

kwik5 · May 30, 2012, 1:29pm

I have installed the app and made all the changes as described in the installation. The partition status is “Ready”.

When I try to click on any of the action buttons, I get a “No Implementation” popup. (see attachment)

Any help would be appreciated.

mcvflorin · May 30, 2012, 1:36pm

Do you receive the same message if you click an action button from the device control panel (wrench button)?

kwik5 · May 30, 2012, 1:38pm

Yes, same message.

sabolcik · June 10, 2012, 5:43am

This looks like a really interesting plugin. I just got my Vera about a week ago and I have been installing numerous light switches. I want to take the jump to getting my security panel to work with my system.

I’ve been browsing around the WEB sites for a few hours and can’t seem to find any newbie instructions on how to get the plugin installed properly. I’ve been able to log into my vera as root, but it’s not entirely clear to me how to take the XML and other files for the plug in and get them installed into my VERA.

I understand that once I do that step, I won’t get support for MCV, but I’m ready to give it a shot. Anyone able to spare a few minutes to walk me through the installation steps or point me to a prior thread that calls out how to install the plugins?

Thanks in advance for any support.