Hi everyone,
I just got my VeraEdge (UI7) and Schlage BE496 yesterday and had both systems installed and paired. I also tried out a few scenes that works great. I have been searching a way to include the built-in alarm of the lock to the Edge and all I saw was a couple posts that mention they had their alarm mode changed successfully without any details (sorry I lost the link to the posts).
Based on the “Z-Wave Association and Configuration Parameters” pdf document I found on the web (attached), it mentioned parameters that related to the alarm settings (e.g. with param 0x07, I could potentially arm / disarm the alarm remotely I presume). Does these settings require custom low level programming? Is there any documentation that can help me understand how these can be done? I am a software engineer myself therefore I can learn how to program the VeraEdge if you can kindly point me to the “getting start” documentation / instructions. Many thanks.
I also saw in another post mentioned the lock I have will not sent the alarm triggered event to the Vera. Is this really true? I am living in an apartment complex and certainly would like to know if my alarm was triggered (to avoid bothering neighbors of false alarm, or to know if someone is tampering with my lock immediately). Do you know if there is any other mechanism you can think of, such as adding a separate “listen-to-my-alarm” device, that can trigger a scene when the lock’s alarm goes off? I personally think that if the lock doesn’t send any notification of alarm trigger events to the controller really defeat the purpose of having a connected lock with an alarm.
Thank you very much for reading this long message. Any help to the resources / documentation / etc is appreciated. Thank you everyone!