PLUGIN: Ademco Vista Alarm Panel with EVL3

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Hi cybrmage,
Thanks for developing this plugin. I was using the previous version and it was working very well for me. I just upgraded to v3.10 (fresh install by deleting old plugin) and have a few comments/questions.

  1. Logs - I use Eventwatcher to keep tabs on all my Zwave and Ademco devices. I’m no longer seeing the status for “Ademco Vista Partition 1, DetailedArmMode” in any of my logs (Eventwatcher or standard Vera). I think I have things set up correctly but perhaps you’re hiding those updates somehow?

  2. Autodetect - I couldn’t get this to work so I entered in my zones manually. I’m certain I had the correct installer code and interface password. I tried a few times (deleted/reinstalled) and made sure I followed your instructions exactly. But I really didn’t care since it was easy to manually input my zones. However…

  3. For my wireless door sensors (Ademco 5816), I had to enter in my serial # and loop #. If I didn’t enter in the loop #, then I saw some strange behavior (e.g., if I left a door open, the status would change to closed after 30 seconds even though the door was still open). I assume the plugin assumes a wired sensor if the loop # is empty.

  4. Wireless sensor status - With the previous plugin, opening a door with a wireless sensor would cause the plugin to repeat its tripped state every few seconds in my logs. It wasn’t a big deal since I made some workarounds to my scenes/PLEG actions and found a way to stop my logs from ballooning up. With the new plugin, I’m happy to report that all my wireless sensors are now reporting tripped value = 1 only once.

  5. TTL - Your explanation of the TTL variable (and why some sensors don’t update their status immediately) (http://forum.micasaverde.com/index.php/topic,26696.msg192096.html#msg192096) was incredibly helpful. You might want to repeat your explanation here.
    Note: In the above linked thread, you mentioned that wireless sensors only report once every 3 minutes. I think this might only be true for wireless motion sensors. My Ademco 5816 door/window sensors report every time they’re tripped.

Again, thanks for providing this great plugin to the community.