What models of Visonic does the plugin support?
The description claims the PowerMax series however, what about the PowerG (PowerMaster) series?
Basically I’d like to swap out my current archaic basic alarm for one that I can integrate with the VeraEdge over IP. The PowerMax Pro looks like an option but I’m still trying to research the difference between the PowerMax models and the PowerMaster models, mainly the 30-G2 or 33-G2.
Also as these are wireless alarms that also operate on the 868MHz frequency band, yes of course they are digital but I am wondering if the carrier frequencies would interfere with the Vera Z-Wave frequency? Sort of like Microwaves and 2.4GHz Wifi or Bluetooth. For this the PowerMaster range has channel hopping, which seems quite similar to many wireless Access Points Spread Spectrum scanning; basically finding an uncongested channel within the operating band of frequency 2.4GHz or 5GHz ranges.
Additionally the last thing, I am not sure about is that the PowerMax Pro has 2x wired device connections. Currently my system has a few more wired devices already inplace: door sensors and PIR’s. Would the PowerMaster models have more wired connections?
–of course the simple answer to the above would be to replace the devices with equivalent wireless ones but if sensors are already in place then might as well use them 
Hopefully someone could shed a little more light on the subject - I know the question isn’t exactly about the Vera but as I want to link the Vera into the setup I am guessing that the question is relevant and not too “Off-Topic”.
Many Thanks.
First of all I have a PowerMax Pro and it works well with Vera, I have an RS232 to Ethernet gadget inside the alarm and then I connect that to my router. Don’t buy a powerlink, it’s not necessary. I don’t have any problems with RF clashes, as you say they just sort themselves out as it’s part of their protocol.
I use one of the wired device connections for a door sensor that was part of the old alarm, and it works well too! I suggest that you replace your wired PIRs with powermax devices as they are much more reliable (at least for me). I don’t know about the PowerMaster connectivity.
I use the various PIR sensors to trigger scenes and have ImperiHomePro set up that I can access the status of the alarm remotely, get vera to send me emails when there’s trouble. With imperihome I can also set the alarm remotely and I could disarm it but I disabled that option (it asks for the 4 digit pin code but I’m uncertain about the encryption etc so I don’t really use it). The only downside, yet only really minor, is that the battery levels reported by the alarm are always 100%… until it’s 0%
You should checkout this thread for info on PowerMaster but I don’t think it’s supported yet
[url=http://forum.micasaverde.com/index.php/topic,13970.0.html]http://forum.micasaverde.com/index.php/topic,13970.0.html[/url]
I guess that this thread should really be moved to the Visonic plugin part of the forum
Perfect! Thanks so much for the advice… That’s really helpful!
Is the “RS232 to Ethernet gadget” a Visonic product or 3rd party?
Well… some reading and I found these:
http://forum.micasaverde.com/index.php/topic,17184.0.html
http://www.domoticaforum.eu/viewtopic.php?f=68&t=7152
http://www.domoticaforum.eu/viewtopic.php?f=75&t=8138#p60550
http://www.domoticaforum.eu/viewtopic.php?f=68&t=7152
So it looks like you need a cable with a 10-pin IDC connector on one end and a 7 pin single row connector or individual connectors on the other…
The Serial to IP converter seems to be this one:
http://www.usriot.com/p/ip-modules/
model: USR-TCP232-T
According to one of the posts the pin-outs are as such:
So the USR-TCP232-T would then connect to the 3V or 3.75V and GND pins to power it then the RX and TX for data.
I wonder if there is a pre-built cable however??
[EDIT]
The pin-outs for the USR module is illustrated in the PDF:
http://www.usriot.com/usr-tcp232-s-t-d-2-24-204-200-300-usr-user-manual-v3-2-5/
basically need between 3-3.6V to power the module, therefor connecting the Visonic 3V to VCC on the USR will be the way to go…
A cable option could be something like this: 10-pin IDC Socket Rainbow Breakout Cable : ID 1199 : $3.95 : Adafruit Industries, Unique & fun DIY electronics and kits