Maybe I’ll save up 
… 7.5M short at the moment
If you have a working serial adapter then it won’t show up obviously in the dashboard as a device (they used to and not even to help you configure it).
The only place you can see if its compatible with Vera and working, is under MiOS developers and the serial port tab (easily overlooked)
If you have it here, then once you set up the correct baud rates and associate it with a device, then you are on the road to getting it working.
Just be aware that if you plug one in, then leave it 10 seconds or so, and then do an engine refresh before going to the MiOS dev / serial tab, or it wont show up anyway!
The serial port settings should be 8 data bits, no parity, 1 stop bit and a baud rate of 9600 for the IT100.
Youre right…I missed it. The adapter showed up and I assigned it to the alarm system with a 9600 baud rate etc.
I keep getting communication errors when I try to connect to the DSC.
I ordered the usb adapter you are using…we will see if that takes care of it. There is no way of checking communication with the Vera…makes it hard to know whats wrong! I might hook up the Scope and see if the there is any data going back and forth.
Tim Alls
AseasYachts
When you say you get a communication error, I presume you mean you get an error message in the clock area similar to attached?
I suspect that if you are seeing this then perhaps the cabling is perhaps wrong. Bear in mind the IT100 already has the normal TX/RX order for pins 2 and 3 crossed, and if you already have a null modem cable joining them, then you may need to make sure its wired straight?
I am wired straight…I can read the clock using Labview so I know my wiring and baud rate is correct. I get messages like the first one in your photo, I should have the new USB converter tomorrow…I think it will take care of the problem. I have the serial port associated with the Alarm Panel, not the partition…is that correct. I created eight zones to start with…no problem there, just can’t read the panel!
Any tricks setting up the zone displays in SQ Remote?
Tim
I’m using a WIZnet at the moment that definitely requires straight wiring, however I could have sworn that when I first used this with a USB adapter (when I had my Vera temporarily located next to the panel), that I had a null modem adapter there; however I may be wrong and it might have just been a straight gender changer, or that I had to use a null modem adapter because at some point I also had a very short home made null modem cable there too, and it may have required to make it straight
Worth a shot if you have a null modem anyway!
Yes it should be the alarm panel itself that its associated against.
SQ remote is a doddle compared to this
Just create 8 status labels for window/door sensors (for MiOS) and pick the right devices. Don’t forget you may have to restart SQ remote for them to be pulled from your Vera.
I keep getting the message opening IO port and the server is always busy. Wired straight is correct…I have a serial testing program I wrote in Labview that read the information coming off the IT-100 and I can read the system time and date which it broadcast once a minute. Too bad that the Vera doesn’t have a db9 … Would have saved everyone hours and hours of tinkering!
I will switch to the new USB adapter today when it comes in.
How often does Vera poll the DSC for updated info on zone conditions? Or does it simply wait for the change of condition to be sent out?
Regards
Tim Alls
AllSeas Yachts
It doesn’t poll as I believe all the relevant events are pretty much real time from the IT100. If I open a door then I get an update in the Vera GUI within about a second that a sensor has tripped.
I’m going to test mine again tonight using my USB-serial adapter, as I haven’t used one in a while, and I want to discount that something wasn’t broken in the code of the 1.1.1186 release.
Well it looks like there is something going on with the code…could be due to the last update. With the new serial to USB adapter installed I now get the following error:
Alarm Panel [31]:
Startup Lua Failed
At least with the new adapter the server doesnt stay busy all the time like it did with the Prolific Adapter!
Any ideas?
I am going to reboot the unit and see if it helps.
Regards
Tim Alls
I was playing around with a serial adapter last night with the new plugin, and I couldn’t get it to work either!
Since I’m testing the new plugin anyway with my old V1, I’m going to roll back to 1.1.1183 and back until I can see that is starts to work.
So I’m pretty sure that its broken as I tried to associate one of the adapters that I used to use for my HDMI Matrix switch (before using a dual port WIZnet), and that won’t work either.
edit
Sorry the matrix switch is working, I just needed a null modem adapter
I am going to go back to the original firmware and see what happens.
Let me know if you get yours working.
Thanks
Tim
Are you using MCV’s plugin or the new one?
@strangely, only you and @computerjohn have the “new” one that I’m building.
Can you guys think of an easy test to see if the serial port is working? It might be helpful to identify wether the problem is in the serial driver or the plug in. Any luck rolling back the firmware? I will be rolling mine back today. I will let you know. This is a new Vera purchased 4 weeks ago, If I use the reset function in the Advanced Tab will it do the reset and take me back to the last firmware?
Regards
Tim Alls
AllSeas yachts
I think you said time/date are automatically broadcast. In that case, you can perhaps cat the serial device from the shell (a la: cat /dev/usb/tts/) and see if you receive anything?
I just rolled back the firmware and the serial device is working. DSC panel is working. I just have to start all over on my lighting! Argggg
Good news though.
Regards
Tim Alls
AllSeas yachts
Well kinda working…
It seems that serial data is getting in…sensors report change of status
But Device not Ready everytime I try to send something out.
Am I doing something wrong? Is the primary code (still 1234 padded with two 00’s) incorrect?
Any Ideas?
Regards
Tim Alls
AllSeas Yachts
[quote=“TimAlls, post:37, topic:167734”]Well kinda working…
It seems that serial data is getting in…sensors report change of status
But Device not Ready everytime I try to send something out.
Am I doing something wrong? Is the primary code (still 1234 padded with two 00’s) incorrect?
Any Ideas?
Regards
Tim Alls
AllSeas Yachts[/quote]You just need a valid user code that you’ve set up, and if you are using 4 digit pins then you’ll need to it pad with 00.
I wouldn’t worry too much about using the MCV plug in for the time being as the new one will be ready for prime time soon!
By the way, my serial port issues seemed to be related to a bug in the plug in, and @ guessed has already fixed!
Good to hear!
I will patiently await the release of the new plugin!
Regards
Tim
FYI,
I updated the firmware today and the sytem no longers read the alarm status.
Keep me updated on the new plugin…please!
Regards
Tim Alls
AllSeas Yachts
Also, It would really be helpful if an error meassage came up on the new plugin showing that is has lost communication with the IT-100. The variables currently stay in Vera and are updated when the IT-100 reports a change. But what if the unit is no longer recieving information…the screen sits there making you think it knows what is going on but it really doesn’t.
Food for thought. The date and time is transmitted out of the IT-100 every 10 seconds or so…that would be an easy way to confirm communications are in tact.