Siren WA105DBZ-1 - Odd One....

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I got this siren for Christmas. It installs and operates but my issue is when my door sensor tripped, the siren went off. What is odd is that there is no scene or any connection between the 2 devices. All I ever did was pair it the other day. I have never applied any association in any matter with the door sensor I have but strangely the siren turns on when I open the back door.

Anyone know why it does this?

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I just purchased one of these and I am waiting for it to arrive. Did you work this out? Was the door sensor armed? I am wondering if it trips the siren anytime an armed sensor is tripped. I know anytime an armed sensor is tripped I get a notification even though I have never set that up.

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Interesting. I ended up turning the siren off and only use led flash for now and automagically it started working the way I would have expected. No idea what to say on that.

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Is this on UI7?

I’m wondering if this is to do with the modes, you know how you can choose actions to be done when a sensor trips

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That is interesting. When I get mine I will play around with it and report my findings. I really don’t mind it going off if it’s only for an armed sensor. I plan on using a door sensor on a gun cabinet and definitely want this to go off it is is opened without first disarming the sensor.

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Within UI7 the Modes auto set when alarm is triggered. Anything set to “Armed” in “my modes” will trigger the alarm if that mode is active.

If used correctly this can be quite useful in creating an alarm security system.

Brent

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I included this into my Vera and the only say it seems to sound or light up is if I turn it on via the UI or a Scene. I set a door to armed and then proceeded to open it and nothing happened.

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That sounds perfect. Hope mine works like this lol

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It is likely going to depend on you door/window or motion sensor sensor brand, some sensor will send out a broadcast alarm signal when armed, but only if the manufacturer implemented in a way that the siren and Vera understands. Some of these sensors are configurable on what type of alarm message,they will send out when.

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I have a lots of different brands of motion and door/window sensors. I may have to do more testing to see if I can reproduce the issue.

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I have this figured out. So with UI7 the modes control what happens when a armed sensor is tripped. Not sure why this didn’t happen on my first test but I was using a device from my DSC alarm panel so that may have something to do with it.

If don’t want your siren to fire off when an armed sensor is tripped then go to your My Modes settings. I always keep my mode as home and control things via PLEG timers so all I had to do was scroll down to where it says “What to do if an armed sensor triped”. I changed that to off for the home mode and now when I trip an armed sensor the siren does not fire.

Now many people may actually prefer not to do this and control when the siren fires simply my arming or disarming a sensor. One thing I did notice though was that when using the mode to control this the siren was very slow to actually fire when a armed sensor was tripped and did not automatically stop when the sensor was no longer tripped which makes sense for security. I don’t use my vera as a security system but rather use my security system as a add on to my vera. I prefer to control things myself which means I will have the siren fire if my DSC alarm goes off. Then stop sounding if the alarm is then turned off.

In my scenario I want to sound a siren whenever my gun cabinet opens without me knowing I have children and while they are taught gun safety you never know. I put a door sensor on the cabinet. I then used the door sensor as a trigger for turning on the siren but only when armed. I also used it as a trigger for turning off the siren once the cabinet is closed again. So if I need to open the cabinet for any reason I can simply disarm the sensor and unlock the door. If someone else decides to unlock the door and open it without me first disarming the sensor the alarm will sound. I assume they will quickly realize they are busted and close the door thus turning off the siren.

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Ahh, my modes. Didn’t think of that. Thanks for the follow up!

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How do you get the Linear WA105DBZ-1 siren to only flash the lights/strobe and not the alarm sound? Also how do you change the length of the alarm sound? Thanks

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The attached screenshot (and below information) is from the manufacturer’s literature.

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Parameter 0: Siren / Strobe Mode

By default, the siren and strobe on the WA105DBZ-1 will activate when turned on. To activate the Siren only, set parameter 0 to 1. For strobe only set to 2.

Parameter No: 0
Length: 1 Byte
Valid Values = 0 (default) or 1 or 2. Default is 0.

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Parameter 1: Auto Stop Time

By default the auto stop time is 30 seconds. Setting parameter 1 to 1 will increase the time to 60 seconds. Changing it to 2 will increase the stop time to
120 seconds. Setting the stop time to 3 will turn off the auto stop and will require a command from the Controller to turn off.

Parameter No: 1
Length: 1 Byte
Valid Values = 0 or 1 or 2 or 3. Default is 0.

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Correct to the above.

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Thanks Everyone for the help.

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Hello all, question I see how to add the device options for Auto Stop and Siren or Strobe mode, Question I have is there a way to have the device in vera twice, so I can trip an alarm and decide with different event on weather I want to use strobe only(goes to one device) or to strobe and Siren(different device)(even though I only have one device) does this make since or maybe there is another way to do it as in setting the parameter on the fly?

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DJ, did you ever get the siren to change modes (sound on/off) depending on different situations?

I would think it should be possible with some Luup coding, not my expertise unfortunately.

I just bought one of these sirens.

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FYI,

I have been able to create some lua code to change the parameters. Use at your own risk…

I run a scene triggered by change of value for the siren on off switch. I plan to add more sirens and have too alarm modes, one party which will alarm rooms and areas people are not suppose to be and strobe in the kitchen. the other when I am away or at night and have it sound off.

any improvement ideas to the code would be much appreciated.

local dID1 = 140 – Device ID of your siren
local dID2 = 273 – Device ID of your siren on off virtual switch
local siren = luup.variable_get(“urn:upnp-org:serviceId:VSwitch1”,“Status”,dID2)
– 0 is off, 1 is on
– parameter 0 values 0 = siren and strobe, 1 = just siren, 2 = just strobe
– parameter 1 values 0 = 30 secs, 1 = 60 secs, 2 = 120 secs, 3 must be turned off
– I am just turning off the siren and leaving the length at 120 secs
if (siren == “0”) then
luup.variable_set(“urn:micasaverde-com:serviceId:ZWaveDevice1”,“VariablesSet”,“0,1d,2,1,1d,2”,dID1)
luup.variable_set(“urn:micasaverde-com:serviceId:ZWaveDevice1”,“VariablesGet”,“0,2,1,2,”,dID1)
luup.variable_set(“urn:micasaverde-com:serviceId:ZWaveDevice1”,“ConfiguredVariable”,“0,1d,2,1,1d,2”,dID1)
else
luup.variable_set(“urn:micasaverde-com:serviceId:ZWaveDevice1”,“VariablesSet”,“0,1d,0,1,1d,2”,dID1)
luup.variable_set(“urn:micasaverde-com:serviceId:ZWaveDevice1”,“VariablesGet”,“0,0,1,2,”,dID1)
luup.variable_set(“urn:micasaverde-com:serviceId:ZWaveDevice1”,“ConfiguredVariable”,“0,1d,0,1,1d,2”,dID1)
end

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[quote=“dbmccallum, post:19, topic:190330”]FYI,

I have been able to create some lua code to change the parameters. Use at your own risk…

I run a scene triggered by change of value for the siren on off switch. I plan to add more sirens and have too alarm modes, one party which will alarm rooms and areas people are not suppose to be and strobe in the kitchen. the other when I am away or at night and have it sound off.

any improvement ideas to the code would be much appreciated.

local dID1 = 140 – Device ID of your siren
local dID2 = 273 – Device ID of your siren on off virtual switch
local siren = luup.variable_get(“urn:upnp-org:serviceId:VSwitch1”,“Status”,dID2)
– 0 is off, 1 is on
– parameter 0 values 0 = siren and strobe, 1 = just siren, 2 = just strobe
– parameter 1 values 0 = 30 secs, 1 = 60 secs, 2 = 120 secs, 3 must be turned off
– I am just turning off the siren and leaving the length at 120 secs
if (siren == “0”) then
luup.variable_set(“urn:micasaverde-com:serviceId:ZWaveDevice1”,“VariablesSet”,“0,1d,2,1,1d,2”,dID1)
luup.variable_set(“urn:micasaverde-com:serviceId:ZWaveDevice1”,“VariablesGet”,“0,2,1,2,”,dID1)
luup.variable_set(“urn:micasaverde-com:serviceId:ZWaveDevice1”,“ConfiguredVariable”,“0,1d,2,1,1d,2”,dID1)
else
luup.variable_set(“urn:micasaverde-com:serviceId:ZWaveDevice1”,“VariablesSet”,“0,1d,0,1,1d,2”,dID1)
luup.variable_set(“urn:micasaverde-com:serviceId:ZWaveDevice1”,“VariablesGet”,“0,0,1,2,”,dID1)
luup.variable_set(“urn:micasaverde-com:serviceId:ZWaveDevice1”,“ConfiguredVariable”,“0,1d,0,1,1d,2”,dID1)
end[/quote]

I have nothing to offer but thanks for this. I may use it later. Appreciate the work.