[SOLVED] Further Help Needed on Connecting to Panel

Apps & Remote Access Unmaintained
#1

I tried to mock up what I have done so far…

I have this set up :

Vera > Usb 2 Serial > Serial to Ethernet > Visonic > ?

I tried using some dupoint cables/ jumper cables to match up the pins 3/5/6 from the ethernet cable (Solid Blue/White-Green/Green) but it doesn’t seem to be seen by vera…

This is the serial/usb device I am using - [url=http://pcscience.com/product.php?pid=20326&]http://pcscience.com/product.php?pid=20326&[/url]
Any ideas where I am going wrong? How do i debug this?

#2

Don’t know your ethernet cable, but I would expect 3: white/green; 5: white/blue; 6: solid green.

#3

Thanks. Do you think that usb to serial device is sufficient?

Sent from my GT-N7100 using Tapatalk

#4

If you see it back in the Vera list of serial devices (Apps->Develop Apps->Serial Port configuration), it should be OK.

#5

Thanks. . Will start again. .

Sent from my GT-N7100 using Tapatalk

#6

Sorry to dig this up again but I have had no joy

Attached is a diagram of what my situation is…

I have tried clearing the comms variables after every attempt I have made to connect…

My Vera sees the USB TO Serial device – See attached

I also bought a Ethernet to Serial device and one of those configurable serial to ethernet adapters you recommended on another thread,.

Anyway… I am hoping that my drawing will help narrow down what I am doing wrong…

THanks for any assistance offered…

#7

The panel connector on your diagram has TTL signals, not RS232. So you’ll need a TTL->USB or the Visonic RS232 breakout (and connect that to the RS232->USB).

#8

Thanks. . Sorry if this is a dumb question. . But is that not what I have plugged into the vera unit?

Sent from my GT-N7100 using Tapatalk

#9

Or…

Looking at my diagram… could someone give me an exact shopping list to connect them up… given that I have an ethernet cat5 run between both locations…?

#10

If you want to connect using RS232, then it looks like you are missing the RS232 Kit.

#11

Thanks for all your help… I will order that

#12

hey

So I bought that device… I plugged it in to PC link 8 pin connector…
I attached my ehternet cable to left port
I rebooted vera after clearing comms errors and setting the correct serial configuarion.
It failed
So I set forced standard mode and this created the Arm/Disarm/ArmHome device and I selected Z01 for the motion sensor installed and it created this device…

However, If i do anything with the set up it forces vera to reload…
I can’t arm or disarm…
I set up a scene to pass the pin number and run that… it cause vera to reload.

Am I supposed to be Powerlink mode?
Or Did I connect the add on card to the wrong place on the panel?

#13

Without any logging we are completely in the dark. However, it looks like you have no communication at all with the panel.

#14

ok… ill take that and start again… thanks

#15

traced my problem to a mix up in t586a vs t568b wiring…

I had a at the patch panel and somehow switched to b at the alarm panel.

all is good… thanks!!