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First, wanted to say thanks for this project, just what I was looking for the upgrade my ADT alarm system.
I was compiling the arduino code, and was getting this error
SmartThings smartthing(HW_SERIAL3, messageCallout); //constructor for hardware serial port with ST_Anything Library
^
exit status 1
āmessageCalloutā was not declared in this scope
I searched, and found that if I add this line before the line that causes the error, it fixes the compilation error
SmartThingsCallout_t messageCallout; // call out function forward declaration
It was from here
It would be nice to fix the code, and hoping this helps someone else. Not sure why everyone doesnāt have this problem?
I am doing this on a mac, I wouldnāt think it would matter.
I was also wondering if anyone has integrated this with ST_Anything?
Iām planning to do integrate both, so I can integrate my alarm with Smartthings, and add a garage door sensor/opener to the mix.
Randy
Done. Updated the Arduino sketch in master branch to 3.0.2 with the fix.
Hi Stan
Thanks for the quick response.
I also wanted to let you know Iāve built a new arduino program combining your program with ST_Anything.
I basically just copied your program and that program together.
It compiles, but I still have to buy all the stuff and put it together.
Randy
Thanks kevin
I took a few weeks off to knock out some other projects and picked this back up.
I now have it workingā¦mostly. I can arm/disarm, zones show properly, etc. But I do get a few odd things going on. I see some posts about this but not sure what the resolution is.
- Once I arm, the main tile alternates from Armed to Disarmed (but the system is definitely armed).
- Messages back to the phone are very delayed sometimes. As an example, during countdown, it might get an update twice, but thats it.
My alarm should only have one partition, but I have a āzone extenderā (I have a total of 16 zones); wondering if that is somehow showing up as a second partition?
UPDATE
I was having the flashing thing when armed (switching between armed and disarmed). I cycled through each of the assigned keypads, and discovered that a keypad was set to Partition 3; changed that partition 1, and now the issue seems to have gone away.
@azipchon,
Looks like you were able to fix issue #1. When the main tile alternates, the issue is usually related to a second partition.
With respect to issue #2, the AD2Pi only updates the Device Handler whenever there is a change in status. Otherwise, there would be updates every 2 seconds or so which would create unnecessary traffic to your hub. There is also an automatic update that runs every 10 min which serves as backup to keep SmartThings in synch with the alarm panel. If the tiles have not been updating as expected, it may be due to overall system performance. The SmartThings platform performance was degraded for most of the week (click here for status ) Performance appears to be improving and hopefully this addresses the issue.
Thanks for the response, and a HUGE thanks to you and some of the others (Craig, etc) that have worked on the alarm integrations. Iāve gotten it to where its workingā¦now Iām trying to learn about how to actually use Smartthings!
Iāve managed to have it text me when there is an alarm per your āhackā above, so thats knocked out.
A few other questions:
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Is it possible to ātakeoverā the Dashboard and put a few tiles that control the alarm there? Iām guessing yesā¦but figured Iād confirm that it is indeed possible before I go too far down the rabbit hole.
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How do I change the tile designs? Iād love to have tiles that were black background, or some other colors. Theyāre all gray in the background, havenāt figured out how to alter that.
I donāt have power in the closet where the alarm panel is located. I believe the alarm panel (I also have a wireless dial controller, adt pulse box in there) is just being powered using the large battery in the panel.
Have you had any power issues from connecting directly via the panel?
You definitely have power going into the panel as the battery has to be charged somehow. 
See post 79 above. Some folks are using the panel to power the Arduino:
It works great. And has the added advantage that the power from the ADEMCO/Honeywell panel has battery backup!!! I need to get some pics uploaded!
First off @d8adrvn, thanks for all the hard work on this. Your write up on Github helped alotā¦ and through a little work and head scratching, I was finally able to get my setup to work.
One thing Iām not keen on is the repeat messages that is being reported. I really donāt see a need to report the same thing over and over. If youāre looking for a full report possibly a tile command can be created to request the status of everything. The current setup just obliterates the Activity Feed and makes it impossible to keep an eye on other items. I know it can be a difficult task separating everything outā¦ Iām going to try and put a spin on the code and see what I can come up. Iām not at all familiar with Git and forkingā¦ so if something comes to fruition I will let you know.
Thanks!!
@jscongdon I wanted to save you a little time reprogramming this code! Stan and I have been PMāing for a while now about an updated version. As you will see in post 52 above, I created a version that significantly reduced the updates to SmartThings so the logs were usable. I also added a capability that will allow zones to be monitored independently. What I mean here is the original version wouldnāt not clear a fault until all faults were cleared. I wanted the ability for say a window to report open, while a motion or door goes active and inactive all independently.
I just uploaded a new more efficient version of my code that only sends 1 update to SmartThings versus multiple before. I have been finding that the SmartThings performance issues are causing messages to be dropped. I will admit some messages still get dropped with my latest code due to continued SmartThings performance issues, but it is much better.
I also introduced a new alertMsg attribute that a SmartApp can subscribe to and send you a push notification for say your alarm going on battery, your alarm going off, or really whatever you want. I designed this specific attribute separate than the msg attribute since that one gets quite a bit of updates.
Anyway feel free to download my code and give it a try. I will admit the version I posted on GitHub is a little different than what I have running since I have tweaked mine further to my house settings so hopefully it will compile correctly for everyone. Stanās instructions mention the Timer library requirement, I removed that requirement, but added a new one for ArduinoJSON which I use on the Arduino side to keep all the updates in a JSON string. So you will need to add that code to your library: https://github.com/bblanchon/ArduinoJson/releases
Stan and I will work together to get instructions updated and this all cleaned up but again I wanted to save you a lot of time recoding all of this.
I am also working on a SmartApp to monitor the alarm. I have been using one to send me push notifications but it requires that you manually create virtual devices. Before I publish it, I wanted to leverage the methods to automatically create virtual devices to save time for everyone. I just havenāt had the time to look into that yet.
Edit: Removed link to my fork since Stan and my projects have been merged.
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Just a small update from the nu tech side of things. Weāve officially released our REST API in our AlarmDecoder WebApp, you can find documentation here: http://www.alarmdecoder.com/swagger/
That said, weāre close to releasing some ST stuff that integrates with the API - letās just say we were able to turn a light on and off by triggering a zoneā¦
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@kevin_nutech Good to hear. Iām going to be working on integrating a XBee with some RBGWW LED Strip lights that I have. One of the features I wanted to add was the lights strobing red if an alarm was set.
This is my first working with STā¦ can a config file be created for labeling of zones? That way when anyone goes to update they donāt have to re-enter all the zone info.
Itās also a little confusing that the new code has an older version specified.
The top portion of the device handler shouldnāt change from release to release. I had to change Stanās since I am using numeric zones versus spelled out numbers. Once you establish that future releases should only update the code below the tile definitions.
Regarding the release version number, sorry that is my version number and I didnāt compare to the other. I posted this code rather quickly to get it out there for testing.
Iām not sure what happened but now my AD2Pi is not communicating / seeing information from the panel. Any ideas troubleshooting that?
Some things that I have done:
Iāve checked the terminal block on the AD2Pi and the readings match the lugs on the ADT panel itself.
Serial communication between the Duino and the AD2Pi is present, I can see the AD2Pi boot information. Iāve also created a quick Sketch that allows me to send messages via the serial connection and read the responses from the ADPi.
Iāve double checked the Keypad address entry (18) and it is set to 01 00.
The address is being reported as 18 from AD2Pi. And I can change the address via the ST app.
EDIT:
In my AD2Pi Config readout it says that itās Mode is D (Which is DSC). Iām pretty sure that should be set to A for Ademcoā¦ anyone know how this can be updated?
EDIT #2:
Wahoo moment. I was able to use the Configuration Command to attach on the MODE=Aā¦ Iām in business now!
Saw a few edits and confirming you are good? Updates to device handler better than before? Give it a couple of days and let me know how things are going.
Yeah, Iām good. The last couple edits in GIT were needed to allow proper communication (see notes). I think in my pulling of the boards out of the panel box I may have shorted something that erased the Mode setting in the AD2Pi. What ended up being a super easy fix - doable from the ST app, was what I spent the afternoon on. Lessons learned the hard way has forced me to learn more about these boards more in depth - so no harm done.
Not that it would actively be needed. But being able to query for current configurable settings and allow for adjustment from the ST app would be cool.