Announcing the "ST_Anything" Arduino/ThingShield Project

[scottma61 (Matthew)]

I just installed and configured the Ardiuno/ThingShield project to integrate my Ademco/Honeywell Vista 20P using the Ad2SmartThings from here:

AD2SmartThings

#AD2SmartThings# ##Integrate Your Honeywell or Ademco Alarm Panel Into Your SmartThings Physical Graph## ADT / Honeywell / Ademco / Vista / Alarm / SmartThings / Alarm Panel / Home Alarm ###A project by Stan Dotson and Michael Ritchie### Wish you could use your existing home alarm sensors with SmartThings? Do you hate the hassle arming your panel and having to rush to disarm? Wish you could control your alarm panel on our smartphone but dont want to pay the higher monthly service bill? Do you want to install another keypad and don’t want to deal with your alarm company? Do you have an alarm panel and never use it? This is a relatively simple project that effectively integrates your Honeywell or Ademco alarm panel with SmartThings. These panels are typically installed by ADT or other a…

My Home Alarm shows me all my Vista20P sensors and their state, along with allowing me to arm and disarm the alarm system. But those sensors are not available to use used by other SmartApps or Rules outside of the AD2SmartThigs device.

Now I want to add Virtual Contact Sensors from my Vista 20P so I can use those as triggers for rules and other SmartThings devices and SmartApps. I have read as much as I can find … and I am still confused as to how to begin. The instructions above seem like they say I need another ThingShield that uses the AT_Anything_Doors device handler (for the contact sensors, I also have Glass Break, Motion, water/temp and Smoke/Heat detectors). I am hoping there is a way for me to use the exist device handler I setup for the AD2SmartThings (That includes the latest ST_AnyThing library in the Arduino Sketch) to build the virtual devices. Any guidance on how to proceed would be greatly appreciated.