FAQ: (2017) Bought house with DSC alarm. How to connect all sensors to smartthings?

[rontalley]

I suggest you get an EVL4 and use the following integration. The device is about $100. You will keep your alarm system in tack and the integration works very well with a Raspberry Pi 3 or an always on PC. It’s really easy to setup but the instructions are all over the place. I love my little Pi and I have it running 4 different servers to serve my Home Automation System.

[OBSOLETE] DSC -> EVL-3(4) -> Alarmserver -> Smartthings

There are a million threads about this, and I figured I should start my own. I’ve compiled code from 3-4 people here and will give them credit. This set up allows arm/disarm via local LAN so you do not have to worry about https, security, and port forwarding. It creates all devices, you only need device types for contact, motion, smoke, and co2. Very simple, and easy. If you have a raspberry pi you can host alarmserver on it and have this running much much quicker and easier than any other dsc integration method. This is from @sanity, @xero, @ethomasii, @jtt, @rfish8u, @mattmartz, and countless others I"ll name as I remember. If you’re experienced in setting this up you can skip directly to the devices, smartapp, and alarmserver and be good to go. For new users, view the advanced r…