Enable Virutal Relays on Vista 20SE

[ykamenet]

Hi,

I wanted to enable and setup virtual relays to be able to report status for wired zoned when alarm is in armed state. I have a Vista 20SE panel (ADT Safewatch pro 2000). I installed latest 2.2a.8 beta firmware on my AD2USB, connected via Putty, went into configuration, and set all relay module #01-04 to "Y". However, when I go to program them by using *79 I get a message "Not Used EE" and I can't proceed any further. Is there anything else besides updating the setting to "Y" for relay modules in AD2USB config I need to do for the panel to allow me to program them?

Thanks.

[mathewss]

I think 79 is for 20P check your programming manual for 20SE its a different field I think 80?

Re
Sean M

[ykamenet]

Wow, thank you for a quick reply!! I could not locate programming manual for 20SE but I found it now. Will give it a shot.

[ykamenet]

Sean, I could use some hints on programming the relays since it looks to be different from 20P instructions that are posted here:

http://archive.nutech.com/index.php?option=com_fireboard&Itemid=74&func=view&catid=4&id=656

My menu *80 looks different and I am a bit at a loss on what I need to enter to get it working. I have 1 partition with following zones:

Zone # Label
--------- ----------------------------
1 Garage Door
2 Kitchen Back Door
3 Patio Door
4 Basement Door
5 Bedroom Motion
6 Barrier
10 Front Door

My main goal is to get the hardwired motion sensor (zone #5) to report in the alarm armed state.

I could not follow the instructions for 20P since it is different for 20SE. My *80 menu looks like this:



and *81 menu looks like this:



Full installation manual is here: http://www.diyalarmforum.com/Downloads/Ademco/install-manuals/vista20se-install.pdf

Any help on how to set up a relay for that one zone #5 motion detector? If I can get help with one zone, I can follow and complete the others. Would greatly appreciate any help.

Thanks.

-Yefim.

[ykamenet]

Looks like I configured it since I am not getting messages in the log when the alarm is armed and motion senor is tripped. I get the following messages.

When it is tripped, I get this message in SSH log:

!REL: 01,01,01

and when it is un-tripped I get this in the log:

!REL: 01,01,00

Could someone let me know what sensor number I use to add this new relay sensor to Vera plugin? I have tried 12 and 401 with no success. Looks like relay is working, just need to make Vera plugin aware of it now and not sure how. Please help. Thanks.

[ykamenet]

Just wanted to see again if anyone can help. I am getting relay entries in the log so the panel is seeing the virtual device I created (I think) but I can't add it to Vera plugin since I am not sure what sensor number to use. I feel like I am close... but still not there. Please help.

[kevin]

This being out of scope for AlarmDecoder itself (we have nothing to do with Vera, our device just happens to have a plug-in written by somebody for it), I will have to refer you to purchasing an engineer's time off of our shop - for $50/hr you can buy time from an engineer here to get in and help you with integrating our product with other products.