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:; When you run the program for the first time you will need to set the configuration to communicate with your AD2* device. You can do that from within the program in the "System Menu" or by directly editing the text config files mysettings.conf or alarmdecodergui.exe.config . The application must be restarted in order for config file changes to take effect. | :; When you run the program for the first time you will need to set the configuration to communicate with your AD2* device. You can do that from within the program in the "System Menu" or by directly editing the text config files mysettings.conf or alarmdecodergui.exe.config . The application must be restarted in order for config file changes to take effect. | ||
| + | ==Features== | ||
| + | :* Open Source Plugin API | ||
| + | :** C# examples included | ||
| + | :* Network connectible | ||
| + | :** Can act as a ser2sock server allowing access to the attached AlarmDecoder to network | ||
| + | :** Can connect to each other or a central server using multiple instances or connecting to a [http://github.com/nutechsoftware/ser2sock ser2sock] server | ||
| + | :* Works with touch screen, mouse or keyboard input | ||
| + | :* Logging with date and time stamp | ||
| + | :* AlarmDecoder firmware update utility built in | ||
== Extensions == | == Extensions == | ||
:* mystuff | :* mystuff | ||
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:* zone tracker | :* zone tracker | ||
:** Helps in detecting of zone closing on some zones | :** Helps in detecting of zone closing on some zones | ||
| + | :* HTML5 web browser tab | ||
| + | :* Webcam viewer tab | ||
Revision as of 22:31, 21 December 2013
The AlarmDecoder GUI program create a realistic advanced keypad on any computer running Windows, OSX or Linux. With the open source plugin API and provided plugins it is simple to configure email alerts on alarm events as well as preform other automation tasks. The program will run on Linux, OSX, Windows and other operating systems that support C# and Gtk.
Requirements
- For Windows the installer will add these automatically. For OSX and Linux these may need to be installed manually
- .Net or Mono
- Windows http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=17718
- Linux/OSX/Other http://www.mono-project.com/Main_Page
- Gtk#
- Windows: http://download.xamarin.com/GTKforWindows/Windows/gtk-sharp-2.12.22.msi
- Linux: The easiest way is to install Monodevelop
- For the AD2USB version of the AlarmDecoder a usb driver is needed
- http://www.ftdichip.com/Drivers/VCP.htm
- On most Linux distributions the FTDI driver will already be installed
Installer
- Download the Windows installer now md5:acbf7ce94661f6e2907ab4a44111de0c
- Includes ftdi drivers and Gtk#
- Some systems may require .Net http://www.nutech.com/images/fbfiles/files/dotnetfx40.exe
- Download the Linux installer now md5:53b093f9ee0addaef85c30e909e6a914
- Download the OSX installer now
Notes
- When you run the program for the first time you will need to set the configuration to communicate with your AD2* device. You can do that from within the program in the "System Menu" or by directly editing the text config files mysettings.conf or alarmdecodergui.exe.config . The application must be restarted in order for config file changes to take effect.
Features
- Open Source Plugin API
- C# examples included
- Network connectible
- Can act as a ser2sock server allowing access to the attached AlarmDecoder to network
- Can connect to each other or a central server using multiple instances or connecting to a ser2sock server
- Works with touch screen, mouse or keyboard input
- Logging with date and time stamp
- AlarmDecoder firmware update utility built in
- Open Source Plugin API
Extensions
- mystuff
- Email events
- program downloader
- Download programming from 15/20p panels
- zone tracker
- Helps in detecting of zone closing on some zones
- HTML5 web browser tab
- Webcam viewer tab
- mystuff