Can Envisalink DSC plugin track status of chime mode?

[jester0909]

Can a flag or similar functionality be utilized to track the status of chime mode? I'd like to be able to use an if/then function to track if it's been turned off at the keypad to turn it on at night when arming either via keypad or programmatically.

[spud]

There is a "Chime Enabled" trigger and a "Chime Disabled" trigger, so you can create some events to try to track the current chime mode using a virtual device,

And according to https://support.reedsecurity.com/por...try-exit-beeps, sending *4 should turn it on/off, so you should be able to change it using a "Send Keystroke String" event action.

[randy]

I use three Events and a Virtual Device.

Enable:



Disable:



Toggle:


Device:

[jester0909]

Thanks for the tips, that's exactly what I was looking for.

[JRose]

That will be very helpful to me too. randy Is there a Plugin that gives you the "Envisilink Receives Message" trigger? I don't see that available?

[jester0909]

JRose that feature is part of the Envisalink DSC (Spud) plugin. If you follow the post from randy, you'll see the "Envisalink Receives Message" capability within Events.

[randy]

Yes, the Envisalink plug-in provides the Trigger. It is Envisalink: Message Received. If the plug-in is installed it should be in your Trigger drop down.

[jester0909]

randy Question for you: Why do you use the "Execute Command" option rather than just controlling the virtual device directly within the event (set device value on or off)? What am I missing?

[randy]

Because the “Chime” Virtual Device has only one control “Toggle”. On and off are Status only. I am setting On (100) and Off (0) with an immediate script since they are not control options. You could certainly add On and Off Status/Value pairs, but I prefer to avoid controls for Virtual Devices I won’t control manually.

[randy]

Here is a little video of how it operates

[jester0909]

Thanks!

[JRose]

Yes, the Envisalink plug-in provides the Trigger. It is Envisalink: Message Received. If the plug-in is installed it should be in your Trigger drop down.

It's not in mine but probably because I'm using the Ademco version (Honeywell Vista 20P) not the DSC version. I had forgotten there are 2 versions of this plugin.

[randy]

I don't know how or if the Ademco alarm deals with the chime. Spud might be able to weigh in.