I recently added a couple of keyfobs to my elk system - GE crystal 4 button.
I have it set up so that
arm - triggers automation task 12
disarm - triggers automation task 13
light - triggers automation task 14
star - triggers automation task 15
In rules I've set it up so that
When Automation Task 12 triggers
chirp the siren
arm the garage to away
turn output 2 on for 1 second
I use the output 2 turning on as a trigger for homeseer to turn on and off some lights and close the garage door. I couldn't find a way to directly trigger the event by the automation task triggering OR by the RF keyfob event (I would prefer to do it that way so if you can tell me how that would be great). Once the output 2 goes on it's up to the HA controller to turn some lights on for a few minutes then close the garage door and turn the lights off.
This works - but often times there is a long lag between the chirp and the event triggering. It's almost as if homeseer doesn't get the signal from the Elk for 10-20 seconds
I tried triggering it by changing a counter value as well but the result is the same - sometimes an instant trigger - sometimes a long lag.
Is there a hardware or configuration reason for this delay or a better way to trigger the event that will avoid the lag? The lag renders the whole thing useless as I can't well drive away with the door open expecting it to close 'eventually'. I know the signal was received because the chirp happens and the system goes into arming mode. But the door sits there not moving. If I hit the button repeatedly it will eventually try to process a whole series of opens and closes back to back and get out of sync. If I manually trigger the event from homeseer it closes immediately and indeed once in a while it will trigger immediately from the keyfob - it's just not consistent and for something like this consistency is important.
any suggestions?
TIA
I have it set up so that
arm - triggers automation task 12
disarm - triggers automation task 13
light - triggers automation task 14
star - triggers automation task 15
In rules I've set it up so that
When Automation Task 12 triggers
chirp the siren
arm the garage to away
turn output 2 on for 1 second
I use the output 2 turning on as a trigger for homeseer to turn on and off some lights and close the garage door. I couldn't find a way to directly trigger the event by the automation task triggering OR by the RF keyfob event (I would prefer to do it that way so if you can tell me how that would be great). Once the output 2 goes on it's up to the HA controller to turn some lights on for a few minutes then close the garage door and turn the lights off.
This works - but often times there is a long lag between the chirp and the event triggering. It's almost as if homeseer doesn't get the signal from the Elk for 10-20 seconds
I tried triggering it by changing a counter value as well but the result is the same - sometimes an instant trigger - sometimes a long lag.
Is there a hardware or configuration reason for this delay or a better way to trigger the event that will avoid the lag? The lag renders the whole thing useless as I can't well drive away with the door open expecting it to close 'eventually'. I know the signal was received because the chirp happens and the system goes into arming mode. But the door sits there not moving. If I hit the button repeatedly it will eventually try to process a whole series of opens and closes back to back and get out of sync. If I manually trigger the event from homeseer it closes immediately and indeed once in a while it will trigger immediately from the keyfob - it's just not consistent and for something like this consistency is important.
any suggestions?
TIA
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