Ok. Here it goes, I need help from the specialists in alarm systems here.
We had our system vista p20 for about 14 years.
all those years we replaced the battery on every device only once and only two windows sensors (out of14 ) failed and needed replacement. We also ran a glass break sensor and a motion detector without any issue all those years.
we now sell our house and the system will stay with the house. We Interfaced the vista with homeseer using this plugin and it worked flawlessly.
We rent the next place till we find a property where we will build our next house, so I don’t want to spent more then necessary.
i really like the sensors from the vista panel. They just work and hardly need a battery replacement.
i tried a few zwave sensor for windows and the battery live is just terrible. The same for zwave motion detectors.
so i am thinking of getting those rf sensors and interface them with the plugin.
the question is what do I need? I will take the adaptor from the alarm panel to USB with me. Do I need a whole vista panel and key pad ? Or could I just use a key pad like this one, 6160RF keypad. They claim that the rf sensors connect straight to the keypad and not to a vista panel.
i am not interested in a “real” alarm system and just want to use the usb Interface and The keypad to get homeseer to see the sensors.
does anyone know if I can connect homeseer to this key pad to get the rf messages from the connected sensors?
if not, what would be the cheapest solution for me.
thank you all for your input.
Rainer.
We had our system vista p20 for about 14 years.
all those years we replaced the battery on every device only once and only two windows sensors (out of14 ) failed and needed replacement. We also ran a glass break sensor and a motion detector without any issue all those years.
we now sell our house and the system will stay with the house. We Interfaced the vista with homeseer using this plugin and it worked flawlessly.
We rent the next place till we find a property where we will build our next house, so I don’t want to spent more then necessary.
i really like the sensors from the vista panel. They just work and hardly need a battery replacement.
i tried a few zwave sensor for windows and the battery live is just terrible. The same for zwave motion detectors.
so i am thinking of getting those rf sensors and interface them with the plugin.
the question is what do I need? I will take the adaptor from the alarm panel to USB with me. Do I need a whole vista panel and key pad ? Or could I just use a key pad like this one, 6160RF keypad. They claim that the rf sensors connect straight to the keypad and not to a vista panel.
i am not interested in a “real” alarm system and just want to use the usb Interface and The keypad to get homeseer to see the sensors.
does anyone know if I can connect homeseer to this key pad to get the rf messages from the connected sensors?
if not, what would be the cheapest solution for me.
thank you all for your input.
Rainer.
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