This repository provides support for the AlarmDecoder webapp inside of the SmartThings home automation platform.

Requirements

• AlarmDecoder webapp 0.8.2+
• SmartThings Hub

Features

• Arm, disarm, or panic your alarm system from within SmartThings.
• Provides virtual sensors that can be married to zones on your panel to allow automation based on zones faulting and restoring.
• Provides virtual momentary switches with indicators for arming away, stay and toggling chime mode with each switch indicating the current state. Alexa and other systems are able to activate these switches to allow a wide array of alarm panel control possibilities.
• Provide virtual contact sensors for "Ready" and "Alarm Bell" indications on the alarm panel.
• Provides a virtual "AD2 Smoke Alarm" that can be integrated with SHM or other systems to control state during a fire event such as turning all lights on.
• Provides the ability to create virtual switches that can be tied to specific Contact ID report codes from the alarm panel. As an example a zone setup as a Carbon Monoxide alarm can be directly tied to a virtual switch that will OPEN in the event it triggers using Contact ID 162.
• Smart Home Monitor integration.
  One-way - Arm or disarm your panel when the Smart Home Monitor status is changed.
  Two-way - Change Smart Home Monitor's status when your panel is armed or disarmed.

Virtual devices

• AlarmDecoder(AD2)
  Description: Main service device provides a simple user interface to manage the alarm.

• AD2 Alarm Bell
  Capabilities: Contact sensor
  Description: An indicator to show the panel bell state
  States: close = off, open = sounding

• AD2 Chime
  Capabilities: Momentary
  Description: indicator to show the Chime state. -- Action 'push' will toggle the chime state.
  States: [on, off]

• AD2 Ready
  Capabilities: Contact Sensor
  Description: An indicator to show the panel ready to arm state.
  States: [open, close = Ready]

• AD2 Bypass
  Capabilities: Contact Sensor
  Description: An indicator to show if the panel has a bypassed zone.
  States: [open = Zone(s) Bypassed, close]

• AD2 Smoke Alarm
  Capabilities: smokeDetector
  Description: An indicator to show the panel fire state.
  States: [clear, detected]

• AD2 Stay
  Capabilities: Momentary
  Description: indicator to show the arm Stay state -- Action 'push' will send the arm Stay command to the panel
  States: [on, off]

• AD2 Away
  Capabilities: Momentary
  Description: indicator to show the arm Away state -- Action 'push' will send the arm Away command to the panel
  States: [on, off]

• AD2 Panic Alarm
  Capabilities: Momentary
  Description: Action 'push' will send the Panic Alarm command to the panel
  States: No indication of alarm type

• AD2 Aux Alarm
  Capabilities: Momentary
  Description: Action 'push' will send the AUX Alarm command to the panel
  States: No indication of alarm type

• AD2 Fire Alarm
  Capabilities: Momentary
  Description: Action 'push' will send the Fire Alarm command to the panel
  States: No indication of alarm type

• AD2 Zone Sensor #N
  Capabilities: Contact Sensor
  Description: An indicator to show the zone state
  States: [open , close] * reversible in parent device settings

• AD2 CID-AAA-B-CCC
  Capabilities: Momentary
  Description: Indicates the state of the given Contact ID report state. The action 'push' will restore to closed state. AAA is the Contact ID number B is the partition and CCC is the zone or user code to match with '...' matching all. Ex. CID-401-012 will monitor user 012 arming/disarming. Supports regex in the deviceNetworkId to allow to create devices that can trigger on multiple CID messages such as "CID-4[0,4]]1-1-..." will monitor all users for arming/disarming away or stay on partition 1.
  States: [on, off]

Setup

Navigate to https://graph.api.smartthings.com in your browser and login to your account.

Install device handlers (via github integration)

1. Click on My Device Handlers
2. Click Settings (top of page)
3. Click Add New Repository (bottom of dialog)
4. Enter nutechsoftware as the owner
5. Enter alarmdecoder-smartthings as the name
6. Enter master as the branch
7. Click Save
8. Click Update From Repo (top of page)
9. Check the boxes
   • AlarmDecoder network appliance
   • AlarmDecoder virtual contact sensor
   • AlarmDecoder virtual smoke alarm
   • AlarmDecoder action button indicator
   • AlarmDecoder status indicator
10. Check Publish (bottom of dialog)
11. Click Execute Update

Install SmartApp (via github integration)

1. Click on My SmartApps
2. Click Update From Repo (top of page)
3. Check box for alarmdecoder service
4. Check Publish (bottom of dialog)
5. Click Execute Update
6. Select the alarmdecoder: AlarmDecoder service smart app and then select your location on the right and press Set Location. (Click the Simulator if you don't see these options)
7. Click the Discover button. You may have to hit refresh to get your device to show up. If it doesn't show up make sure you're running an up-to-date version of the webapp and that it is on the same netowrk as your SmartThings HUB.
8. Click Select Devices and select your AlarmDecoder.
9. Click Install
   • Notes
     1. This will generate new devices under My Devices
     2. If you Uninstall from AlarmDecoder service screen it will attempt to automatically remove all sub devices if they are not in use by SHM or other rules.
     3. You can remove blocking child items from the My Devices -> Show Device screen by selecting the In Use By item and deleting it.

Obtain an API key from the AlarmDecoder webapp

1. Navigate to the API section of webapp on your local network: (https://alarmdecoder.local/api/)
2. Click Manage API keys
3. Click Generate for the desired webapp user (eg. admin)

Configure AlarmDecoder device

• Using the SmartThings app on your phone
  1. Open up the SmartThings app on your phone
  2. Tap My Home and select the Things tab
  3. Select the AlarmDecoder device
  4. Tap the gear icon to edit the device
  5. Enter the API key you generated from the AlarmDecoder webapp
  6. Enter the alarm code you'd like to use to arm/disarm your panel.
  7. Select your panel type.
  8. Zone sensors may be configured to open and close themselves when a zone is faulted. For example, specifying zone 7 for Zonetracker Sensor #1 would trip that sensor whenever zone 7 is faulted.
• Using graph.api.smartthings.com
  1. Login to your SmartThings graph web-based IDE.
  2. Select My Devices
  3. Select the AlarmDecoder(AD2) device for your HUBs location.
  4. Click Preferences(edit) link.
  5. Enter the Rest API key you generated from the AlarmDecoder webapp
  6. Enter the alarm code you'd like to use to arm/disarm your panel.
  7. In the Panel Type - Type of panel enter ADEMCO or DSC depending on the panel type.

Configure Contact ID switches

• Using the SmartThings app on your phone
  1. Open up the SmartThings app on your phone
  2. Tap My Home and select the Things tab
  3. Select the AlarmDecoder(AD2) device
  4. Select the SmartApps tab
  5. Select the AlarmDecoder service
  6. Select Contact ID device management
  7. Select Add new CID virtual switch
  8. Select the CID number or select 000 - Other / Custom
  9. select Add new CID virtual switch
  10. The switch will be created and you can see it under My Devices

Enabling SmartThings Integration in the Webapp

1. Log into your AlarmDecoder webapp.
2. Click Settings
3. Click Notifications
4. Click the New Notification button
5. Set the Notification Type to 'UPNP Push'
6. Enter a description ex 'UPNP PUSH'
7. Press Next
8. Press Save
   • notes
     1. If the AlarmDecoder Web App restarts it will loose subscriptions. It may take 5 minutes to restore PUSH notification.
     2. Updating the AlarmDecoder device settings on the phone app or web-based IDE will force a new subscription.

Known Issues

• DSC: Extra zones will show up in the zone list.
• ADEMCO: As with a regular keypad it is necessary to disarm a second time after an alarm to restore to Ready state. The Disarm button stays enabled when the panel is Not Ready.
• Status is not updating when the panel arms disarms etc.
  • Subscription may have been lost during restart of web app.
  • The AlarmDecoder SmartThings device will renew its subscription every 5 minutes.
  • To force a renwal update the Settings such as the API KEY in the App or Device graph page.