Visonic Powermax Interface (Windows) application

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Re: Visonic Powermax Interface (Windows) application

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Hi all! I am pretty new to Homeseer software, I just have it installed 2 days ago. I am interested in adding my Visonic Powermax alarm system to HS3. I am currently using my Powermax with Veralite via RJ45/RS232 adapter.Does anyone successfully connect Powermax to Homeseer vis RJ45/RS232 adapter? my alarm panel mounted far away from my PC and there is no way for me to run USB cable to RS232 adapter.

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KhMeRA wrote:Hi all! I am pretty new to Homeseer software, I just have it installed 2 days ago. I am interested in adding my Visonic Powermax alarm system to HS3. I am currently using my Powermax with Veralite via RJ45/RS232 adapter.Does anyone successfully connect Powermax to Homeseer vis RJ45/RS232 adapter? my alarm panel mounted far away from my PC and there is no way for me to run USB cable to RS232 adapter.

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To interface with homeseer bit also other applications you can use my application. If you used the cableing succesfull before it should work as well for this solution...

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Re: Visonic Powermax Interface (Windows) application

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Hi.

I am new to this and unsure which HomeSeer JSON call to write in panel actions. I know what to write to set a virtual device on but what do I write in panel actions to get both on and off?
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Hi Morten,

This is not about on or off (as for sensors). This controls the virtual device that reflects your panel state. Just create some status values for this virtual device (1 = disarmed, 2 = armed home etc) and then the http call for disarmed is the JSON call you know (value =1), and so on.

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Hi John.

That's another way of thinking. Thanks. :-)

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mhn,

John, beats me to it ;)

Indeed just create a virtual device, with the 5 panel states, and call the corresponding json control string.

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Done that a long time ago. ;-)
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Yeah I noticed, somehow i dont get the forum post notifications anymore :s is it broken again?

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Re: Visonic Powermax Interface (Windows) application

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Hi all,

i released a new version;


v1.2.10 Release EXE ONLY Location V1.2.10 EXE UPDATED

Changes

- panel trouble detection http calls/mails
- bugfixes

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Re: Visonic Powermax Interface (Windows) application

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It says 1.1.10.144 in the lower right corner?
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mhn wrote:It says 1.1.10.144 in the lower right corner?
No it should be 1.2.149...

Sorry updated the links...
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1.2.10.149 now. :-)
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Re: Visonic Powermax Interface (Windows) application

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Thanks Bart,
Added functionality is great!
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Re: Visonic Powermax Interface (Windows) application

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Bart,

I recently bought your software, and it's great! Thanks for your hard work.

I'm running this on a windows 10 machine, HS3 and a PowerMax+. I am able to talk to my panel, and I can send status change events to HS3 with no issue. I'm running your application and HS3 on the same machine, and the firewall is disabled. No antivirus installed.

I am having trouble getting HS3 to send messages to your application. I have both the http and UDP servers enabled, and I can see if I do a netstat -a that the UDP server is listening. Netstat doesn't show anything listening on port 3011. When I try to use a browser to connect to the server on port 3011, I get no response. When I use HS3 to make a UDP call, I HS isn't reporting an error, and I'm getting nothing from your app. Any thoughts on how to further diagnose this? I'm not seeing anything in the error log.

As a side note, I notice that the app doesn't shut down cleanly, and if I minimize it, it hangs. Not super important issues, but maybe part of a larger issue?

I'm running the 2009 version of labview. I tried installing a couple of newer versions of labview, but the installer wasn't happy with them and I eventually found a copy of the 2009 version that the installer was happy with. I was thinking that possibly the version of labview I'm running isn't completely compatible with windows 10?

Anyway, Let me know what you think the next steps should be. :)

Cheers,
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Re: Visonic Powermax Interface (Windows) application

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Hi,
This looks promising. :)
I was going to try this out with HS3 but have a couple of questions before I start.

I have an old Visonic Alarm with the original Power Link1 module, The one that is connected via the RJ45 output and have a built-in web server.

If I understand things right, this is not working and I need some other kind of bridge between Visonic and the computer.
The problem is that I can't find what components to buy or how to connect it?

Is there anyone who knows where and what to buy to get started? (Preferably Swedish dealers but not necessary)
Pictures/drawing of how to connect it would also be appreciated?

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Martin
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