So, I think I’m just missing a step here. Would appreciate a nudge.
I got a zwave usb, it works. I set up a 2gig panel, it works. Now, obviously, I want to be able to use hass, see it in hass, etc.
I started by telling the 2gig to listen for devices, that seemed to not be it, and I understood that might be for like adding lights to the 2gig. Not the goal. So I found a way to have it instead listen for zwave, and that got somewhere. Hass can now see SOMETHNG alarm related:
and there’s one other. But I don’t know what to do from here. adding to configuration.yaml a manual panel just adds a pretty panel but how do i make these things talk this last step?
Usually a message like that indicates a device not currently supported by openzwave. Somebody in their community would need the logs to add to their configuration files.
OK, thanks for that. But I should not expect to have to do anther step once the device shows up? Nothing in configuration, or any steps to add it, and controls, and say ‘make an away button set alarm to away mode’?
I suspect what you are trying to do is add the 2gig as a secondary panel? If so, Home Assistant does not support secondary panels. I have had some small success with adding the 2gig as a secondary panel and adding it as a zwave node in HA. This lets ADC see and control non secure nodes. It also seems to have some bad side affects though. I am actually going to try and run both separately here very soon. I have two dry contact sensors that I use attached to the open collectors on the 2gig. They are programmable. What we really need is a push to add secondary panels to HA.
Sort of. I have since red that HA doesn’t support secondary panels, but I don’t think that’s really what I want. I just want HA to be able to know what the alarm is doing.
So is secondary panel required for:
HA to know the alarm went off?
HA to disarm it?
HA to arm it?
The first thing can be accomplished with the open collector and zwave dry contacts. #2 and #3 can be done through alarm.com if you have an account with them.
Pretty sure your only option if you need battery powered is the Ecolink door/window sensor. It has dry contacts inside but it is hard to find much documentation that says such. If you don’t need battery powered, there may be more options. Zooz is apparently developing a dry contact battery operated sensor but it won’t be out till end of the year. The 2Gig manual gives information on the two open collectors.
ok, so i’m seeing that what i read about this 2gig panel being one to get for home assistant was just …not so. oh well. i’ll just have it separate from the home assistant stuff then. thanks for your help.
