Alarm decoder attributes

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I am trying to obtain “ready” status from my Vista 20P alarm system using AD2USB. Apparently, attributes such as “ready” have been put in place with boolean values. I am trying to use the attribute as a condition in automation. I can’t make it to work. The attribute never satisfies the condition.
Any one have experience with that?

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Share your attempt. Please correctly format it for the forum.

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condition:
  - condition: and
    conditions:
      - condition: state
        entity_id: alarm_control_panel.alarm_panel
        attribute: ready
        state: true
      - type: is_on
        condition: device
        device_id: 0438f52517545494950e28a3efbc773e
        entity_id: 2090000f5d58ee14bb78764187f7557e
        domain: binary_sensor
      - type: is_not_open
        condition: device
        device_id: 67b6e745e26f638815c414a9d2fb1cfb
        entity_id: binary_sensor.cat_sensor_window_door_is_open
        domain: binary_sensor

The first condition is the relevant one.

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In Developer Tools → States, what does it show as the values for the attribute?

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I guess I don’t see any of those attributes, such as ready, ac_power, etc.

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If you don’t see them, then they don’t exist and you can’t write a state condition using them.

Maybe you mistook what you were reading and it available as event data instead?

Do you have a link to what you were reading?

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Yeah, absolutely.

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Hmm. It definitely says “attributes”. Maybe your model does not support that functionality. Not sure I don’t have one.

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I appreciate your trying to help. The alarm system supports the attributes and I have been using AD2USB for close to 10 years, but switched to HA recently.
Thanks.

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I had the most up-to-date stable firmware but decided and updated to the most recent beta. Now all the states show up.

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A few questions:

  1. I bought mine in Nov '21 and I think it has the latest firmware,
    how can I find out the firmware of my AlarmDecoder? Can I do that with HA’s Terminal or must I use a PC (If that’s the case, how do I do that)

  2. My AlarmDecoder works fine when it’s connected to a PC - Arms/Disarms.

  3. When connected to HA, it won’t Arm/Disarm with HA’s keypad interface. I’ve tried typing in the code and clicking Home or Away. I’ve tried clicking the numbers and clicking Home or Away. I’ve tried typing in the code and ‘3’ for ‘stay’. All with no response from the Vista 21ipLTE.

I’ve confirmed it’s set to CON ADR 18 (and it functions using the PC App when connected to my laptop.

It shows the arm state and all sensors work in HA - Vista motion detectors trigger lights, Vista trip creates an alarm.

Thanks in advance.