DSC Neo Integration

Third party integrations
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Nice implementation!

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This is nice, did you publish the PCB somewhere? or are you selling any?

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I’ve uploaded the PCB files here: Files | DSC Neo Alarm Integration for Home Assistant | Hackaday.io

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Reading this gave me some inspiration and I figured out how to communicate with the TL280 locally with the AES cipher. I’m far from a fully functional solution, but having solved the AES problem is a big step in the right direction. If anyone else wants to help, I would appreciate it.

https://github.com/BrianHumlicek/DSC-TLink

Brian Humlicek

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Great start BrianHumlicek. I don’t have a neo to test with but would love to integrate it with my project to enhance it’s Dsc support. GitHub - Dilbert66/esphome-dsckeybus: Esphome custom configuration for interfacing to a DSC POWERSERIES alarm system

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Is this only possible programmatically? Or will I have to reprint the board? )

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This is excellent to hear! I was about to replace my DSC Neo with a Qolsys so that I could connect to it with Home Assistant, but I’ll hold off if there’s a chance that I can connect it with this once you’re further along.

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I would like to give the DSC Neo one last try before I replace it completely. I have got one piece of HSM2208 output module lying around. I am searching for a piece of hardware to connect it to Home Assistant with minimum hassle. I would prefer some solution that would allow me to avoid designing and assembling a custom PCB, as my knowledge of electronics is unfortunately very rusty.

I investigated Kincony KC868-A16 module. It works really great with HA (ESP Home firmware), and it has 16 digital inputs with optocouplers. It has even Ethernet connector. Unfortunately the HSM2208 has open-collector outputs, and from my understanding KC868-A16 is not a perfect match for it, as it does not support separate external voltage for its optocouplers.

(maybe I can try cutting the paths on the KC868 board and soldering a connector for external voltage but it’s out of my comfort zone to later put it into my switchboard)

Anyone can suggest decent hardware to try HSM2208 with?

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Hi, Tyco provides this Interactive SDK that might be useful, I’m developing a small integration with it and I’m able to communicate with the TL280 and perform actions on the Alarm Panel, if I can contribute with any network capturing let me now

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Hi Angel,
I looked at the SDK link today - cool find. I have some questions:

  • All files seem to be provided for Microsoft Visual Studio. There’s Linux version but it’s also provided with .vcproj file. Are you using Windows VS to build the project?
  • The Application.h file contains a placeholder to insert license code (APP_ITV2_FEATURE_LICENSES). Are you able to obtain any results without the license code?

I haven’t really touched C++ since 2008 but my understanding is that the encryption logic and message formats are hidden within static libInteractiveSDK.a file, so I guess this file must be placed as-is within the integration code and called directly from HA Python code, unless someone is able to disassemble the .a file. Also the license placeholder might mean that such integration won’t be legal, even if it’s technically feasible.

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FYI there’s now some activity on the DSC-TLink GitHub repo. They’re now able to authenticate against a TL-280, which was previously the biggest blocker to any progress on this.

I also shared the link to the Tyco SDK there, perhaps that will assist now that the auth problem has been solved.

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I know it’s been a while but I was looking into get my Neo system into HA. I also got the TL280 and when the Neo app was discontinued, I started to use ConnectAlarm (dsc.com) app, which works fine.

Just an idea, wouldn’t it be possible to use this service in HA? I cannot find any integrations to it and do not have the skills to reverse engineer it. Any suggestions/somments?