Envisalink EVL-4 - Zones randomly opening and closing

epjcym · October 10, 2022, 12:38pm

I posted earlier in this thread, but wanted to bump up a mention that the same issue affects DSC panels as well.

jl_678 · January 5, 2023, 12:49am

Hi all and particularly @sah

I have opened a case on Github for this, and the developer is willing to look at this. He is asking for debug logs. Here is the thread. It would be great for others to provide additional logs to help him identify the issue.

TIA!

Update:
Check out this post to get the proper logging settings:

github.com/ufodone/pyenvisalink

HA - Vista 20P zones cycling from open to close and back again

opened 01:30PM - 03 Oct 22 UTC

jl-678

Many of us using HA are seeing the above behavior with our 20P. The behavior ap…pears to happen when we have more than 4 or 5 sensors open. Below that number, everything behaves as expected; and once exceeded, the log shows these sensors gyrating between open and closed incessantly even when the related item is not changing. I am not sure why this is and if it is even an issue with pyenvisalink. It is worth noting that the Envisalink web GUI does not show this behavior and so it feels like this is something specific to pyenvisalink/HA. Any help anyone can provide would be appreciated. I am currently running with HA 2022.9.1, but I have seen this with previous releases as well.

sah · January 5, 2023, 4:35pm

Thanks Jay. It is pouring rain here in Northern California. As soon as I can open some windows and doors I will provide logs.
Scott

jl_678 · January 10, 2023, 2:53pm

They are reworking the HA Envisalink add-in and are looking for testers. The more people who participate the better, and I think that this is the best place to get this issue addressed.

github.com/ufodone/envisalink_new

Home Assistant envisalink testing help wanted!

opened 05:22AM - 10 Jan 23 UTC

ufodone

Hi all! Sorry in advance for the unsolicited message. I'm in the process o…f modernizing the Home Assistant `envisalink` integration. This is a fairly substantial change and I'd like to get as much testing on it as possible before submitting it as a PR back to the HA. As you probably know, the integration supports both DSC and Honeywell systems. While much of the code is the same, there are differences and I have no ability to test changes to the Honeywell portion as I only have a DSC system myself. The integration also supports EVL3 and EVL4 units and I only have an EVL4. And because the changes include refactoring how the configuration of the system is done (moving from configuration.yaml into the UI), this also means that variances in configuration may expose bugs that I don't see in my own testing. To this end, I'm reaching out to you all in the hopes that some will be willing to help test the changes. I wasn't sure the best was to communicate with people using this integration so I went through many of the issues that have been opened for it in the Home Assistant project. The lack of support for UI configuration has in some ways hampered my ability to make other updates to the integration (such as reintroduction of the zone bypass switches) so I'm hopeful that if I can get these changes contributed back I'll be in a better position to support the integration. I'm setting this up as a HACS custom component for now using a different name. This should allow easier testing and iteration while will making it quick and easy to switch back to the standard/build-in integration. While it's not quite ready for external use yet, I hope to have a version ready very soon. I would appreciate any help people can offer - be that testing the integration, providing debug logs from Honeywell systems (so maybe I can make an emulator to test against) or even just posting your existing configurations and details on your setups (automations, etc.) to help me try and cover all the bases. [Here](https://github.com/ufodone/envisalink_new#readme) is a list of the major changes to date. If you think you can help in any way, please let me know below. Thanks in advance! @ChirpyTurnip @Damien2s @DanielBaulig @Hamish1066 @Papester @TheFuzz4 @abarbaccia @abmagfab @active-atom @adman120 @audymatic @ausfas @bbrendon @bolapara @camrun91 @cgraf @crackers8199 @facuzestoa @greggitter @jl-678 @larry-glz @mniquette @monxhy @nate3421 @olddawgpowers @raspman @rct @ryanpie86 @schmuy @tinuva @undert03 @warnejo

sah · January 25, 2023, 12:44am

Jay,
Sorry for the silly question. I was able to add the logging entries into my config.yaml no problem except that it started filling my hard drive. Can you please tell me which logs to grab and how to send them in?
Thanks
Scott

sah · January 26, 2023, 9:24pm

Disregard my previous message.

ando1 · February 9, 2023, 10:15am

Hello,

Wondering if anyone has started testing the new integration as I am having similar issues and have a Honeywell alarm with EVL3. Wanted to see if it fixes the issue.

jl_678 · February 9, 2023, 12:32pm

Yes! Please go to the GitHub link above. It is actively being worked on including the flapping issue.

ando1 · February 11, 2023, 7:54pm

For the people who have been testing the new integration, has it stopped the flapping?

sah · February 16, 2023, 2:29am

Not stopped entirely yet but GREATLY improved!!! I didn’t see a single flap until I had 6 or more windows / doors open.

auzzzie · July 7, 2023, 4:24am

I came from HomeSeer with Envisalink on a DSC panel and it worked flawlessly, so it is possible.

I though my sensors were playing up ever since I went to Home Assistant. I replaced batteries, sensors but was still seeing the same flapping behaviour, once opened it will close, then open again by itself then shortly after close.

The exact same behaviour you folks are reporting. Glad I found this thread, hope the new version solves this as I rely on my DSC integration pretty heavily.

Sireone · May 19, 2024, 4:16pm

The HACS integration seems to have resolved the random status. Any plans on migrating this back into Core?