EnvisaLink Quandry?

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So I can log in to the Envisalink locally to the http://192.168.1.182 address, and the user/user works to get me in. I misunderstood originally, and had used my eyez-on.com login information, but corrected that. I’m not getting any updates on the zones and my log file shows…

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2020-08-11 00:34:08 ERROR (MainThread) [homeassistant.components.envisalink] Could not establish a connection with the Envisalink- retrying...
2020-08-11 00:34:39 ERROR (MainThread) [pyenvisalink.envisalink_base_client] Unable to connect to envisalink. Reconnecting...

So below is my current load in my config file is…

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# Envisalink Alarm Panel integration
envisalink:
  host: http://192.168.1.182
  panel_type: DSC
  user_name: user
  password: user
  code: xxxx
  evl_version: 4
  port: 4025
  keepalive_interval: 60
  zonedump_interval: 30
  timeout: 10
  panic_type: Police
  zones:
    2:
      name: '2 - Motion Set Family RM'
      type: 'motion'
    3:
      name: '3 - Garage Entry Door'
      type: 'opening'
    4:
      name: '4 - Breakfast Windows'
      type: 'opening'
    5:
      name: '5 - Family Room 3 Doors'
      type: 'opening'
    6:
      name: '6 - Master Bed/Bath Windows'
      type: 'opening'
    7:
      name: '7 - Garage/Stairwell Door'
      type: 'opening'
    10:
      name: '10 - Utility Room Door'
      type: 'opening'
    11:
      name: '11 - Bed 2 (Corin) Windows'
      type: 'opening'
    12:
      name: '12 - Workout Rm Windows'
      type: 'opening'
    13:
      name: '13 - Front Door'
      type: 'opening'
    14:
      name: '14 - Dining Rm Windows'
      type: 'opening'
    15:
      name: '15 - Bed 3 (Han) Windows'
      type: 'opening'
    16:
      name: '16 - Back Porch Door'
      type: 'opening'
  partitions:
    1:
      name: 'Home (1477 FB)'

This feels from all the reading to be the standard approach. I’m showing the zones as binary sensors, but there is no data coming through.

Would love any help to understand what I’m doing wrong or need to change. Thanks guys

2

If I do a quick compare against my config (which does work), I can see in the “host” field you have “http://a.b.c.d” whereas in mine I just have the ip address (ie: no “http://”)

3

I had just the IP address before as well, and it made no difference, but happy to try again. I’ve been concerned in my reading about discussions of rebooting, debug mode, and other conversations that have me concerned.

4

So I got it working, but don’t know what exactly what happened. I #'d the EnvisaLink code in the config.yaml out, as I was getting a number of errors and I needed to get my new Wyze sensors loaded. I added my 3 lines of code for the Wyze elements, including the HACS Repository. I got nervous when the Check Configuration was just spinning and would not validate the modified config. I pressed Restart and HA would not restart. I power cycled with no problem, and loaded my Wyze starter kit with no problems. Following excitement over the excellent performance of the Wyze sensors, I modified the # settings for the EnvisaLink code (making no changes), restarted HA, and I be damn they work and work well. I can’t explain it, but right now I’m happy. If you read anything here and can help me understand what I did, I would love to know, so I can NOT do it again.

Thanks.