Hello below Hacs integration for
AX-Pro Hikvision alarm
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Hi, does this integration allow for sensors to be used for automation even when the system is disarmed?
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Hi, there are some news about this integration? I read last post on Aug 2023.
If someone has info, please share them.
Thanks
Is it possible to use sensors while alarm is DISARMED? The goal is to use them to turn lights on for example but when alarm is not armed.
Thanks!!!
Its not a natively supported thing because I assume when a device is disarmed it stops scanning to conserve power and prolong battery life (or at least so I observed on the wireless units).With wired sensors on the multi transmitter it still seems to trigger even when disarmed. So here is a workaround for wireless sensors to trigger even when the system is not armed:
So lets say you want an AX Pro PIR to turn a light on:
- On the AX Pro console, select the sensor you want to use in this way.
- In its settings, set chime to on (and if you want, also set LED to off). Now even when disarmed it will still remain in detection mode and will create an annoying ping sound on the hub every time it triggers.
- Now go to the AX Pro Hub’s settings → System → System Options and disable the Panel Voice Prompt. This means that the little granny inside it will stop rattling of notifications and long lists every time you arm, disarm or look at her funny.
- Go into the settings of hikvision_axpro integration, set the pull frequency to 2s. Then reload the integration.
In this mode, the sensor will still work and trigger a chime, but you won’t hear it because voice prompts are muted. Your status sensor for the device should then update to “trigger” whenever it is triggered and back to “online” when it is not.
As for how long your batteries last, it depends. We will have to see, I guess.
The other downside is that this high polling rate seems to cause issues with things like PIRCam messages timing out and so forth.
Personally I’m okay with going through a few batteries rather than shelling out for duplicate Zigbee sensors and such.
Will try it for a bit and update on how well it works.
Author of integration here.
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