New Integration: Paradox EVO alarm

DaveOke · March 2, 2018, 2:21pm

Just working on a solution that will work for us guys with Paradox EVO alarm panels. Only spent a few hours on it but following works:

Configure Zones / Device classes
Automatically pull zone names from the panel
Get initial status
Update zone status

NEW

Multiple Areas are now supported
Virtual Zone Support. You can trigger panel PGMs with these or integrate HomeAssistant sensors with as a zone on the paradox panel.
Support for Virtual PGMs as binary sensors.

See github readme for example configurations.

You’ll need to add the mqtt section to the configuration.yaml with the autodiscover option.

Enjoy!

DaveOke · March 2, 2018, 11:20pm

Just updated the project - now supports arming home/away and disarming. Here’s the mqqt configuration.yaml entry:

alarm_control_panel:

platform: mqtt
state_topic: “paradox_evo/alarm/area1”
command_topic: “paradox_evo/alarm/area1/set”
name: “Paradox Evo”
payload_disarm: “DISARM”
payload_arm_home: “ARM”

DaveOke · March 10, 2018, 7:49pm

Updated with new functionality;

NEW

Multiple Areas are now supported
Virtual Zone Support. You can trigger panel PGMs with these or integrate HomeAssistant sensors with as a zone on the paradox panel.
Support for Virtual PGMs as binary sensors.

judge · March 31, 2018, 1:53pm

Hi DaveOke!

This looks amazing/promising
What about the hardware requirements for this? How can I connect the PRT3 module to a pc/raspberry?
Thanks!

DaveOke · April 5, 2018, 10:07pm

The Tech specs for the PRT3 module have listed compatibility for these panels:

Digiplex EVO48, EVO96, EVO192 control panels
DGP-848 control panel (V4.11 and up)
DGP-NE96 control panel (V1.60 and up)

I’ve only tested against my EVO192 panel & a RasberryPi. The PRT3 port comes with a USB B port (e.g. the standard cable used to connect most printers to a PC). Just connect a USB cable between the PRT3 and your rasberry pi.

judge · April 6, 2018, 7:50am

I have the EVO192 panel as well but don’t have a raspberry pi yet.
Thanks a lot for the info and the integration, I’m looking forward to try it soon!

judge · May 1, 2018, 12:09pm

Hi @DaveOke,

I finally got a PRT3 module so I can try your script.
I can start it and it says:

Serial Port: ttyUSB0 opened.
MQTT Connected!

but that’s it. I don’t get anything else.
I’m using a serial (9 pin) to USB cable so I don’t use the USB B port, should I use USB B instead?
Or is there anything I could miss?
Thanks!

DaveOke · May 1, 2018, 12:40pm

I’ve tested with a USB B cable but a 9 pin should work as well. Have you configured PRT3 for home automation?

E.g.
Via Winload, configure PRT3 or using a keypad, section 4003 and then enter the prt3 serial number:
Section 016 option 4 needs to be set to on. (Enable serial / home automation mode)
Section 016 option 2/3 need to be set to on (57600 baud). Default should work, but just change the code to connect @ 2400.
Section 016 option 5/6 should be set to off.

After that, just ensure that the correct serial port is opened.

judge · May 1, 2018, 5:59pm

I did the configuration, but still nothing. As for the section 016 5/6, I cannot set it to off, I have ‘Ascii’, CBUS and ‘future use’ (I tried ascii and future use, no luck).
Port should be okay, if I unplug the cable from the pi and start the app, it says cannot open /dev/ttyUSB0 (opening works if I plug back in).
Do you have any other suggestion? Any other configuration I need?
I even tried with an USB B -> USB cable, the app said cannot open the port.

DaveOke · May 2, 2018, 1:23pm

Ah - looks like you’re using winload. The correct option is Ascii Protocol. Make sure serial the port is enabled (016 - 1) as well.

If this doesn’t work, you can try sending codes by hand to the panel and see if it’s responding. E.g. try sending
RA001 to the serial port. This panel should return zone 1 status - something like RA001DOOOOOO

RKor · May 2, 2018, 1:53pm

Hey guys, driving myself nuts trying to find a way to get paradox working with hassio anyone know of a working method?

DaveOke · May 2, 2018, 10:09pm

RKor, what’s your panel type? Evo?

judge · May 3, 2018, 6:10pm

It seems I don’t get anything from the panel: I never get into this._port.on('readable', () => {})
I tried manually send a command after “Serial Port opened” log with this.SendCommand('RA001') but I got nothing.
Any idea?

DaveOke · May 3, 2018, 9:32pm

Just throwing ideas out there…

Do you see the bus lights flashing on the prt3?
Is the prt3 hooked to the combus properly?
Baud rates match?
If you open a zone, readable should also fire.

judge · May 12, 2018, 10:51am

As soon as I start your script, the RX LED starts blinking rapidly (so it seems that the connection between the module and the rPI is fine) but the TX LED does not blink at all.
Baud rates are ok, do you think its possible that the module is not properly installed to the system?

RKor · May 20, 2018, 10:50am

Sorry for the delay Dave, didn’t know you had commented.

My panel type is SP550 v 4.99.19
Module is IP150 v1.34

Appreciate the help

DaveOke · May 23, 2018, 12:53pm

@RKor - There’s another active project in the works that will work with the IP150. Would recommend trying that out first. This project only tested to work with the Evo/Prt3.

judge · May 29, 2018, 4:47pm

I finally figured it out!

I did the programming part in Babyware and sending the configuration does not get sent to the PRT3. I tried it multiple times, even tried to do it in the old program (Winload). Everything looked ok, but I finally tried to check if everything is correct with the old-school way: on the keypad! And it said nothing was configured, so I did the configuration on the keypad and it started working immediately.

I can see all my zones, statues working perfectly and its really fast! The only missing part is the alarm state itself, it does not get updated when I arm or disarm the system. I have 3 zones, non of them are working. In the app.js, I changed the areaCount to 3. Any ideas what could be the issue with this?

Thanks a lot for the great work!

judge · May 30, 2018, 4:33am

This is my current config:

  mqttAddress: "mqtt://localhost",
  mqttUsername: "****",
  mqttPassword: "****",
  baudRate: 57600,
  device: "ttyUSB0",
  areaCount: 3,
  userCount: 3,
  panelUserCode: "****",
  zoneConfiguration:  {
    2: { "name": "", "device_class": "door"},
    3: { "name": "", "device_class": "motion"},
    5: { "name": "", "device_class": "motion"},
    10: { "name": "", "device_class": "motion"},
    11: { "name": "", "device_class": "motion"},
    19: { "name": "", "device_class": "motion" },
    20: { "name": "", "device_class": "door" },
    21: { "name": "", "device_class": "door" },
    22: { "name": "", "device_class": "door" },
    23: { "name": "", "device_class": "door" },
    24: { "name": "", "device_class": "motion" }
  },
  pgmConfiguration: {
  },
  virtualZoneConfiguration: {
  }
}

And in HASS:

   - platform: mqtt
     state_topic: "paradox_evo/alarm/area/1"
     command_topic: "paradox_evo/alarm/area/1/set"
     name: "Name1"
     payload_disarm: "DISARM"
     payload_arm_home: "ARM"
   - platform: mqtt
     state_topic: "paradox_evo/alarm/area/2"
     command_topic: "paradox_evo/alarm/area/2/set"
     name: "Name2"
     payload_disarm: "DISARM"
     payload_arm_home: "ARM"
   - platform: mqtt
     state_topic: "paradox_evo/alarm/area/3"
     command_topic: "paradox_evo/alarm/area/3/set"
     name: "Name3"
     payload_disarm: "DISARM"
     payload_arm_home: "ARM"

DaveOke · July 7, 2018, 1:58pm

Sorry for not replying sooner - things have been busy. Do you have the latest version (I did some work to support multiple areas)? Can you post the log after trying to arm/disarm an area other than 1?