Support for Z-Wave Sirens/Chimes

[winter]

@netopiax

OK, I’ll do it. It is actually the Z-Wave “Indicator” class that needs support.

Any update on this? I really want a siren/chime device I can integrate into my network.

[netopiax (Colin Teubner)]

The proper feature request is here - no movement from developers. I’d invest time but this is probably beyond my skill set, at least without a lot of fumbling around first.

[winter]

I could be interested in taking a look if/when I get this device. Have no idea what I’m doing but it could be an interesting learning experience

[Legion (Brandon Fulton)]

Looking to do the same thing. I have a Dome Siren attached to my setup; if anyone can give me some direction on coding the commands I can work on this.

I did some initial work and found that OZW has the indicator class already we just need to bring this into HA.

I’m a bit new to this so please be gentle.

[murphys_law]

I also see the indicator class stuffs in my xml. Someone else was trying to say that the device needs to be added to OZW but I’m not sure that’s the case.

I messaged Dome inquiring about them adding the device to the OZW database a few days back and am still awaiting a response.

[netopiax (Colin Teubner)]

The Dome Siren device is in OZW already - I know because I added it myself
Based on the discussion on this post I created a new feature request quite some time ago, that has more votes than this one, that is specifically about the Indicator class being added to HA. Again, I don’t think any OZW changes need to be made to do this.

Z-Wave Indicator class support

The Dome Siren and likely other Z-Wave siren / alert devices support the Indicator command class for a chime, which is separate from the main Siren that is modeled as a binary switch. The ideal implementation of this IMO is for the device to be exposed through the notify platform in HA so that a script or automation can trigger a chime. Unlike the binary switch for the siren, the chime does not provide feedback and does not need to be turned off again.

[murphys_law]

Ahhh, good to know. I wasn’t sure if it was in OZW as it didn’t populate everything(new to Z-wave.) Does the OZW database automagically get merged into HASS?

I commented on the other post already.

[netopiax (Colin Teubner)]

Yes, HA picks up updates to the OZW project including the device database on a somewhat regular basis. It may not always have the very latest, but the Dome Siren is coming through as expected.

[murphys_law]

Good deal. So it’s just the indicator support part of it/python that needs work then. Thanks again!

[madpb]

Bump… Any progress on this? I was looking at the Dome or other sirens as well to add to my Home Assistant or if anyone has suggestions. I like the idea of chimes too.

[netopiax (Colin Teubner)]

Please vote on the feature request here. The latest info is that Open Z-Wave doesn’t yet support the Indicator class and until that happens there’s nothing Home Assistant devs can do.

[winter]

This indicator class?

OpenZWave/open-zwave/blob/master/cpp/src/command_classes/Indicator.h

[winter]

Oh, it’s referring to the python wrapper not supporting the indicator, no the openzwave library itself.

[netopiax (Colin Teubner)]

Yes, sorry, I should have been more specific. pyozw does not currently support sending the commands related to the Indicator class. The C libraries do correctly recognize support for the class and, as we can see from the header, have the methods we need for set/get.

[kvermilion]

This (z-wave indicator class) is implemented in 0.80
Check out this post I made to a similar thread & the one I linked to there:

Z-Wave Indicator class support

Hi @murphys_law and @wohlraj, If you install 0.80 or greater, this should be implemented. Here’s a feature request thread w/ more info: Event support for Scene Controllers The gist is that the indicators should get their own entity now, and can be set using a new service (zwave.set_node_value), which takes the z-wave node-id, value-id for the indicator, and the value you want to set. Likewise, there is service for getting the values (zwave.get_node_value). You can get the value_id and node_i…

[dinth (Michal)]

Is it possible to adapt this somehow to use Fibaro Siren’s chime?

[kvermilion]

If it uses the z-wave indicator class, likely yes.

[skynet01 (Alex)]

Hey netopiax, did you by any chance figure out how to do the chime? The indicator sensor shows up now but i am not sure how to activate a chime.

[netopiax (Colin Teubner)]

Yes - there is a service called zwave.set_node_value you need to use. You will need the “indicator value id” for the siren’s indicator setting. Some additional instructions are in the last few posts in the other feature request thread.

[skynet01 (Alex)]

Thanks netopiax, I got it working. For those of you interested here is the steps:

• go to dev-state developers tab, and find your siren indicator for me it was sensor.elexa_dome_siren_indicator (I have Elexa Dome Siren)
• get the node_id and value_id from attributes column
• use those parameters along with value:1 to fire off zwave.set_node_value service to get the chime

You can test it out by going to dev-service tab, selecting zwave.set_node_value and firing off this json
the value number 1-10 represents the chime that you will get
replace XX with your node_id and value_id values

{
       "node_id": XX,
       "value_id": "XXXXXXXXX",
       "value": 1
}

Hit call service and you should hear a chime
You can then use this in your automations