Alarm Engine Support Forum Keypad ? Reply To: Keypad ?

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Michael Burrell

    John,

    At the moment there is not a simple way to do it, but it can be done. We do plan to improve these as we build out the rules offering.

    I was able to do this, but the chimes have a 1 second pause between them. Not sure if that is acceptable or not.

    To test this, I set my Keypad F4 as the trigger, I assume you would want to utilize an input or zone. Shouldn’t make a difference, just was easier for me to test like this.

    I started by creating a rule that set timers. The minimum is 1 second, so I had to space them a second apart.

    Timer Rule:

    WHENEVER Front Door Keypad F4 KEYPRESS

    THEN SET Timer 1 Timer FOR 1 SECOND(S)
    AND THEN SET Timer 2 Timer FOR 2 SECOND(S)
    AND THEN SET Timer 3 Timer FOR 3 SECOND(S)

    Then I created an unassigned zone and called it Chime Zone. I set it to be an Automation Zone Def and enabled the Chime Toggle on it. Then created these three rules below.

    Chime Rule 1:

    WHENEVER Timer 1 Timer EXPIRES

    THEN ACTIVATE ALARM FOR THE chime zone Sensor (Zone)

     

    Chime Rule 2:

    WHENEVER Timer 2 Timer EXPIRES

    THEN ACTIVATE ALARM FOR THE chime zone Sensor (Zone)

     

    Chime Rule 3:

    WHENEVER Timer 3 Timer EXPIRES

    THEN ACTIVATE ALARM FOR THE chime zone Sensor (Zone)

     

    When I activate this rule, it activates the Automation zone chime three times with a 1 second pause between the chime sounds. Again, this is a drawn out way to do it, but it does work until we add a simpler method.

    Thanks,
    Mike

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