Alarm Engine Support Forum Keypad ?

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    JOHN WADE

      Is there any ability through a rule to have a zone not ready condition activate the beeper in the keypad a specified number of times?

      #8508
      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

        #8523
        Keith Belt

          RP2 had a dedicated “Start\Stop keypad beeps” command in the rules. We use it with a timer for two seconds to get a rapid toggle of te chime when our back slider-door opens since we have a pool.

          The engine doesn’t have that rule command?

          #8526
          Michael Burrell

            Keith – Alarm Engine does not have this option at the moment. We will be adding keypad beep control to the system as we build out the rules.

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