Alarm lua HC3

[Lode 18]

A couple of questions about alarm settings in lua (HC3)

 

How can i arm/disarm a sensor in lua ?

How can i ask the state of a sensor in lua ? (armed or disarmed)

[jgab 1,954]

9 minutes ago, Lode said:

A couple of questions about alarm settings in lua (HC3)

 

How can i arm/disarm a sensor in lua ?

How can i ask the state of a sensor in lua ? (armed or disarmed)

You don't arm/disarm sensors.

Sensors belong to alarmZones and you arm/disarm alarmZones.

[Lode 18]

Just found that out about the zones but how to arm/disarm a zone in lua ?

And how can i ask for the state of those zones.

 

[Lode 18]

24 minutes ago, Lode said:

Just found that out about the zones but how to arm/disarm a zone in lua ?

And how can i ask for the state of those zones.

 

Found it....

It's really different in HC3.....a lot to discover ?

 

fibaro.alarm(1, 'disarm')

local state = fibaro.getPartitionArmState(1)

Edited April 9, 2022 by Lode

[FSE 34]

Hello,

a question that may have been answered: Can I arm a SINGLE sensor without to be on a zone?

[JureZ 1]

4 hours ago, FSE said:

Hello,

a question that may have been answered: Can I arm a SINGLE sensor without to be on a zone?

Well you can make a seperate zone with just that one sensor inside.

[FSE 34]

10 hours ago, JureZ said:

Well you can make a seperate zone with just that one sensor inside.

@JureZ thank you!

Do you know also if I can read the status of the specific sensor or do I have to read the status of the zone (and that is the tricky as a sensor can be included to more than one zone)

It is a bit of waste of resources IMHO from fibaro...

[JureZ 1]

6 hours ago, FSE said:

@JureZ thank you!

Do you know also if I can read the status of the specific sensor or do I have to read the status of the zone (and that is the tricky as a sensor can be included to more than one zone)

It is a bit of waste of resources IMHO from fibaro...

fuf ... i dont know if it can be done easily. Maybe you could do it if you write a section that checks that devices specific properties and look if it has arm status in them. Maybe this can help you: 

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[jgab 1,954]

8 hours ago, FSE said:

@JureZ thank you!

Do you know also if I can read the status of the specific sensor or do I have to read the status of the zone (and that is the tricky as a sensor can be included to more than one zone)

It is a bit of waste of resources IMHO from fibaro...

You want to know if the sensor is "armed"?

Sensors are not armed on the HC3. Alarm zones are armed, and sensors belong to alarm zones.

On the HC2, sensors had an "armed" property. On the HC3 that is removed, and the armed property is moved to the zones objects instead.

You ask the zones if they are armed, and you arm and disarm zones.

 

So the mindset change is to not think arming/disarming/checking devices when doing alarms - but thinking arming/disarming/checking zones.

 

If you need to "arm" a single sensor, then put it in a separate zone like @JureZ suggested.

If you want the HC3 to do its bells and whistles,  push an alarm notification and show the red light when a sensor is breached this is the only way as it will

only happen when a zone is breached (that the sensor belongs to).

 

You can of course have a DIY scene that triggers if a sensor is breached and checks some global variable if the sensor is "armed" and in the case sends a push notification to you or start some siren or whatever. But it will not run the HC3 alarm bells, and you need to keep the "armed" state yourself by using some global variable with that info.

 

 

 

Edited October 10, 2023 by jgab