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You are probably seeing the ASCII representation of the bytes that are being sent and received. You need to configure telnet to display raw information (or probably change tool since I dont think telnet can do that....)

There are a few problems I have found which some may overlap with your symptoms: 1) The voltages are not tied together with a good ground, this creates noise on the serial connection and can give those fake 00 packets (which is just noise). I dont know what model of ESP you are using, but I have fou...

Even the Powermaster 30 models use some random B0 packets for quite a lot of their data (as far as I can tell) and I don't think I've found anywhere describing how to interpret that data either...

Hmmm, Ive tried a few things and I run into the same problems as you @bartbakels - the alarm triggers for two seconds and then it stops, and then puts the alarm in test mode (which is difficult to exit from the panel, I needed to send a disarm command over serial). Any ideas on how to progress this?...

This is certainly interesting as I want to be able to trigger an alarm too, will help link in other sensors such as cctv or non-Visonic stuff, plus gives a panic button equivalent on my phone.

I will do some testing on my side aswell as I'm sure it is possible...

@al30k - have a look at my Visonic Integration for SmartThings, I have added Instant Arm to that, you could easily draw this into another project.

Is there a link to LabView 2009 or is it a paid application? I cant see to find a compatible version which will run the Windows App you have created. Or is it a paid application that cant be shared? I cant quite tell as the website is completely down at the moment.
Thanks in advance.

Can I suggest you will also need to ensure you do not have BBA set as a report method inside the Powermax settings. You can define 1st/2nd/3rd report methods and dual reporting, you must ensure BBA (Broadband/IP) is not listed in any of them, otherwise you will have the problem you are noticing, whe...

FYI, as mentioned in another thread, I managed to solve the error about 'communications failure' by unplugging the Powermax and removing the battery, then waiting 30seconds before plugging in again. That now gives me no error messages! :) I have also found that it misses none of my recent zone event...

I can confirm that if you unplug the power and disconnect the battery for 30 seconds then when you reconnect power it has forgotten the old Powerlink and I no longer have a 'Communications Error' Problem. Very glad that this worked as it was really annoying me!!

I have just read reports online that if you disconnect battery and power for 30 seconds then it should clear the error message, though I have not been able to test this yet. Will try and test when I next have time late this week.

I also would love to know this, have been putting up with the 'system trouble' and 'communications lost' errors up until now. I tried removing all the variables inside the comms section (i.e. 0.0.0.0 IP address and stuff like that) but no improvement. I expect a certain setting needs resetting somew...

Very nearly there now, it is doing everything I need, so thanks again! Ive still not managed to solve my above message about the comms failure (despite trying a few options such as an unplug/reset 8266/replug). However, I am also finding that the ESP does sometimes miss events if they are close toge...

Thank you for all your help with this. Im getting there and have built a few functions to return alarm status to my Smartthings Hub which is really cool. The only problem I am having at the moment is the fact that the alarm has a continuous 'communications failure' error message. I cant seem to be a...

Thank you so much @irekz , this is absolutely fantastic and an amazing achievement! I am currently trying to modify this library for use with Samsung SmartThings (a smart home controller) since I can then use the PIR sensors to trigger lights, whilst also reacting to alarm events. I am a newcomer to...