Dave w Posted October 1, 2017 Share Posted October 1, 2017 I'm trying to set up an auto notification that shows the tripped zone when the alarm goes off. Its a new DSC Neo with the free C4 driver. I see a number of variables for partition 1 that would/should include this data such as trouble text and display text, but when I put them in the notification they do not return any data at all, just NULL. Any thoughts on this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave w Posted October 5, 2017 Author Share Posted October 5, 2017 wow...nobody knows this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brucecampbell Posted October 5, 2017 Share Posted October 5, 2017 I have a DSC alarm, but not with this driver so don't know how the partition variables operate. But I use a text variable to track which motion sensor last sensed. And if the alarm is triggered, my email includes this variable and then continues to email me every time a sensor is triggered. So far, it has been useful to find out where the cat is hiding when he is accidently left inside.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
South Africa C4 user Posted October 5, 2017 Share Posted October 5, 2017 Sorry... I am using the Domosapiens DSC driver which has lots more variables. I fiddled until I found what I wanted and ultimately set up alerts like you are trying to do. At some stage the driver was updated to include alerts via parameterisation. I know... this does not help you! Sorry! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave w Posted October 6, 2017 Author Share Posted October 6, 2017 Thanks. I would assume the variable names should be the same across most drivers, or at least quite similar. Do either of you know what the name of the variables are that you are successfully using? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
South Africa C4 user Posted October 6, 2017 Share Posted October 6, 2017 34 minutes ago, Dave w said: Thanks. I would assume the variable names should be the same across most drivers, or at least quite similar. Do either of you know what the name of the variables are that you are successfully using? I’m out of town for a few days but will check on my return... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave w Posted October 20, 2017 Author Share Posted October 20, 2017 On 10/6/2017 at 12:40 PM, South Africa C4 user said: I’m out of town for a few days but will check on my return... Any luck? Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
South Africa C4 user Posted October 21, 2017 Share Posted October 21, 2017 It looks like the Domosapiens driver has a lot more variables. I literally have 50 or so. For what it is worth, the 3 variables that I use in my notifications are: ALARM_EVENT ALARM_EVENT_DATA and LAST_ZONE_NOTREADY_NAME Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Lowe Posted October 22, 2017 Share Posted October 22, 2017 You can also use the SNMP agent to view all of the variables in the system at their current state for further trouble shooting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Paxton Posted October 24, 2017 Share Posted October 24, 2017 If I understand you correctly, you want a push notification when the alarm goes off but you also want it to inform you on what zone was triggered? A work around could be used, Bind the sensors to sensor drivers and program like this: E.G When Motion is detected in the kitchen >If alarm system is in alarm > send push notification " alarm in kitchen" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
South Africa C4 user Posted October 25, 2017 Share Posted October 25, 2017 5 hours ago, David Paxton said: If I understand you correctly, you want a push notification when the alarm goes off but you also want it to inform you on what zone was triggered? A work around could be used, Bind the sensors to sensor drivers and program like this: E.G When Motion is detected in the kitchen >If alarm system is in alarm > send push notification " alarm in kitchen" Neat work around! You may need to insert a slight delay or do it on motion stops being detected in kitchen. The risk is that motion is detected in kitchen tells the alarm to trigger (via DSC). At the same time you check (via C4) if the system is in alarm... it may not be in alarm for a second or two... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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