tcwalker5 Posted November 1, 2018 Share Posted November 1, 2018 I am an end user with Composer HE 2.10.5 I have a DSC832 with the IT-100 interface. I would like the alarm system to send a door open command to C4 and set a variable (door_open=true) With that variable set, I can then add in additional functionality such as turn off AC, disable door shade timers, turn LEDs red, etc. The driver that was installed by my dealer doesn't seem to allow API programming as far as I can tell. But the IT-100 does allow serial commands to be sent and received. Has anyone done this, and where do I start to use the API on both sides (DSC and Composer)? Thanks, Ted Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RR61522 Posted November 2, 2018 Share Posted November 2, 2018 Did your dealer put the contacts for each zone into the project and bind them to the alarm panel? If so, you do the programming off of the contact, not the alarm panel driver. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
South Africa C4 user Posted November 3, 2018 Share Posted November 3, 2018 12 hours ago, RR61522 said: Did your dealer put the contacts for each zone into the project and bind them to the alarm panel? If so, you do the programming off of the contact, not the alarm panel driver. This! I have the same set up as you and it all works perfectly in the way that you want it to work. The key is to get your dealer to bind all of the contacts etc. Then you program and your imagination is the only limiting factor! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tcwalker5 Posted November 7, 2018 Author Share Posted November 7, 2018 Thanks, this is what I thought would be needed. As best I can tell the contacts are not explicitly defined. There are no details on the monitoring page, but on the programming page this is all I can see. If the contacts were defined, I assume I would seem them as events. Correct? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cyknight Posted November 7, 2018 Share Posted November 7, 2018 Not quite. What happens that a driver per sensor (you want) is added to the system and under connections is coupled to the appropriate sensor/zone on the alarm panel. This does two things - make it visible on any Control4 interface (separate of the security panel itself) - and make it a device that has events you can program off such as 'door opened', motion sensed etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tcwalker5 Posted November 7, 2018 Author Share Posted November 7, 2018 Thank you, I will discuss with the dealer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tcwalker5 Posted November 22, 2018 Author Share Posted November 22, 2018 The dealer added each of the sensors and now i can do what i wanted with doors open/closed. Thanks, Ted Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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