ajd123 Posted April 8, 2023 Share Posted April 8, 2023 I just installed a PowerG wireless contact for a Cantina door. I only want to use this for automation (not security). For example, if the door is opened, lights turn on. If the door is left open for more than 5 minutes, a notification is sent. What settings or attributes do I need to adjust in DSC so the zone will not trigger an alarm if the Cantina door is opened when the system is armed? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lippavisual Posted April 8, 2023 Share Posted April 8, 2023 I'm no security panel expert by any means, but I would assume whatever bypass mode for your panel. https://lmgtfy.app/?q=dsc+neo+bypass+sensor Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cyknight Posted April 8, 2023 Share Posted April 8, 2023 Just set it to zone type 052 (24 hour non-alarm) - in attributes you'll want to turn chime off as well. ajd123 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ajd123 Posted April 9, 2023 Author Share Posted April 9, 2023 3 hours ago, Cyknight said: Just set it to zone type 052 (24 hour non-alarm) - in attributes you'll want to turn chime off as well. Thanks Cyknight, this is exactly what I was looking for. You are a DSC guru. Next question. After registering this PowerG wireless contact, Control4 seems to have integrated it automatically. The zone is visible but is not associated with a specific room, it is listed under "UNKOWN". 1) How to I program it into Control4 so it shows up in the desired room using Composer HE? 2) I also have two other unnamed zones showing up in the UNKNOWN section. Any idea how to isolate or determine what those are? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
msgreenf Posted April 9, 2023 Share Posted April 9, 2023 Dealer. You have to add the driver and bind it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ajd123 Posted April 9, 2023 Author Share Posted April 9, 2023 Just now, msgreenf said: Dealer. You have to add the driver and bind it Got it. What about the two other zones without names listed under UNKOWN. Any suggestions how I can figure out what these are? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
South Africa C4 user Posted April 9, 2023 Share Posted April 9, 2023 5 hours ago, ajd123 said: Got it. What about the two other zones without names listed under UNKOWN. Any suggestions how I can figure out what these are? Again, a dealer is the best option. These will be zones on the DSC which have not been bound by your dealer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ajd123 Posted April 9, 2023 Author Share Posted April 9, 2023 4 hours ago, South Africa C4 user said: Again, a dealer is the best option. These will be zones on the DSC which have not been bound by your dealer. I figured out what the two "unknown" zones are. There are two zones in my system that are not named and are not connected to any contact/motion/smoke etc. Anyone have any ideas why these would be in my DSC security system? Should I remove them or just leave them? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cyknight Posted April 10, 2023 Share Posted April 10, 2023 Actually these are zones types that just don't have a standard definition as communicated from the panel: the driver, under zones, allows setting names and zone types: these affect the C4 interface only. Not sure if that's available under Composer HE Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ajd123 Posted April 10, 2023 Author Share Posted April 10, 2023 1 hour ago, Cyknight said: Actually these are zones types that just don't have a standard definition as communicated from the panel: the driver, under zones, allows setting names and zone types: these affect the C4 interface only. Not sure if that's available under Composer HE These are zones in my DSC system that do not have a name. They are in there, but since they are not named I am assume they don't do anything? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cyknight Posted April 10, 2023 Share Posted April 10, 2023 If they are 'empty' spots in the order, then the system will just show them as unknown, you can just ignore them in that case Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
South Africa C4 user Posted April 10, 2023 Share Posted April 10, 2023 The “unknown” in the screenshot above is actually the Room name and is unknown because there is no binding. This is different from an unknown zone type. Some Security drivers (maybe all) allow you to hide zones in Composer HE. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hizzle Posted April 11, 2023 Share Posted April 11, 2023 Does anyone know what the tripped alarm variable is for the DSC? I want to send a push notification and email but I can’t seem to find the correct state change to trigger off of. Thanks for the help. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cyknight Posted April 11, 2023 Share Posted April 11, 2023 under the partition portion of the driver (so not the main device driver, but the breakout for your partition - default the main is security panel, you're looking for the secondary default name security system) it should have an 'alarm' and 'alarm clear' event. This is not under device variables, but direct on the driver itself. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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