Texecom Alarm Programming Question
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Hoping someone can go back in time with me and help program this total POS alarm..........
Texecom Premier Elite 24
All I would like to do is program a 'Digi Output' to give me 12v when there is an alarm.
I have read the manual and it's fairly crap, there are 8 programable digi zones, all 0v for some reason, but according to the manual, they can be inverted, presumably to give me 12v +ve? There are pages and pages of different types of outputs, I just want it to work on any alarm, not a certain zone just an alarm. If the alarm goes off, an output gives me 12v +ve. Sounds simple but the manual is so bloody complex.
This is the panel with the outputs top right:
Page from the manual:
Any help gratefully received.
Texecom Premier Elite 24
All I would like to do is program a 'Digi Output' to give me 12v when there is an alarm.
I have read the manual and it's fairly crap, there are 8 programable digi zones, all 0v for some reason, but according to the manual, they can be inverted, presumably to give me 12v +ve? There are pages and pages of different types of outputs, I just want it to work on any alarm, not a certain zone just an alarm. If the alarm goes off, an output gives me 12v +ve. Sounds simple but the manual is so bloody complex.
This is the panel with the outputs top right:
Page from the manual:
Any help gratefully received.
Yeah, the manual is crap! There is a dedicated forum on DIYnot.com for Texecom alarms, I think from memory if you can get your head around the principle of how it works it's not so bad.
I would recommend that you start by adding the ethernet com thingy if you haven't already? You can use that to remote into the alarm from your PC, it's much easier to configure from there than bashing at the panel.
When it's configured, if you put Home Assistant on a Raspberry Pi there is a connector out there, so you can log Home Assistant in and then pick up directly from all of your sensors and states with that. If you go that route you likely don't need whatever it is you're going to do with this output as Home Assistant can do it for you.
I would recommend that you start by adding the ethernet com thingy if you haven't already? You can use that to remote into the alarm from your PC, it's much easier to configure from there than bashing at the panel.
When it's configured, if you put Home Assistant on a Raspberry Pi there is a connector out there, so you can log Home Assistant in and then pick up directly from all of your sensors and states with that. If you go that route you likely don't need whatever it is you're going to do with this output as Home Assistant can do it for you.
Digi outputs are switched negative, so you won’t actually be measuring 12vdc. More so the potential difference.
Choose what output you want to use, the select the are type of activation and choose 00- alarm. Then on the attributes section it will ask if you want to invert it depending on what your setup is.
When testing hold you meter across a permanent 12v+ and then on your digi output, in alarm it will show the 12v but in normal 0vdc
(No egg sucking meant here)
Choose what output you want to use, the select the are type of activation and choose 00- alarm. Then on the attributes section it will ask if you want to invert it depending on what your setup is.
When testing hold you meter across a permanent 12v+ and then on your digi output, in alarm it will show the 12v but in normal 0vdc
(No egg sucking meant here)
paulrockliffe said:
Yeah, the manual is crap! There is a dedicated forum on DIYnot.com for Texecom alarms, I think from memory if you can get your head around the principle of how it works it's not so bad.
I would recommend that you start by adding the ethernet com thingy if you haven't already? You can use that to remote into the alarm from your PC, it's much easier to configure from there than bashing at the panel.
When it's configured, if you put Home Assistant on a Raspberry Pi there is a connector out there, so you can log Home Assistant in and then pick up directly from all of your sensors and states with that. If you go that route you likely don't need whatever it is you're going to do with this output as Home Assistant can do it for you.
Hmmm. Not too sure what all that actually means - I’ve an Ethernet equipped Texecom system and a Raspberry Pi about two feet away. Can I do cool stuff with this?I would recommend that you start by adding the ethernet com thingy if you haven't already? You can use that to remote into the alarm from your PC, it's much easier to configure from there than bashing at the panel.
When it's configured, if you put Home Assistant on a Raspberry Pi there is a connector out there, so you can log Home Assistant in and then pick up directly from all of your sensors and states with that. If you go that route you likely don't need whatever it is you're going to do with this output as Home Assistant can do it for you.
Dog Star said:
Hmmm. Not too sure what all that actually means - I’ve an Ethernet equipped Texecom system and a Raspberry Pi about two feet away. Can I do cool stuff with this?
Yes, you can... been running this for a while.https://community.home-assistant.io/t/texecom2mqtt...
paulrockliffe said:
Yeah, the manual is crap! There is a dedicated forum on DIYnot.com for Texecom alarms, I think from memory if you can get your head around the principle of how it works it's not so bad.
I would recommend that you start by adding the ethernet com thingy if you haven't already? You can use that to remote into the alarm from your PC, it's much easier to configure from there than bashing at the panel.
When it's configured, if you put Home Assistant on a Raspberry Pi there is a connector out there, so you can log Home Assistant in and then pick up directly from all of your sensors and states with that. If you go that route you likely don't need whatever it is you're going to do with this output as Home Assistant can do it for you.
Hmmm. Not too sure what all that actually means - I’ve an Ethernet equipped Texecom system and a Raspberry Pi about two feet away. Can I do cool stuff with this?I would recommend that you start by adding the ethernet com thingy if you haven't already? You can use that to remote into the alarm from your PC, it's much easier to configure from there than bashing at the panel.
When it's configured, if you put Home Assistant on a Raspberry Pi there is a connector out there, so you can log Home Assistant in and then pick up directly from all of your sensors and states with that. If you go that route you likely don't need whatever it is you're going to do with this output as Home Assistant can do it for you.
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