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  1. Uh, yeah. Sorry about that. The event was originally supposed to be alarm restoral (thus the name), but the disarm was really the only way to accomplish that. The new Partition Disarmed event is specifically for disarming events. To differentiate the two, we now only send the Alarm Restoral event if the panel was in alarming state when the user code was typed in to disarm. But I can see that breaking changes like this are annoying.
  2. In this version, Alarm Restored is only triggered when the panel is disarmed while in the alarming state. Partition Disarmed occurs anytime a partition is disarmed.
  3. In fact that’s now the only supported installation. PG3x and plugins, such as EnvisaLink-DSC, only run right there on the eISY. And in the case of the EnvisaLink-DSC plugin, it’s communication to the EnvisaLink in the DSC panel is all local too.
  4. This was fixed in v3.1.9. You can put a longer password in but it will work for EVL4 only.
  5. The release notes and instructions for the plugin were also migrated to HTML format and made available through my GitHub.io site here: https://goose66.github.io/nsdocs/evldsc-pg3.html The link(s) to the MD version of the release notes in older posts will no longer work.
  6. A new version of the plugin v3.1.9 has been uploaded to the Production Plugin Store. This version adds/fixes the following: GPV state (driver) added to Panel node to track the plugin's status, "Ready - Forced Arming Enabled" message from a partition now handled the same as "Ready" messages, Partition nodes send "Partition Arm" (DON3) and "Partition Disarm" (DOF3) commands for partition arm and disarm, respectively, the maximum length of the password was increased 10 characters (works on EVL4 only), and descriptive names were added to the driver list in the PG3 Dashboard.
  7. While @Guy Lavoie post covers this, to be more direct, the Zmatter dongle is more like a PLM for Thread-over-Zigbee devices. Beyond Thread devices via the ZMatter dongle, Matter support in IoX should include other Matter devices, both directly via WiFi and through other hubs, such as Alexa devices (I hope). So you shouldn’t have to have the ZMatter dongle to integrate with any Matter devices, just Thread devices (when you don’t have some other hub).
  8. Looking at equal but native from the opposite angle, I would hope (although I have no reason to believe) that Matter integration would be done using an API layer that would be the same as the eventual API for plugins after the removal of the Node Server API and PG3 from mix. In an ideal world, everything would be a plugin and Insteon, Zwave, Matter, and plugin nodes could all be equally supported. The difference would be Insteon, Zwave, and Matter plugins would be provided by UD (and probably be much more sophisticated and stable). Looking forward to IoX 6.x!
  9. Changes are listed in the updated release notes here: https://goose66.github.io/nsdocs/evldsc-pg3.html “Partition armed” event refers to any arming. If you want to know how it was armed, you would have to check the state. But you would want to incorporate a delay to make sure that IoX had processed the state change which may or may not arrive before the “Partition armed” event.
  10. Short answer, yes. Long answer is that I have always been of the opinion that the ISY and whole UD ecosystem was designed around Insteon/X10 at its core, including the programming model that allows for separate and distinct conditions for state changes and events (commands) (along with schedule, etc.), and I have always tried to design plugins that present nodes that fit within this paradigm. I also try and mirror the devices’ native paradigm - what does the DSC keypads (or the EnvisaLink API) reflect as state vs. what events happen or are raised. In this specific case, I’ve also tried to maintain some consistency with the EnvisaLink Honeywell/Vista plugin, which i wrote from the same base code.
  11. @apostolakisl A new version (v3.1.9) of the plugin is in the Non-Production (Beta) store for testing. I know you know this, but when we have tested and move it to production, your programs with have to be adjusted.
  12. Alarm Triggered means an alarm was triggered for the partition, i.e., the partition moved to an “alarming” state. Alarm Restored means (or at least is supposed to mean) that the partition was in an “alarming” state and the alarm has been turned off (presumably by disarming the partition). These events (commands) are sent so that the partition node can be dropped into a scene as a controller to, e.g., turn on all exterior lights when the alarm is triggered, etc. The Partition Armed and Partition Disarmed events (commands), once implemented, should satisfy your needs without needing any complicated state logic or trickery with Else clauses (which anybody who’s been around here for the past 12 years knows I think are basically worthless in the current programming paradigm). So, for example, two programs, one with “If 'DSC PG3 / Keypad MDPA' is switched Partition Armed” and the second with “If 'DSC PG3 / Keypad MDPA' is switched Partition Disarmed.” It’s also self-documenting.
  13. Yes, two programs. And we will need another event (command) for arming. By having them in two separate programs, you won't need the complimentary "not" statement for events (commands) in your if statements. Currently the events (commands) sent to the Partition node are Alarm Triggered (DON) and Alarm Restored (DOF). This was done to make programming for responding to these events easier as well as the Partition node to be dropped into a scene as a controller. However, the way it appears to be coded right now, the Alarm Restored event (command) will be sent whenever the partition is disarmed, regardless of whether the partition was alarming or not. I suggest changing the code to send the following events (commands) for the Partition node: Alarm Triggered (DON) - the Alarm has been triggered Alarm Restored (DOF) - when the panel is alarming and is subsequently disarmed (thus cancelling the alarm) Partition Armed (DON3) - when the Partition is armed Partition Disarmed (DOF3) - when the Partition is disarmed That should have you covered without changing anything for existing users.
  14. Looking through the history I don't ever see that there was a version 1.0.5. It jumped from 0.2.5 in Non-Production to 1.0.6 in Production (the latest being 1.0.7). If I recall correctly, the latest version 1.0.7 still supports the use of a personal Google Device Access Project. If everyone is amenable, I can upload v1.0.7 to Non-Production.
  15. Also, it appears the partition node is already receiving an event (command) when the partition is disarmed, but it is currently labeled "Alarm Restored." Instead of the complex code you posted for determining disarmed, try: If 'DSC PG3 / Keypad MDPA' is switched Alarm Restored Then <Partition has been disarmed> The name of this command can be changed from "Alarm Restored" to something like "Partition Disarmed" when we make the other change(s) if this works.
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