MyHome Posted Sunday at 07:37 PM Posted Sunday at 07:37 PM I have an ADT Control system with keypadin my home. I would like to be able to see the status of the system (armed away, home) to control devices that I already have on my eisy. Is there a simple way to accomplish this? Quote
paulbates Posted Sunday at 08:01 PM Posted Sunday at 08:01 PM ADT's approach is to be the central controller to Home Automation and integrate a with google home and Amazon Alexa and zwave. ADT uses 4 different brands of panels, including their own brand. Knowing which one you have is part of the answer. If your panel has dry contacts capability, there's the possibility of connect it to an Insteon, zwave or zigbee io interface. Integrating with an alarm panel can be technical and specific to the panel you have. It would be best to talk to the alarm installer and ask them what's possible with a dry contacts controller. Quote
MyHome Posted Sunday at 09:00 PM Author Posted Sunday at 09:00 PM Hi Paul, Thanks for this insight. The installer did not know this information. However, to have it control my new Google Camera which was sent to me by ADT, they were able to have Google Home see the status of the panel and the devices. Theoretically, I can have the camera turn on only when the alarm is set to armed/away. There is a bug in the programming though. I was hopeful that I would be able to see the alarm status in the ISY so that I could have other devices turn on or off when the panel is set for Away. Any additional thoughts? Thanks, Mitchell Quote
paulbates Posted Sunday at 09:06 PM Posted Sunday at 09:06 PM (edited) Can the installer tell you what brand/model the panel is? Can also go to the panel, see if you can find brand/model info on the cover, stickers or the main board behind the door. You could search the internet for its pdf manual and look through it. I had a panel at my last house and did that. It did have dry contacts capability. If your panel does have that ability, you might be able to talk your installer into enabling it, or maybe there's YouTubes out there describing how to do what you want. You could research and decide it you want to get your screwdriver out.... I ended up installing SimpliSafe, and it sent emails based on alarm status. I used gmail to make filters for those emails and update my ISY via IFTTT. A little clunky, but it worked Edited Sunday at 09:09 PM by paulbates Quote
MyHome Posted Sunday at 10:31 PM Author Posted Sunday at 10:31 PM Thanks...I will reach out to their tech support. Quote
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