snakevargas
Active Member
I'll start by explaining what I want rather than how I think I should set it up, just in case my assumptions are wrong.
1) I have one keypad
2) I have an attached garage and the main house
3) I want to arm the garage during the day while someone is home.
4) I want to arm the garage + main house during the night when we're sleeping
5) I want to arm the garage + main house while we're away
6) I never want to arm the main house without arming the garage
The way I've currently done this is by setting the garage zones to "Burglar Entry/Exit" and main house zones to "Burglar Interior Night Delay". When I want to just arm the garage, I put the panel in stay mode. When I want to arm the garage + house I put the panel in "stay night" mode. This seems to be one acceptable solution.
The things I don't like about this:
1) I'd rather eliminate night mode and just have one "stay" mode. The benefit of this is that I think it's more obvious to arm and disarm the system for the main house if the light is lit when the main house is armed and unlit when the main house is not armed. It's also simpler to not have to differentiate between Stay and Stay Night mode.
2) I'd like to use one of the F-keys to toggle the state of arming the Garage. I'd like to use the light on the F-key to indicate the toggle state of the garage. This way the garage has a separate status indicator from the main house.
This is what I'm thinking of doing:
1) Main House = area 1
2) Garage = area 2
3) Keypad = area 1
4) Rules:
# when F1 is pressed and the garage is not armed, then arm the garage
WHENEVER F1 KEY ON ANY KEYPAD ACTIVATES
AND Area 2 ARM STATE = DISARMED
AND Area 2 ARM BURGLAR STATUS IS READY
THEN ARM AREA(S) 2 TO STAY IMMEDIATELY
# when F1 is pressed and the garage is armed, then disarm it
WHENEVER F1 KEY ON ANY KEYPAD ACTIVATES
AND Area 2 ARM STATE = ARMED
AND NO ALARM, ANY AREA IS ACTIVE
AND Area 1 ARM STATE = DISARMED
THEN DISARM AREA(S) 2 IMMEDIATELY
# when main house is armed, arm the garage
WHENEVER Area 1 ARM STATE BECOMES ARMED
AND Area 2 ARM BURGLAR STATUS IS READY
THEN ARM AREA(S) 2 TO STAY IMMEDIATELY
5) Keypad State for F1 = 1175, Area 2 Arm state
Is this a reasonable plan? Is there a better way to achieve what I want? Am I wanting something that is a bad idea?
1) I have one keypad
2) I have an attached garage and the main house
3) I want to arm the garage during the day while someone is home.
4) I want to arm the garage + main house during the night when we're sleeping
5) I want to arm the garage + main house while we're away
6) I never want to arm the main house without arming the garage
The way I've currently done this is by setting the garage zones to "Burglar Entry/Exit" and main house zones to "Burglar Interior Night Delay". When I want to just arm the garage, I put the panel in stay mode. When I want to arm the garage + house I put the panel in "stay night" mode. This seems to be one acceptable solution.
The things I don't like about this:
1) I'd rather eliminate night mode and just have one "stay" mode. The benefit of this is that I think it's more obvious to arm and disarm the system for the main house if the light is lit when the main house is armed and unlit when the main house is not armed. It's also simpler to not have to differentiate between Stay and Stay Night mode.
2) I'd like to use one of the F-keys to toggle the state of arming the Garage. I'd like to use the light on the F-key to indicate the toggle state of the garage. This way the garage has a separate status indicator from the main house.
This is what I'm thinking of doing:
1) Main House = area 1
2) Garage = area 2
3) Keypad = area 1
4) Rules:
# when F1 is pressed and the garage is not armed, then arm the garage
WHENEVER F1 KEY ON ANY KEYPAD ACTIVATES
AND Area 2 ARM STATE = DISARMED
AND Area 2 ARM BURGLAR STATUS IS READY
THEN ARM AREA(S) 2 TO STAY IMMEDIATELY
# when F1 is pressed and the garage is armed, then disarm it
WHENEVER F1 KEY ON ANY KEYPAD ACTIVATES
AND Area 2 ARM STATE = ARMED
AND NO ALARM, ANY AREA IS ACTIVE
AND Area 1 ARM STATE = DISARMED
THEN DISARM AREA(S) 2 IMMEDIATELY
# when main house is armed, arm the garage
WHENEVER Area 1 ARM STATE BECOMES ARMED
AND Area 2 ARM BURGLAR STATUS IS READY
THEN ARM AREA(S) 2 TO STAY IMMEDIATELY
5) Keypad State for F1 = 1175, Area 2 Arm state
Is this a reasonable plan? Is there a better way to achieve what I want? Am I wanting something that is a bad idea?