Concord 4 Superbus 2000 Automation Module / Disable Supervision?

[mjara]

I was hoping a veteran Concord 4 installer or user might have some advice for me.

I have a GE Concord 4, and I've just added the Superbus 2000 Automation Module (RS232 adapter). I just want to connect a home-automation PC, but I haven't organized the PC-side yet. A while after I reconnected the power, I started getting a bus failure on device "AM1". A little research told me that this is probably normal, and it's because the module expects constant communication over the serial port.

My question: Does anybody know how to turn off supervision for the automation module? Or better yet, is there a way to get the module not to care if it's receiving serial communication? (Maybe a jumper I can install?)

(I've checked the manual, fiddled with the programming, Google-searched, and not found any solutions.)

Thanks,
Mike

 

[az1324]

Not that I'm aware of. If you do a status check on a keypad then the alert will be silent for a while ... 12 hours maybe?

If you have it connected to a PC already I can send you a small exe program that will talk to the module for you. PM me your e-mail addy.

 

[personalt]

I have this same module, sitting on my shelf, my hope is to interface it it with CQC.. what program are you trying to connect it to?

 

[mjara]

I have this same module, sitting on my shelf, my hope is to interface it it with CQC.. what program are you trying to connect it to?

I haven't entirely gotten that organized yet, but I'm probably going to fiddle around with MisterHouse. They don't seem to have a driver for Superbus 2000, but I'm hoping it won't be too hard to write one. That is, if I can ever find the time. I did find the protocol document anyway. I know Homeseer has a plugin for this module, but I don't really want to spend the money.

I thought I'd install the module now, and get the PC running later. But apparently you can't do that unless you want "bus failure" reports.