Do I "really" need a rule to announce state change for ELk/M1

[Ed Nelson]

I have migrated my security system from the original GE based board to the ELK/M1G. I have zone (window or door) specific rules that trigger when the zone becomes "not secure". The rule announces the name of the zone (e.g. Front Door, Master Bath Window, Garage Door..etc.) is open. However, I would like
to have the announcement of the unsecured zone occur w/out having to write a rule. I liken this to the traditional "Chime" that one would normally hear when
a zone becomes "not secure". I don't see a zone setting or global setting to meet this goal.
Does anyone know if this is possible?

Thanks in advance.

- Ed

 

[paulw11]

Hi Ed,

When you define a zone in Elk-RP you will see that there is a "Chime" checkbox. If this box is checked then chime is active for that zone. From your keypad you can press the "Chime" key to select the chime mode. The mode cycles between chime tone/voice/voice & tone/off. When tone is selected you will just hear a tone from the keypad whenever a zone that has chime enabled becomes unsecured. When either of the voice options is selected then the name of the zone will be announced on output 1.

I use a rule on my system to switch the voice chime on in the morning and off again in the evening.

Paul

 

[Ed Nelson]

Hi Ed,

When you define a zone in Elk-RP you will see that there is a "Chime" checkbox. If this box is checked then chime is active for that zone. From your keypad you can press the "Chime" key to select the chime mode. The mode cycles between chime tone/voice/voice & tone/off. When tone is selected you will just hear a tone from the keypad whenever a zone that has chime enabled becomes unsecured. When either of the voice options is selected then the name of the zone will be announced on output 1.

I use a rule on my system to switch the voice chime on in the morning and off again in the evening.

Paul

Excellent, excellent!!!.

Works perfectly and you just saved me over 30 lines of code.

- Ed

 

[gacevich]

From your keypad you can press the "Chime" key to select the chime mode. The mode cycles between chime tone/voice/voice & tone/off. When tone is selected you will just hear a tone from the keypad whenever a zone that has chime enabled becomes unsecured. When either of the voice options is selected then the name of the zone will be announced on output 1.

paul, can this toggle be done in ELKRP? i looked but could not find it.

 

[paulw11]

paul, can this toggle be done in ELKRP? i looked but could not find it.

Hi,

You can't toggle it directly in ElkRP, only from the keypad or by rules.

Paul

 

[Spanky]

You can toggle chime using ELKRM or sending ASCII command strings also.

 

[WayneW]

Is there now a rule specifically for chime? Going from memory, I don't think there used to be a rule like that. The closest was a way to "silence non-essential voices" or something like that, but that had the minor drawback of affecting more than the chime.

 

[Spanky]

ELKRM has a chime button which uses the ASCII Serial Protocol for all its messages.

"kf" command with the key pressed value set to "C" controls the chime button.

Request Keypad Function Key Press (kf)
09 – Length as hex
kf – Function key pressed
NN – Keypad 01 to 16
D - Which function key pressed, 1 to 6 ASCII, ‘*’ = 0x2A to silence trouble beep on keypads. ‘C’ = 0x43 to control Chime, ‘0’ function key value will only return the “KF” command
00 – future use
CC – Checksum

Example: 09kf01100D4 Keypad 01, Function Key 1 to be pressed

 

[paulw11]

Hi,

I don't know if it has always been there or what version of the firmware it is available with but I have had the rule in place for at least a year.

I have a rule that does the following:

When time is <ChimeOnTime>
Then disable non-alarm voice
Then set chime to Voice
Then enable non-alarm voice

and the opposite happens at ChimeOffTime. The reason I bracket the chime change with the voice on/off is to prevent the "Chime is Active" "Chime is Off" voice announcement.


Paul