OmniPro II RS 232 Interface with Honeywell Vista 128

[FrankB4now]

Hello,
I was wondering if anyone has heard of interfacing a OmniPro II with a Honeywell Vista 128BP panel to use it as a slave and get the status of zones, alarms, etc without having to remove the panel.  As we all know there is no direct receiver for Honeywell 5800 wireless devices (which are everywhere) and to pull the panel, install a translator and re-learn all the contacts is an issue.  I wanted to setup a keyswitch zone to allow the OP II to control the panel, for arm/disarm and get feedback from the existing panel for zone status, troubles, alarms, etc.  Let me know if anyone has tried or heard of this.
Thanks,

 

[pete_c]

Welcome to the Cocoontech forum FrankB4now.
 
Let me know if anyone has tried or heard of this.
 
The question has come up before and thinking the answer was no but a fix was suggested here relating to making your Omni Pro Panel work with Honeywell 5800 wireless devices.
 
Fix
 
Yes, You can do it with a Resolution Products RE124HG but there are gotchas.
1. Does not support wireless devices without a separate "learning mode" switch to learn them in. In my case the 5818 recessed door switch does not work as it has no learning mode switch.
Called Tech Support "sorry won't work" so its fairly useless to me.
2. Must also have GE wireless receiver installed on the HAI.
3. Should not use any life safety devices going through 2 wireless receivers - per their manual.
The device I used it with does work - motion detector...

 

[Del91574]

Pete, you nailed it.
 
It would work with a Resolution translator and the requisite GE RF receiver.
 
Tech support for both GE and Honeywell would not provide support as RE is a 3rd party device and out of their wheelhouse as native RF devices are....GE won't support HW and vice versa. Silly to even ask them.
 
Caveats are life safety devices. Items without a tamper are learned by inserting the battery. Same goes for powering the translator off a properly supervised and battery backed up supply (omit the AA's as called for by RE).
 
So end result would be an Omni supporting the bulk of a V128 install, less replacing any life safety devices or multi-loop devices. Easier than trying to rig the Omni to HW and get it to work. Also introducing a lot of failure points to attempt to get the Omni to listen to the 128 properly.