Porch light to flash when alarm

[torque]

I have a OPII system, and am considering installing the first UPB light switch. I would use the 35A00-3 switch made by HAI.

What I am wondering is, can I put my porch light on this switch and run a program that would flash the porch light when the alarm is activated?

I would also like this same light to turn the porch light on at dusk and back off at dawn.

Is this possible?

 

[tmbrown97]

I can't speak to those specific models or the HAI, but what you're asking for is totally doable. Rules on the HAI can trigger a "Flash" when an alarm is activated, and similar rules can turn on at dusk and off at dawn... I use elk which has automatic sunset calculator based on GPS coordinates; I assume HAI has an equivalent.

 

[Desert_AIP]

The 35A00-3 doesn't have the blink option available in UPStart in response to a link, but it should respond to a direct unit command.
It is available as an option for that unit in the other tabs of UPStart.

Should be as simple as:

1.  WHEN ANY ALARM
THEN Front Porch Light BLINK 0.25
 
2.  WHEN OFF
THEN Front Porch Light OFF

The number in the blink command is the rate in seconds. 0.25 = 4 x per second.
I prefer the 0.5 second rate.

 

[cornutt]

Even better: If you look under "Miscellaneous Settings" in PC Access, there is a setting called "Flash for Alarm" where you can set a unit number to be flashed when an alarm occurs. No programming needed.

 

[Desert_AIP]

Even better: If you look under "Miscellaneous Settings" in PC Access, there is a setting called "Flash for Alarm" where you can set a unit number to be flashed when an alarm occurs. No programming needed.

Thanks for the reminder.
I'm using the SA 22-240 for my porch and driveway lights so I have to do this manually.