New Binding for Caddx alarm panels [NX584, NX8e, ...]

[Mark_VG (Mark)]

Hi @jossuar

Just wanted to thank you again for the great work. I have been very happy with what I have been able to achieve with your assistance and the community in a short while. Had been really frustrated with my previous solution - especially since the plugin was no longer supported.

With your latest build I am now able to see the log entries. I have also upgraded openHAB to 2.5.9 with no issues.

My current challenges (for which any feedback/advise would be appreciated are:

1. To be able to see the “Triggered Alarm” information such as:
   a) Triggered Partition
   b) Triggering Zones
   c) Time of event (though not sure this is available as I do not see on *3 on Keypad

   I have looked at the status messages etc, but these all seem to be switches and not messages back - so not sure where to get the information

2. Display an alarm event similar to above and also send notification. I presume the notification would involve the openHAB cloud connector which I have not looked as as yet.

3. Find a reliable and usable User Interface for use on PC as well as Mobile Device. Both my sitemap and HABpanel attempts have shortcomings. The SiteMap/Basic UI seems most functional - though limited to 2 columns and on mobile have to set the browser to use “Desktop” mode each time. My HABpanel attempt looks great on PC and then terrible on mobile - so no happy medium so far.

4. Integrate with Google Assistant - though concerned about security etc.

I have managed to implement two different keypad solutions (BasicUI and HABpanel) using the following:

HABpanel:

Widget: Alarm Keypad

Alarm Keypad Alarm_Keypad.widget.json (8.7 KB) Alarm Keypad with multiple settable Items Features: 0-9 Keys Single key Arm Away Single key Arm Stay Panic button Every key press is sent to item immediately Customizable text For a more generic/universal keypad, use Widget: Universal Keypad instead Make sure you use Dont Wrap in Container ScreenShots Demo: [openhab_widget_alarm_keypad] [alarmKeypad_Demo] Config: [alarmKeypad_Config] Config is self-explanatory. When you hit a keypad …

BasicUI:

Input field for number/free text for openHAB UIs

Well, This is a hack I am using. It is not the cleanest approach, but at least does the trick for me, so sharing in case it is useful for others. I use a mix of text items, rules, and sitemap entries to simulate a “keypad” and a “input text item” on the android app (but it should work in other UIs also). [image] What you need: A text item (of course, to receive the input) A text item to be used (or mis-used ) to receive “key strokes” Some sitemap entries to build the keypad A…

So these look like this:
BasicUI:

HABPanel:

As I mentioned - any and all suggestion will be greatly appreciated.

Mark