Satel Integra Alarm System Binding

The Satel Integra Alarm System allows openHAB to connect to your alarm system via TCP/IP network with ETHM-1/ETHM-1 Plus module installed, or via RS-232 serial port with INT-RS/INT-RS Plus module installed. For ETHM-1 the binding uses integration protocol, so it must be enabled and properly configured. Also it is always a good idea to update module/mainboard firmware to the latest version. For ETHM-1 and INT-RS modules it is a must. For "Plus" modules however it is not required.

In order to use encryption with ETHM-1/ETHM-1 Plus, Java Runtime Environment must support 192 bit AES keys. Oracle Java by default supports only 128 bit keys, therefore "Java Cryptography Extension (JCE) Unlimited Strength Jurisdiction Policy Files" (opens new window) must be installed. OpenJDK supports unlimited AES keys by default (but OpenJDK is sometimes discouraged for openHAB).

More details and all documentation about Integra system you can find on their site: satel.pl (opens new window)

Supported Things

This binding supports following thing types:

Thing type	Description
ethm-1	Ethernet bridge, supports ETHM-1 (opens new window) and ETHM-1 Plus (opens new window) modules
int-rs	RS-232 bridge, supports INT-RS (opens new window) and INT-RS Plus (opens new window) modules
partition	Set of zones representing some physical area or logical relation
zone	A physical device: reed switch, motion sensor or a virtual zone
output	An output defined in the system
shutter	Two outputs that control a roller shutter, one for "up" direction, another one for "down"
system	A virtual thing describing general status of the alarm system
event-log	A virtual thing that allows reading records from the alarm system event log
atd-100	Wireless temperature detector ATD-100 (opens new window)

Discovery

The binding discovers all devices (partitions, zones) defined in the system, but bridge things must be configured manually.

Thing Configuration

ethm-1 bridge

You can configure the following settings for this bridge:

Name	Required	Description
host	yes	Host name or IP addres of ETHM-1 module.
port	no	TCP port for the integration protocol, defaults to 7094.
timeout	no	Timeout value in milliseconds for connect, read and write operations, defaults to 5000 (5secs).
refresh	no	Polling interval in milliseconds, defaults to 5000 (5secs). As of version 2.03 ETHM-1 Plus firmware the module disconnects after 25 seconds of inactivity. Setting this parameter to value greater than 25000 will cause inability to correctly communicate with the module.
userCode	no	Security code of the user in behalf of all operations will be executed. If empty, only read operations are allowed.
encryptionKey	no	Encryption key used to encrypt data sent and received. If empty, communication is not encrypted.
encoding	no	Encoding for all the texts received from the module.
extCommands	no	Check this option to enable extended commands, supported by ETHM-1 Plus and newer versions of ETHM-1. Enabled by default, turn off in case of communication timeouts.

Example:

Bridge satel:ethm-1:home [ host="192.168.0.2", refresh=1000, userCode="1234", encryptionKey="abcdefgh" ]

NOTE: There can be only one client connected to ETHM-1 module. It does not accept new connections if there is already a connection established. In case you have troubles connecting to the system using this module, please make sure there is no other client (for example installed 1.x version of the binding) already connected to it.

int-rs bridge

You can configure the following settings for this bridge:

Name	Required	Description
port	yes	Serial port connected to the module.
timeout	no	Timeout value in milliseconds for connect, read and write operations, defaults to 5000 (5secs).
refresh	no	Polling interval in milliseconds, defaults to 5000 (5secs).
userCode	no	Security code of the user in behalf of all operations will be executed. If empty, only read operations are allowed.
encoding	no	Encoding for all the texts received from the module.
extCommands	no	Check this option to enable extended commands, supported by version 2.xx of INT-RS. Enabled by default, turn off in case of communication timeouts.

Example:

Bridge satel:int-rs:home [ port="/dev/ttyS0", refresh=1000, userCode="1234" ]

partition

You can configure the following settings for a partition:

Name	Required	Description
id	yes	Partition number
forceArming	no	Arms the partition regardless of ongoing troubles and violations

Example:

Thing partition partition1 [ id=1, forceArming=true ]

zone

You can configure the following settings for a zone:

Name	Required	Description
id	yes	Zone number
invertState	no	Changes active (ON) state to 0
wireless	no	This zone is monitored by a wireless detector like APD-100, AFD-100, etc

Example:

Thing zone zone1 [ id=1 ]

output

You can configure the following settings for an output:

Name	Required	Description
id	yes	Output number
invertState	no	Changes active (ON) state to 0
commandOnly	no	Accepts commands only, does not update state of the thing
wireless	no	This output controls a wireless device like ASP-100 R, ASW-100 E, etc

Example:

Thing output output1 [ id=1, invertState=true, wireless=false ]

shutter

You can configure the following settings for a shutter:

Name	Required	Description
upId	yes	Output number for "up" direction
downId	yes	Output number for "down" direction
commandOnly	no	Accepts commands only, does not update state of the thing

Example:

Thing shutter shutter1 [ upId=10, downId=11, commandOnly=true ]

system

This thing type does not have any configuration parameters.

Example:

Thing system System [ ]

event-log

This thing type does not have any configuration parameters.

Example:

Thing event-log EventLog [ ]

atd-100

You can configure the following settings for this thing:

Name	Required	Description
id	yes	Zone number in the alarm system monitored by this detector
refresh	no	Polling interval in minutes, defaults to 15

Example:

Thing atd-100 KitchenTemp [ id=10, refresh=30 ]

Channels

partition

Name	Type	Description
armed	Switch	Armed
really_armed	Switch	Really armed
armed_mode_1	Switch	Armed in mode 1
armed_mode_2	Switch	Armed in mode 2
armed_mode_3	Switch	Armed in mode 3
first_code_entered	Switch	First code entered
entry_time	Switch	Entry time
exit_time_gt_10	Switch	Exit time greater than 10 seconds
exit_time_lt_10	Switch	Exit time less than 10 seconds
temporary_blocked	Switch	Temporary blocked
blocked_for_guard	Switch	Blocked for guard
alarm	Switch	Alarm
alarm_memory	Switch	Alarm memory
fire_alarm	Switch	Fire alarm
fire_alarm_memory	Switch	Fire alarm memory
verified_alarms	Switch	Verified alarms
warning_alarms	Switch	Warning alarms
violated_zones	Switch	Violated zones

zone

Name	Type	Description
violation	Switch	Violation
tamper	Switch	Tamper
alarm	Switch	Alarm
tamper_alarm	Switch	Tamper alarm
alarm_memory	Switch	Alarm memory
tamper_alarm_memory	Switch	Tamper alarm memory
bypass	Switch	Bypass
no_violation_trouble	Switch	No violation trouble
long_violation_trouble	Switch	Long violation trouble
isolate	Switch	Isolate
masked	Switch	Masked
masked_memory	Switch	Masked memory
device_lobatt	Switch	Indicates low battery level in the wireless device
device_nocomm	Switch	Indicates communication troubles with the wireless device

output

NOTE: You can change state of mono/bistable outputs only.

Name	Type	Description
state	Switch	State of the output
device_lobatt	Switch	Indicates low battery level in the wireless device
device_nocomm	Switch	Indicates communication troubles with the wireless device

shutter

Name	Type	Description
shutter_state	Rollershutter	State of the shutter

system

Name	Type	Description
date_time	DateTime	Date and time on the alarm system
troubles	Switch	Active when the system has troubles (trouble LED is blinking on a panel)
troubles_memory	Switch	Memorized state of system troubles
service_mode	Switch	Active when the system is in service mode
acu100_present	Switch	Active when there is an ACU-100 module installed in the system
intrx_present	Switch	Active when there is an INT-RX module installed in the system
grade23_set	Switch	Active when Grade2/Grade3 option is set in the system
user_code	String	Accepts string commands that override configured user code. Send empty string to revert user code to the one in the configuration.

event-log (deprecated)

These channels and the thing will be removed in the future release of the binding. Please use readEvent rule action instead.

Name	Type	Description
index	Number	Index of the current record in the event log. Send '-1' to get most recent record.
prev_index	Number	Index of the previous record in the event log. Use this value to iterate over the log.
timestamp	DateTime	Date and time when the event happened.
description	String	Textual description of the event.
details	String	Details about the event, usually list of objects related to the event.

atd-100

Name	Type	Description
temperature	Number:Temperature	Current temperature in the zone
device_lobatt	Switch	Indicates low battery level in the wireless device
device_nocomm	Switch	Indicates communication troubles with the wireless device

Rule Actions

readEvent

This action allows you to read one record from the event log placed at index given by input parameter. The result of this action is compatible with channels of event-log thing and contains following values:

Name	Type	Description
index	Number	Index of this record in the event log.
prev_index	Number	Index of the previous record in the event log. Use this value to iterate over the log.
timestamp	ZonedDateTime	Date and time when the event happened.
description	String	Textual description of the event.
details	String	Details about the event, usually list of objects related to the event.

Usage:

val actions = getActions("satel", "satel:event-log:home:EventLog")
val eventRec = actions.readEvent(-1)
logInfo("EventLog", eventRec.get("description"))

NOTE: To have this action available, you must have event-log thing configured in openHAB.

Full Example

satel.things

Bridge satel:ethm-1:home [ host="192.168.0.2", refresh=1000, userCode="1234", encryptionKey="abcdefgh" ] {
    Thing partition MainPartition [ id=1 ]
    Thing zone LivingRoomPIR [ id=1 ]
    Thing zone BedroomPIR [ id=2 ]
    Thing output KitchenLamp [ id=1 ]
    Thing shutter KitchenWindow [ upId=2, downId=3 ]
    Thing output Siren [ id=17, wireless=true ]
    Thing atd-100 KitchenTemp [ id=10, refresh=30 ]
    Thing system System []
    Thing event-log EventLog []
}

satel.items

Group Satel
Group:Switch:OR(ON,OFF) Alarms "Alarms [(%d)]" <siren>
Switch PARTITION_ARMED "Partition armed" (Satel) { channel="satel:partition:home:MainPartition:armed" }
Switch PARTITION_ALARM "Partition alarm" (Satel,Alarms) { channel="satel:partition:home:MainPartition:alarm" }
Switch LIVING_VIOLATION "Violation in living room" (Satel) { channel="satel:zone:home:LivingRoomPIR:violation" }
Switch LIVING_ALARM "Intruder in living room" (Satel) { channel="satel:zone:home:LivingRoomPIR:alarm" }
Switch BEDROOM_TAMPER "Bedroom PIR tampered" (Satel) { channel="satel:zone:home:BedroomPIR:tamper_alarm" }
Switch BEDROOM_TAMPER_M "Bedroom PIR tamper memory" (Satel) { channel="satel:zone:home:BedroomPIR:tamper_alarm_memory" }
Switch KITCHEN_LAMP "Kitchen lamp" (Satel) { channel="satel:output:home:KitchenLamp:state" }
Rollershutter KITCHEN_BLIND "Kitchen blind" (Satel) { channel="satel:shutter:home:KitchenWindow:shutter_state" }
Switch SYSTEM_TROUBLES "Troubles in the system" (Satel) { channel="satel:system:home:System:troubles" }
String KEYPAD_CHAR ">" <none> (Satel)
String USER_CODE "User code" (Satel) { channel="satel:system:home:System:user_code" }
Switch SIREN_LOBATT "Siren: low battery level" (Satel) { channel="satel:output:home:Siren:device_lobatt" }
Switch SIREN_NOCOMM "Siren: no communication" (Satel) { channel="satel:output:home:Siren:device_nocomm" }
Number:Temperature KITCHEN_TEMP "Kitchen temperature [%.1f °C]" <temperature> (Satel) { channel="satel:atd-100:home:KitchenTemp:temperature" }
Switch KITCHEN_TEMP_LOBATT "Kitchen sensor: low battery" (Satel) { channel="satel:atd-100:home:KitchenTemp:device_lobatt" }
Switch KITCHEN_TEMP_NOCOMM "Kitchen sensor: no communication" (Satel) { channel="satel:atd-100:home:KitchenTemp:device_nocomm" }

satel.sitemap

Frame label="Alarm system" {
    Switch item=Alarms mappings=[OFF="Clear"]
    Switch item=PARTITION_ARMED mappings=[ON="Arm", OFF="Disarm"]
    Frame label="Status" {
        Switch item=SYSTEM_TROUBLES mappings=[OFF="Clear"]
        Switch item=LIVING_VIOLATION
        Switch item=LIVING_ALARM
        Switch item=BEDROOM_TAMPER
        Switch item=BEDROOM_TAMPER_M
        Switch item=SIREN_LOBATT
        Switch item=SIREN_NOCOMM
    }
    Frame label="Kitchen" {
        Switch item=KITCHEN_LAMP
        Rollershutter item=KITCHEN_BLIND
        Text item=KITCHEN_TEMP
        Switch item=KITCHEN_TEMP_LOBATT
        Switch item=KITCHEN_TEMP_NOCOMM
    }
    Text label="Keypad" icon="settings" {
        Switch item=KEYPAD_CHAR mappings=[ "1"="1", "2"="2", "3"="3" ]
        Switch item=KEYPAD_CHAR mappings=[ "4"="4", "5"="5", "6"="6" ]
        Switch item=KEYPAD_CHAR mappings=[ "7"="7", "8"="8", "9"="9" ]
        Switch item=KEYPAD_CHAR mappings=[ "*"="*", "0"="0", "-"="#" ]
    }
}

satel.rules

var String userCode = ""
var Timer keypadTimer = null
var Timer userCodeTimer = null

rule "Keypad char entered"
when
    Item KEYPAD_CHAR changed
then
    val timeout = now.plusSeconds(20)

    if (KEYPAD_CHAR.state == "-") {
        logInfo("Keypad", "Changing user code")
        USER_CODE.sendCommand(userCode)
        userCode = ""
        if (userCodeTimer != null) {
            userCodeTime.cancel
        }
        userCodeTimer = createTimer(now.plusMinutes(10)) [|
            logInfo("Keypad", "Reverting user code")
            USER_CODE.sendCommand("")
        ]
    } else if (KEYPAD_CHAR.state == "*") {
        logInfo("Keypad", "Reverting user code")
        USER_CODE.sendCommand("")
        userCode = ""
    } else {
        userCode = userCode + KEYPAD_CHAR.state
    }

    if (keypadTimer != null) {
        keypadTimer.cancel
    }
    keypadTimer = createTimer(timeout) [|
        userCode = ""
        KEYPAD_CHAR.postUpdate("")
    ]
end

rule "Send event log"
when
    Item Alarms changed to ON
then
    val actions = getActions("satel", "satel:event-log:home:EventLog")
    if (null === actions) {
        logInfo("EventLog", "Actions not found, check thing ID")
        return
    }
    logInfo("EventLog", "Start")
    var msgBody = ""
    var eventIdx = -1
    (1..10).forEach[
        val eventRec = actions.readEvent(eventIdx)
        val details = eventRec.get("details")
        msgBody += "\n" + String::format("%1$tF %1$tR", eventRec.get("timestamp")) + ": " + eventRec.get("description")
        if (details != NULL && details != "") {
             msgBody += " - " + details
        }
        eventIdx = eventRec.get("prev_index")
    ]
    logInfo("EventLog", "End")
    // sending notifications via mail requires the mail binding
    getActions("mail","mail:smtp:local").sendMail("you@email.net", "Event log", msgBody)
end

Migration from 1.x version of the binding

binary items

In openHAB all channels have strict types, which means you cannot use other type then designated for a channel. In Satel binding all binary items are now of 'Switch' type. Using other item types, like 'Contact' is not possible in this version of the binding. For this reason, when migrating 1.x item files, besides changing binding configuration for each item, you must replace all 'Contact' items to 'Switch' type.

'module' channels

In version 2.x of the binding all 'module' channels have been removed. You can easily replace them with the following configuration:

satel.items

Switch MODULE_CONNECTED "Connection status" <network> (Satel)
DateTime MODULE_CONNECTED_SINCE "Connection established at [%1$tF %1$tR]" <time> (Satel)
Number MODULE_CONNECTION_ERRORS "Connection errors [%d]" (Satel)

satel.rules

rule "Satel bridge changed to ONLINE"
when
    Thing "satel:ethm-1:home" changed to ONLINE
then
    MODULE_CONNECTED.postUpdate(ON)
    MODULE_CONNECTED_SINCE.postUpdate(new DateTimeType())
    MODULE_CONNECTION_ERRORS.postUpdate(0)
end

rule "Satel bridge received OFFLINE"
when
    Thing "satel:ethm-1:home" received update OFFLINE
then
    if (MODULE_CONNECTED.state == ON) {
        MODULE_CONNECTED.postUpdate(OFF)
        MODULE_CONNECTED_SINCE.postUpdate(NULL)
        MODULE_CONNECTION_ERRORS.postUpdate(1)
    } else {
        val connErrors = MODULE_CONNECTION_ERRORS.state as DecimalType
        MODULE_CONNECTION_ERRORS.postUpdate(connErrors.intValue + 1)
    }
end

Security considerations

User for openHAB integration

To control Integra partitions and outputs, you need to provide security code of a user in behalf of all those operations will be executed. It is highly recommended to use a separate user for openHAB integration with only required access rights set in Integra configuration, like access to certain partitions, etc. This allows you to distinguish actions made by openHAB and a user using Integra panel, also it will block unwanted operations in case someone breaks into your local network.

Disarming and clearing alarms

Although this binding allows you to configure disarming a partition and clearing alarms for a partition, this should be used only in cases when security is not the priority. Don't forget both these operations can be executed in openHAB without specifying a user code, which is required to disarm or clear alarms using Integra panel. Consider adding a keypad in your sitemap to temporarily change user code to execute sensitive operations. You can find such keypad in the Full Example section.

Media

• Arming and clearing troubles (opens new window)

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