Alarm in openhab

[and...@mindchill.com]

Hi

Anybody got any experience of implementing a house alarm system using openhab and zwave sensors, door contacts and siren.

Any thoughts on how guests could turn it on/off, any keypads compatible with openhab.

Any thoughts appreciated

Thx
Andy

[FredF]

I think that implementing an alarm system based on zwave is a very bad idea : the zwave system is *VERY* easy to interfere using very cheap portable electronic devices available everywhere on the internet.

Modern certified alarm system use interference proof transmission, with random frequencies change, to solve this problem. As far as I know, the zwave system does not implement such kind of security feature.

So, again, using plain standard zwave to implement an alarm system is a very bad idea...

[Joe Barneson]

I would be interested in "arming" my house while i'm gone to be notified of unusual behavior. I'm not that concerned if someone jammed all the z-wave frequencies bc I doubt I'm a high value target with even mildly sophisticated burglars or hoodlums. I wouldn't intend hooking up the alarm system to call service - but having it notify my phone of something unusual would be great... I too would be interested if anyone has had experience setting this up 

[nwe...@gmail.com]

Ditto on the above 1st and 3rd post.

in regards to security, lots of security equipment uses 433MHz one way communication and has to protection at all. Very easy to hack or just break the window and come in.
Neil.

[Robert Bausdorf]

Am Sonntag, 17. August 2014 20:39:04 UTC+2 schrieb Joe Barneson:

I would be interested in "arming" my house while i'm gone to be notified of unusual behavior. I'm not that concerned if someone jammed all the z-wave frequencies bc I doubt I'm a high value target with even mildly sophisticated burglars or hoodlums. I wouldn't intend hooking up the alarm system to call service - but having it notify my phone of something unusual would be great... I too would be interested if anyone has had experience setting this up 

Yesterday I finished such a task ... ;-)

I had an very old and no more working alarm system in my House - a small Box with a 2-way key switch an some LED. There are simple wired Reed contacts in the entry doors an a siren on the outside.

So I removed the old electronic part from the alarm box an replaced it by a Raspberry Pi with the PiFace Digital I/O addon. This addon has a working openHAB binding. I wired the Reed contacts from the doors and the key switch of the alarm box to some input pins of the PiFace. The siren an the electric door opener for the outer gate I wired to the two low voltage relais on the PiFace and the LEDs of the alarm box to the Piface output pins.

The key switch puts the system from off state (no logging / alerting) to notify state (only logging, no alerting) or armed state (logging and alerting). If armed and one of the entry doors is opened (even shortly) an one minute timer starts. After expiration of this minute, an email is send containing the state history of each door during the last minute. If the key switch is put to notification  state within this minute no mail is sent and the alarm is only logged, if the key switch is put to off state nothing happens.

If I receive an alarm mail (or NMA notification with which im experimenting right now) I can decide to call the police or call my neighbour (who is a friend an has a key for the alarm box) to take a look. If the alarm is not acknowleded within 10 Minutes (by requesting a special URL or by operating the key switch on the alarm box) the siren is switched on. As a goody I can open the outer gate from every computer, tablet or smartphone then the door bell rings ... :-)

In addition to alerting i'm using the gcal binding to have a cronological history of alarm events in a google calendar.

I will see how this setup behaves in real live ...

Regards,

Robert

[Richard Trenchard]

Would you mind passing on a sanitised version of you setup files please

Regards

Richard

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[Robert Bausdorf]

Am Dienstag, 19. August 2014 15:30:14 UTC+2 schrieb Richard Trenchard:

Would you mind passing on a sanitised version of you setup files please

Regards

Richard

 

Hi Richard,

Here are the relevant items:

*** snip ***

Group ALL

Group gEG (All)

Group gTG (All)

Group:Contact:OR(OPEN, CLOSED) Doors "Doors [(%d )]" <door> (All)

Group:Contact:OR(OPEN, CLOSED) Gates "Gates [(%d )]" <door> (All)

Contact EG_Frontdoor "Entry door [MAP(de.map):%s]" <door> (gEG,Doors) { piface="piface1:IN:5" }

Contact TG_Frontdoor "Basement door [MAP(de.map):%s]" <door> (gTG,Doors) { piface="piface1:IN:4" }

Contact GATE_Front "Front gate [MAP(de.map):%s]" <door> (Gates) { piface="piface1:IN:3" }

Contact GATE_Carport "Carport [MAP(de.map):%s]" <door> (Gates) { piface="piface1:IN:2" }

Contact Doorbell "Doorbell [MAP(de.map):%s]" <siren> (gEG) { piface="piface1:IN:1" }

Contact AL_IN_Intruder "Intruder [MAP(de.map):%s]" <siren> (gEG,Alarm) { piface="piface1:IN:0" }

Group Alarm

Number Main_Switch "Key switch" <network>         (All)

Switch AL_IN_Monitoring "Monitoring" <light> (Alarm) { piface="piface1:IN:6" }

Switch AL_IN_ON "Scharf" <light> (Alarm) { piface="piface1:IN:7" }

Switch AL_OUT_R1 "Door opener" <siren> (Alarm) { piface="piface1:OUT:1" }

Switch AL_OUT_R2 "Sirene" <light> (Alarm) { piface="piface1:OUT:0" }

Contact AL_OUT_Main "System" <light> (Alarm) { piface="piface1:OUT:3" }

Contact AL_OUT_Entry "Eingang / Ausgang" <light> (Alarm,PresenceSimulationGroup) { piface="piface1:OUT:4" }

Contact AL_OUT_Line1 "Line 1" <light> (Alarm) { piface="piface1:OUT:5" }

Contact AL_OUT_Line2 "Line 2" <light> (Alarm) { piface="piface1:OUT:6" }

Contact AL_OUT_Intruder "Eindringling" <light> (Alarm) { piface="piface1:OUT:7" }

*** snap ***

The relevant ruleset is as follows:

*** snip ***

import org.openhab.core.library.types.*

import org.openhab.core.persistence.*

import org.openhab.model.script.actions.*

// Timer for door opener

var Timer timer = null

// Timer for alarm mail 

var Timer mailTimer = null

// Timer for alarm mail 

var Timer sirenTimer = null

// Alarm mail text

var String mailtext = ""

// Last caller ID on FB 

var String lastCallNo = ""

// executed when system starts

rule "Startup"

when

System started or

Time cron "0 0/5 * * * ?"

/*

 * order for cron expressions

 * 1. Seconds

 * 2. Minutes

 * 3. Hours

 * 4. Day-of-Month

 * 5. Month

 * 6. Day-of-Week

 * 7. Year (optional field)

 */

then

// switch main power led - it shows that openHAB is up and running

sendCommand(AL_OUT_Main, OPEN)

sendCommand(AL_OUT_Main, CLOSED)

// poll key switch state to set alarm main switch item state correctly at startup

if(AL_IN_ON.state == ON) {

postUpdate(Main_Switch, 2)

} else if( AL_IN_Monitoring.state == ON ) {

postUpdate(Main_Switch, 1)

} else {

postUpdate(Main_Switch, 0)

}

logInfo("Alarm", "System ok")

// remove if correctly wired

postUpdate(GATE_Carport, CLOSED)

postUpdate(GATE_Front, CLOSED)

postUpdate(AL_OUT_Line1, OPEN)

postUpdate(AL_OUT_Line2, OPEN)

postUpdate(AL_OUT_Intruder, OPEN)

end

// only executed if "shutdown" ist typed at osgi console :-(

rule "Shutdown"

when

System shuts down

then

sendCommand(AL_OUT_Main, OPEN)

sendCommand(AL_OUT_Entry, OPEN)

logInfo("Alarm", "shut down")

end

// capture changes on key switch to/from monitoring position (only notification)

// and set correct Main_Switch item state

rule "Monitoring Switch"

when

Item AL_IN_Monitoring received update

then 

if( AL_IN_Monitoring.state == ON ) {

if( AL_IN_ON.state == ON ) {

logInfo("Main Switch", "set to ON")

postUpdate(Main_Switch, 2)

} else {

postUpdate(Main_Switch, 1)

logInfo("Main Switch", "set to Monitoring")

}

} else {

if( AL_IN_ON.state == ON ) {

logInfo("Main Switch", "set to ON")

postUpdate(Main_Switch, 2)

} else {

logInfo("Main Switch", "set to OFF")

postUpdate(Main_Switch, 0)

}

}

end

// capture changes on key switch to/from alerting position

// and set correct Main_Switch item state

rule "On Switch"

when

Item AL_IN_ON received update

then 

if(AL_IN_ON.state == ON) {

logInfo("Main Switch", "set to ON")

sendCommand(Main_Switch, 2)

} else {

if( AL_IN_Monitoring.state == ON ) {

logInfo("Main Switch", "set to Monitoring")

postUpdate(Main_Switch, 1)

} else {

logInfo("Main Switch", "set to OFF")

postUpdate(Main_Switch, 0)

}

}

end

// Reset alarm mail text in notification and off state.

// Experiments with NMA actions.

rule "Main Switch actions"

when

Item Main_Switch changed

then

if(Main_Switch.state == 2) {

notifyMyAndroid("Hauptschalter", "AN")

} else if( Main_Switch.state == 1 ) {

notifyMyAndroid("Hauptschalter", "STILL")

mailtext=""

// switch siren off or cancel siren timer

sendCommand(AL_OUT_R2, OFF)

if( sirenTimer != null ) {

sirenTimer.cancel()

sirenTimer = null

}

} else {

mailtext=""

// switch siren off or cancel siren timer

sendCommand(AL_OUT_R2, OFF)

if( sirenTimer != null ) {

sirenTimer.cancel()

sirenTimer = null

}

}

end

// No changing commands on Main_Switch item is allowed  

rule "Main Switch GUI"

when

Item Main_Switch received command

then

if(AL_IN_ON.state == ON) {

postUpdate(Main_Switch, 2)

} else if( AL_IN_Monitoring.state == ON ) {

postUpdate(Main_Switch, 1)

} else {

postUpdate(Main_Switch, 0)

}

end

// Collect door states when in alerting mode

rule "Front Doors"

when

Item TG_Frontdoor received update or

Item EG_Frontdoor received update

then

if( TG_Frontdoor.state == OPEN || EG_Frontdoor.state == OPEN ) {

if( Main_Switch.state == 2 ) {

mailtext=mailtext+"Geoeffnet wurde: "

if( EG_Frontdoor.state == OPEN ) {

mailtext= mailtext + "Haustuer\n"

}

if( TG_Frontdoor.state == OPEN ) {

mailtext= mailtext + "Kellertuer\n"

}

}

sendCommand(AL_OUT_Entry, OPEN)

} else if( TG_Frontdoor.state == CLOSED && EG_Frontdoor.state == CLOSED ) {

sendCommand(AL_OUT_Entry, CLOSED)

}

end

// Collect gate states when in alerting mode

rule "Gates"

when

Item GATE_Front received update or

Item GATE_Carport received update

then

if( GATE_Front.state == OPEN || GATE_Carport.state == OPEN ) {

if( Main_Switch.state == 2 ) {

mailtext=mailtext+"Geoeffnet wurde: "

if( GATE_Front.state == OPEN ) {

mailtext= mailtext + "Eingangstor\n"

}

if( GATE_Carport.state == OPEN ) {

mailtext= mailtext + "Rolltor\n"

}

}

// sendCommand(AL_OUT_Entry, OPEN) //currently not wired

} else if( GATE_Front.state == CLOSED && GATE_Carport.state == CLOSED ) {

// sendCommand(AL_OUT_Entry, CLOSED) //currently not wired

}

end

// start alarm timer if doors are opened

rule "Entry Alarm"

when

Item Doors changed

then

if( Doors.state == OPEN ) {

if( mailTimer == null ) {

logInfo("Alarm", "start timer for action")

// create one minute alarm timer

mailTimer = createTimer(now.plusSeconds(60)) [|

mailtext=mailtext+"Geoeffnet sind:\n"

if( EG_Frontdoor.state == OPEN ) {

mailtext= mailtext + "Haustuer\n"

}

if( TG_Frontdoor.state == OPEN ) {

mailtext= mailtext + "Kellertuer\n"

}

// if( GATE_Front.state == OPEN ) {

// mailtext= mailtext + "Gartentor\n"

// }

// if( GATE_Front.state == OPEN ) {

// mailtext= mailtext + "Carport\n"

// }

if( Main_Switch.state == 2 ) {

// only send mail if still in alerting mode

logWarn("Alarm", "send mail: " + mailtext)

sendMail("my.e...@address.de", "ALARM: Tür geöffnet!", mailtext)

mailtext="";

} else if( Main_Switch.state == 1 ) {

// if in notification mode, write mailtext to log

logWarn("Alarm", "monitoring: " + mailtext)

} 

else {

// something happened with the doors (just for debugging)

logInfo("Alarm", "off:doors")

}

mailTimer = null

]

// create 10 minutes siren timer

sirenTimer = createTimer(now.plusSeconds(600)) [|

// make noise

sendCommand(AL_OUT_R2, ON)

sirenTimer = null;

]

}

}

end

// Operate dooropener relais from GUI :-) 

rule "Dooropener"

when

Item AL_OUT_R1 received command

then

if(receivedCommand==ON) {

if(timer==null) {

// first ON command, so create a timer to turn the opener on

timer = createTimer(now.plusSeconds(3)) [|

// after 3 sec turn the opener off

sendCommand(AL_OUT_R1, OFF)

]

} else {

// subsequent ON command, so reschedule the existing timer

timer.reschedule(now.plusSeconds(3))

}

} else if(receivedCommand==OFF) {

// remove any previously scheduled timer

if(timer!=null) {

timer.cancel

timer = null

}

}

end

*** snap ***

Active addons are:

org.openhab.action.mail-1.5.0.jar

org.openhab.action.nma-1.5.0.jar

org.openhab.binding.ntp-1.5.0.jar

org.openhab.binding.piface-1.5.0.jar

org.openhab.persistence.gcal-1.5.0.jar

org.openhab.persistence.rrd4j-1.5.0.jar

org.openhab.binding.http-1.5.0.jar

Not alarm relevant but used:

org.openhab.binding.fritzbox-1.5.0.jar

With this setup the load on my RasPi is between 1 and 1.5 - I think thats ok but it also shows that there is not much capacity left.

Hope it helps -

Robert

[Richard Trenchard]

thankyou that will be a great help

[Robert Bausdorf]

An additional tip: 

I experienced unintended and fast open/close triggering on PiFace inputs when using longer wires - especially when using bell wire transmitting low AC voltage like needed for bells or door openers. Because of the sensitivity of the open collector inputs on the piface even the slightest potential as captured from electrical interference does trigger the input. The switchable input pullup resistors on the PiFace are too weak if the interference is to high.

In my case even stronger additional pullups did not solve the problem. I needed to put a small capacitor (< 1µF) between the input pin and the ground contact. After that the input behaved as expected.

Without capacitor, the interference measured by a voltmeter reached peaks up to 100 mV, with capacitor the peeks do not exceed 15 mV.

If the switchable pullups on the PiFace turn off for some reason (as they did yesterday when I thougt I was ready :-( ) every input pin did trigger fast when open. The only solution for that was to shutdown openHAB and the ohpiface.py script, start and stop the pifacedigital-emulator (wich turns the pullups on initially) and finally restart the ohpiface.py script and openHAB

Took me a whole day to figure that out ... ;-)

[and...@mindchill.com]

HI

I have decided to go with an Alarm System (Visonic Powermaster) and hope that I can use the sensors to drive automation as well as the alarm,

Anyone know of any development on a Powermaster binding, if not I will probably try and develop one myself, the protocol is reasonably well documented on other forums.

Any thoughts, info to point me in the right direction would be much appreciated

Thx

Andy