Connecting the AD2 to your host computer.
Connect the AD2 to a computer. If using the USB version You may see it install
some new hardware or give some indication that a new devices COM port was
attached. You can see this COM port under your device manager on windows or using
the dmesg command under Linux, OSX or other Unix based operating systems. If this
is a TTL Serial or RS232 version your port will be fixed on your host such as
/dev/ttyAMA0 on Raspberry Pi. Read the host documentation for the device path
details.
Once powered on and connected you can communicate with the device directly using
our free Alarmdecoder App for Linux, OSX and Windows and its Debug Log screen. You
can also use Putty, tinyserial:
http://brokestream.com/tinyserial.html
'screen' command. For our Raspberry Pi Appliance you can also enable Ser2Sock
option and connect directly to the AD2 over a socket connection using telnet or
other terminal program. Connect using 115200,8,N,1
#1
and press the = key
#2
to reset
the device and verify you can send data to the AD2 correctly.
Example AD2 Boot message.
!boot....................
!Ademco Keypad Emulator V2.2a.8.6
!Copyright (C) 20082015 Nu Tech Software Solutions, Inc.
!Reproduction without permission is prohibited
!By Sean Mathews <[email protected]>
!For support email [email protected]
!www.AlarmDecoder.com
!Reading configuration.
!UART init.
!Ready. Press ! for configuration.
#1
The AD2SERIAL Adapter operates at a different baud rate ( 19200,8,N,1 )
#2
Some terminal programs require sending a ENTER key. Set term to char mode.
Alarm Panel Programming
If you have an older SE based panel or DSC panel then addressing is not used and
it is not necessary to change any panel programming for the AD2 to operate. For SE
set the address to 31 and for DSC set the address to the partition and slot
number by default 11.
With other Ademco panels you will need to configure the alarm panel with the
address of the AD2 as a new keypad device. In Ademco address mode only one device
can be at a given address. See “Configuration your AlarmDecoder” section on how to
change this if you already have a device at the default address 18.
You can 1) call your security monitoring company and ask them to add in a new
keypad (ask them what address they configured it to); or 2) if you know the
Installer Code, you can program it in yourself. You should reference the
Programming Guide and Installation and Setup Guide for your unit. (find these at
www.aesecurity.com/manuals.html
Configuring Your AlarmDecoder
You may need to set the AD2 devices mode and address. By default the AD2
device is factory configured for Ademco mode at address 18. If you already have a
device at 18 or need to change to DSC mode you will need to change the AD2
settings.
To do this just press
!
in your terminal program to configure the AD2. You can
press ENTER on any configuration options you a don’t want to change and it will
keep the current setting.
If you press * into your terminal program your panel should respond as if you
hit the same key on your alarms keypad. You will see a message from the AD2 such
as this “!Sending.done” if you see “!Sending.....done” and it appears to take a
long time for the send operation this probably means that the alarm panel is not
recognizing the AD2 or a device conflict exists. Confirm that the AD2 address for
Ademco and Partition for DSC is configured on the alarm panel. Also on Ademco make
sure no other devices exist at the same address on as the AD2.
The AD2 should display all messages from the alarm panel regardless of
programming of the panel provided the mode is set to the correct panel
type. If you are not seeing messages after connecting the AD2 to your
panel you either have a wiring issue, the AD2 is in the wrong mode for
your panel type or you have an SE panel and you have not set your AD2 to
address 31.
Example Message from DSC panel in programming mode.
[01111001000000000D--],064,[000200000000000000011000000000],"Enter Section --- "
Post installation
Sample code, example programs and our free KeyPad software as well as
the API documentation and more is available in the forums and
Documentation areas of our website: http://www.alarmdecoder.com/
We also now have available to purchase an alarm panel unlocker module
for the software keypad. This program when used with this device will
determine the master installer code and any other codes on the alarm
panel. Other modules are available as well as example code to write your
own module.
For questions and support email [email protected]. We try to
respond to emails in the same day that we get them.
DECLARATION OF CONFORMITY WITH FCC RULES FOR ELECTROMAGNETIC
COMPATIBILITY
We, Nu Tech Software Solutions, of 11575 SW Pacific Hwy #109, Tigard OR
97223, declare under our sole responsibility that the product:
AD2SERIAL,AD2PI,AD2USB to which this declaration relates: Complies with
Part 15 of the FCC Rules. Operation is subject to the following two
conditions: (1) this device may not cause harmful interference, and (2)
this device must accept any interference received, including interference
that may cause undesired operation.
CE Declaration of Conformity
We, Nu Tech Software Solutions, declare under our sole responsibility
that the AD2SERIAL,AD2PI,AD2USB to which this declaration relates, is in
conformity with General Emissions Standard EN500811 and with Generic
Immunity Standard EN500821 1992.
(p2) (p3)
TRADEMARKS
Ademco is a registered trademark of Honeywell International Inc.
DSC
is a
trademark
of Tyco Safety Products Canada Ltd.
AlarmDecoder, AD2USB, AD2Serial, and AD2Pi are trademarks of Nu Tech Software Solutions, inc.
All brands or product names are the property of the respective owners.
