Universal Integration: ANY Alarm Panel <-> Home Automation

Develop and test integration between the various Alarm Panels and various home automation platforms using relays.

Hypothesis: It will be possible to utilize dry contact relays to send various sensor and statuses from the alarm panel to Home Automation and vice-versa.

Challenges:

  • number of relay circuits required to accomplish will vary greatly based on use cases
  • outbound relays are limited on most panels, and without a IQ PowerG Hardwire, the IQ 4 panel has zero PGM ports. ZWave switches are a solution but…

Test response time, stability and reliability. Goal is to use as many off the shelf parts as possible, and eliminate use of a soldering iron, custom ICs/boards and other custom electronics.

This may be multiple lab postings, as the possibilities here are almost limitless.

Testing limited by lab equipment, but this is projected to involve:

Alarm panels:

  • Qolsys IQ 4
  • Vista 20P

Home Automation Platforms:

  • Home Assistant
  • Hubitat
  • z-box

[Future idea: A comparison matrix between this integration, the Alarm.com integration to HA, the IQMate NodeRed integration, and a direct/manual integration using relays]