Ericbo wrote:I am enjoying Indigo/Switchboard and porting my Home X10 setup to it ... Hoping I am not duplicating but having scanned for some time I did not find : is there an example of an (X10) home alarm system being implemented into Indigo/Switchboard ? I would gladly copy/paste/adjust it if possible. Thanks a lot ! Eric
The issue is partially that each Switchboard setup is fairly custom....
But, take my house for an example.
I have three major Switchboard devices that consist of our security system...
1 ) A Monitored Device Group that contains all the outside doors ("
Exterior Doors").
2) A Timed Profile that contains an X10 Chime. It is set to not activate for 2 minutes after being triggered. And the chime is only on for 10 Seconds. I have an "Controlling Variable" called "Sound Chime", which if set false, prevents the chime for going off (for 1 minute). This way, we can leave without triggering the chime... The chime is also set to trigger only on Activation (Door opening).
3) In addition, we have a Switchboard Timed profile for the entrance hallway, that will activate the lights in the hallway for 3 minutes when the hallway doors are opened.
The exterior doors group is set to trigger an Timed Device called "Exterior Door Chime". The Timed Device is an X10 Chime, and is set to