http://wiki.linuxmce.org/index.php?title=Arm_or_disarm_the_alarm_using_the_Orbiters&feed=atom&action=historyArm or disarm the alarm using the Orbiters - Revision history2024-03-28T12:03:28ZRevision history for this page on the wikiMediaWiki 1.24.1http://wiki.linuxmce.org/index.php?title=Arm_or_disarm_the_alarm_using_the_Orbiters&diff=23125&oldid=prevWierdbeard65 at 07:10, 3 May 20102010-05-03T07:10:28Z<p></p>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>*[[LinuxMCE Admin Website]]-->Wizard-->Security-->Settings by Alert Type page lets you select various alert options. <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">F0r </del>example, you can set the length of time following your departure from your home until the  security sensors are armed.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>*[[LinuxMCE Admin Website]]-->Wizard-->Security-->Settings by Alert Type page lets you select various alert options. <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">For </ins>example, you can set the length of time following your departure from your home until the  security sensors are armed.</div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>*Wizard--> Security-->Active Sensors page lets you indicate what sensors are active when the house is in a given mode.  (The mode is selected on an Orbiter.)  The house can be in one of six modes: unarmed, armed away from home, armed at home, sleeping, entertaining, and armed extended away.  For each sensor and each mode you can indicate what action LinuxMCE should take when the sensors tripped, such as fire a security breach event, make an announcement, ignore it, etc.  There are no hard rules for what sensors are active during which modes.  You could, for example, state that when you are at home and the mode is "unarmed" your motion detectors will trigger a security breach, or when the mode is "armed away from the home" the motion detectors do nothing.  This would not make much sense of course, but LinuxMCE allows whatever settings you choose.  The default action which LinuxMCE assumes, if you don't change the settings, is that smoke detectors always cause a fire alert no matter what mode the house is in. Door and broken glass sensors cause a security breach when the house is armed or sleeping. Motion detectors are ignored when the house mode is armed "at home" or "sleeping", and when the house mode is "entertaining," door sensors cause an announcement to be made so you know guests have arrived.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>*Wizard--> Security-->Active Sensors page lets you indicate what sensors are active when the house is in a given mode.  (The mode is selected on an Orbiter.)  The house can be in one of six modes: unarmed, armed away from home, armed at home, sleeping, entertaining, and armed extended away.  For each sensor and each mode you can indicate what action LinuxMCE should take when the sensors tripped, such as fire a security breach event, make an announcement, ignore it, etc.  There are no hard rules for what sensors are active during which modes.  You could, for example, state that when you are at home and the mode is "unarmed" your motion detectors will trigger a security breach, or when the mode is "armed away from the home" the motion detectors do nothing.  This would not make much sense of course, but LinuxMCE allows whatever settings you choose.  The default action which LinuxMCE assumes, if you don't change the settings, is that smoke detectors always cause a fire alert no matter what mode the house is in. Door and broken glass sensors cause a security breach when the house is armed or sleeping. Motion detectors are ignored when the house mode is armed "at home" or "sleeping", and when the house mode is "entertaining," door sensors cause an announcement to be made so you know guests have arrived.</div></td></tr>
</table>Perspectoffhttp://wiki.linuxmce.org/index.php?title=Arm_or_disarm_the_alarm_using_the_Orbiters&diff=11599&oldid=prevPerspectoff: /* Adding Alerts */2008-05-19T06:35:10Z<p><span dir="auto"><span class="autocomment">Adding Alerts</span></span></p>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>*[[LinuxMCE Admin Website]]-->Wizard-->Security-->Settings by Alert Type page lets you select various alert options. <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Fpr </del>example, you can set the length of time following your departure from your home until the  security sensors are armed.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>*[[LinuxMCE Admin Website]]-->Wizard-->Security-->Settings by Alert Type page lets you select various alert options. <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">F0r </ins>example, you can set the length of time following your departure from your home until the  security sensors are armed.</div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>*Wizard--> Security-->Active Sensors page lets you indicate what sensors are active when the house is in a given mode.  (The mode is selected on an Orbiter.)  The house can be in one of six modes: unarmed, armed away from home, armed at home, sleeping, entertaining, and armed extended away.  For each sensor and each mode you can indicate what action LinuxMCE should take when the sensors tripped, such as fire a security breach event, make an announcement, ignore it, etc.  There are no hard rules for what sensors are active during which modes.  You could, for example, state that when you are at home and the mode is "unarmed" your motion detectors will trigger a security breach, or when the mode is "armed away from the home" the motion detectors do nothing.  This would not make much sense of course, but LinuxMCE allows whatever settings you choose.  The default action which LinuxMCE assumes, if you don't change the settings, is that smoke detectors always cause a fire alert no matter what mode the house is in. Door and broken glass sensors cause a security breach when the house is armed or sleeping. Motion detectors are ignored when the house mode is armed "at home" or "sleeping", and when the house mode is "entertaining," door sensors cause an announcement to be made so you know guests have arrived.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>*Wizard--> Security-->Active Sensors page lets you indicate what sensors are active when the house is in a given mode.  (The mode is selected on an Orbiter.)  The house can be in one of six modes: unarmed, armed away from home, armed at home, sleeping, entertaining, and armed extended away.  For each sensor and each mode you can indicate what action LinuxMCE should take when the sensors tripped, such as fire a security breach event, make an announcement, ignore it, etc.  There are no hard rules for what sensors are active during which modes.  You could, for example, state that when you are at home and the mode is "unarmed" your motion detectors will trigger a security breach, or when the mode is "armed away from the home" the motion detectors do nothing.  This would not make much sense of course, but LinuxMCE allows whatever settings you choose.  The default action which LinuxMCE assumes, if you don't change the settings, is that smoke detectors always cause a fire alert no matter what mode the house is in. Door and broken glass sensors cause a security breach when the house is armed or sleeping. Motion detectors are ignored when the house mode is armed "at home" or "sleeping", and when the house mode is "entertaining," door sensors cause an announcement to be made so you know guests have arrived.</div></td></tr>
</table>Perspectoffhttp://wiki.linuxmce.org/index.php?title=Arm_or_disarm_the_alarm_using_the_Orbiters&diff=11598&oldid=prevPerspectoff: /* How to use it */2008-05-19T06:34:32Z<p><span dir="auto"><span class="autocomment">How to use it</span></span></p>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>On the <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">orbiter </del>touch the security panel button, then enter your pin and choose the new house mode, such as armed at home, entertaining, etc.  </div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>On the <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Orbiter </ins>touch the security panel button, then enter your pin and choose the new house mode, such as <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">"</ins>armed at home<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">"</ins>, <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">"</ins>entertaining<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">"</ins>, etc.  </div></td></tr>
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</table>Perspectoffhttp://wiki.linuxmce.org/index.php?title=Arm_or_disarm_the_alarm_using_the_Orbiters&diff=11597&oldid=prevPerspectoff: /* Choosing Rooms for Control */2008-05-19T06:33:51Z<p><span dir="auto"><span class="autocomment">Choosing Rooms for Control</span></span></p>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>On the <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">wizard </del>> <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">scenarios </del>> <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">security </del>scenarios page be sure the "main security panel" box is checked for each room in which you want to be able to control the alarm system.  Checking that box automatically creates a scenario that takes the user to the alarm panel, allowing them to change the house mode to arm or disarm the alarm system.  By default this box is checked for every room, meaning that normally there will always be a button on every <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">orbiter </del>in every room to arm or disarm the alarm system.  </div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>On the <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Wizard--</ins>> <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Scenarios --</ins>> <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Security </ins>scenarios page be sure the "main security panel" box is checked for each room in which you want to be able to control the alarm system.  Checking that box automatically creates a scenario that takes the user to the alarm panel, allowing them to change the house mode to arm or disarm the alarm system.  By default this box is checked for every room, meaning that normally there will always be a button on every <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Orbiter </ins>in every room to arm or disarm the alarm system.</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>On the orbiter touch the security panel button, then enter your pin and choose the new house mode, such as armed at home, entertaining, etc.  </div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>On the orbiter touch the security panel button, then enter your pin and choose the new house mode, such as armed at home, entertaining, etc.  </div></td></tr>
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</table>Perspectoffhttp://wiki.linuxmce.org/index.php?title=Arm_or_disarm_the_alarm_using_the_Orbiters&diff=11596&oldid=prevPerspectoff: /* Matching Cameras to Sensors */2008-05-19T06:33:04Z<p><span dir="auto"><span class="autocomment">Matching Cameras to Sensors</span></span></p>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Many alarm panels also allow themselves to be armed and disarmed using the computer interface.  Whenever the user changes the house mode, such as arming or disarming the system, an event is fired which the alarm panel device can use to stay synchronized.  In other words, when you set the house mode to armed, not only will LinuxMCE's security system be active, but the alarm panel's own security system will also be activated.  And when you return home and shut the alarm off on LinuxMCE's orbiter, it will also push disarm the alarm panel.  On the wizard, devices, interfaces page select the advanced button next to your alarm panel, and click the documentation link to see how your alarm panel will implement this, and how to disable it or enable it for this particular panel.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Many alarm panels also allow themselves to be armed and disarmed using the computer interface.  Whenever the user changes the house mode, such as arming or disarming the system, an event is fired which the alarm panel device can use to stay synchronized.  In other words, when you set the house mode to armed, not only will LinuxMCE's security system be active, but the alarm panel's own security system will also be activated.  And when you return home and shut the alarm off on LinuxMCE's orbiter, it will also push disarm the alarm panel.  On the wizard, devices, interfaces page select the advanced button next to your alarm panel, and click the documentation link to see how your alarm panel will implement this, and how to disable it or enable it for this particular panel.</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[LinuxMCE Admin Website]]<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">, the wizard, security, settings </del>by <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">alert type </del>page lets you select various options <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">for different types of alerts</del>, <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">such as how long to wait after leaving </del>the <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">house before </del>security sensors are armed. <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline"> The wizard, security, active sensors </del>page lets you indicate what sensors are active when the house is in a given mode.  The mode is selected on an <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">orbiter</del>.  The house can be in one of six modes: unarmed, armed away from home, armed at home, sleeping, entertaining, and armed extended away.  For each sensor and each mode you can indicate what action LinuxMCE should take when the sensors tripped, such as fire a security breach event, make an announcement, ignore it, etc.  There are no hard rules for what sensors are active during which modes.  <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">If you </del>could, for example, state that when you are at home and the mode is "unarmed" your motion detectors <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">fire </del>a security breach, <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">and </del>when the mode is "armed away from the home" the motion detectors do nothing.  This would not make much sense of course, but LinuxMCE allows <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">you to do </del>whatever you <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">want</del>.  The default action which LinuxMCE assumes if you don't change the settings <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">on that page </del>is that smoke detectors always cause a fire alert no matter what mode the house is in<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">, door </del>and glass <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">break </del>sensors cause a security breach when the house is armed or sleeping<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">, motion </del>detectors are ignored when the house mode is armed at home or sleeping, and when the house mode is entertaining door sensors cause an announcement to be made so you know guests have arrived. <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline"> </del></div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">*</ins>[[LinuxMCE Admin Website]]<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">-->Wizard-->Security-->Settings </ins>by <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Alert Type </ins>page lets you select various <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">alert </ins>options<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">. Fpr example</ins>, <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">you can set </ins>the <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">length of time following your departure from your home until the  </ins>security sensors are armed.</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">*Wizard--> Security-->Active Sensors </ins>page lets you indicate what sensors are active when the house is in a given mode.  <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">(</ins>The mode is selected on an <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Orbiter</ins>.<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">) </ins> The house can be in one of six modes: unarmed, armed away from home, armed at home, sleeping, entertaining, and armed extended away.  For each sensor and each mode you can indicate what action LinuxMCE should take when the sensors tripped, such as fire a security breach event, make an announcement, ignore it, etc.  There are no hard rules for what sensors are active during which modes.  <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">You </ins>could, for example, state that when you are at home and the mode is "unarmed" your motion detectors <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">will trigger </ins>a security breach, <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">or </ins>when the mode is "armed away from the home" the motion detectors do nothing.  This would not make much sense of course, but LinuxMCE allows whatever <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">settings </ins>you <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">choose</ins>.  The default action which LinuxMCE assumes<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">, </ins>if you don't change the settings<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">, </ins>is that smoke detectors always cause a fire alert no matter what mode the house is in<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">. Door </ins>and <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">broken </ins>glass sensors cause a security breach when the house is armed or sleeping<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">. Motion </ins>detectors are ignored when the house mode is armed <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">"</ins>at home<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">" </ins>or <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">"</ins>sleeping<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">"</ins>, and when the house mode is <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">"</ins>entertaining<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">," </ins>door sensors cause an announcement to be made so you know guests have arrived.</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>*Go to [[LinuxMCE Admin Website]]-->Wizard-->Devices--><del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">security</del>.  Add the sensors in your house, such as motion detectors, broken glass sensors, smoke detectors, and so on.  In most cases these are controlled by a security panel that has a computer interface, such as an RS-232 port.  If this is the case, be sure to add the security panel first, on the Wizard-->Devices-->Interfaces page.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>*Go to [[LinuxMCE Admin Website]]-->Wizard-->Devices--><ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Security</ins>.  Add the sensors in your house, such as motion detectors, broken glass sensors, smoke detectors, and so on.  In most cases these are controlled by a security panel that has a computer interface, such as an RS-232 port.  If this is the case, be sure to add the security panel first, on the Wizard-->Devices-->Interfaces page.</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>*Security sensors can be rigged using standard input outputs.  For example the GC 100s which are normally used for infrared control also have inputs. It is possible to mix and match.  For example, you can add an alarm panel on the Interfaces page, and then add 2 broken glass sensors on the Security page.  In the "controlled via" pulldown, choose the alarm panel.  You can then hook other broken glass sensors to the input on the GC 100. On the Security page, add a third <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">broekn </del>glass sensor, but this time set the "controlled via" pulldown to the GC 100.  In this way all three sensors will be treated as a glass break, and it makes no difference to LinuxMCE that two of them are using an alarm panel and the third is using a GC 100.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>*Security sensors can be rigged using standard input outputs.  For example the GC 100s which are normally used for infrared control also have inputs. It is possible to mix and match.  For example, you can add an alarm panel on the Interfaces page, and then add 2 broken glass sensors on the Security page.  In the "controlled via" pulldown, choose the alarm panel.  You can then hook other broken glass sensors to the input on the GC 100. On the Security page, add a third <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">broken </ins>glass sensor, but this time set the "controlled via" pulldown to the GC 100.  In this way all three sensors will be treated as a glass break, and it makes no difference to LinuxMCE that two of them are using an alarm panel and the third is using a GC 100.</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>===Adding Sensors===</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>===Adding Sensors===</div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">In </del>[[LinuxMCE Admin Website]]<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">, choose wizard, devices, </del>security.  <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Here you will need to add all of </del>the sensors in your house, such as motion detectors, glass <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">break </del>sensors, smoke detectors and so on.  In most cases these are controlled by a security panel that has a computer interface, such as an RS-232 port.  If this is the case, be sure to add the security panel first on the <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">wizard, devices, interfaces </del>page. <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline"> You </del>can <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">also rig your own security sensors </del>using standard input outputs.  For example the GC 100s which are normally used for infrared control also have inputs. <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline"> Feel free </del>to mix and match.  For example you can add an alarm panel on the <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">interfaces </del>page, and then add 2 glass <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">break </del>sensors on the <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">security </del>page.  In the "controlled via" pulldown, <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">be sure to </del>choose the alarm panel.  You can then hook other glass <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">break sensor </del>to the input on the GC 100. <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline"> Then on </del>the <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">security </del>page add a third glass <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">break </del>sensor, but this time the "controlled via" pulldown <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">should be set </del>to the GC 100.  In this way all three sensors will be treated as a glass break, and it makes no difference to LinuxMCE that two of them are using an alarm panel and the third is using a GC 100.  </div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">*Go to </ins>[[LinuxMCE Admin Website]]<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">-->Wizard-->Devices--></ins>security.  <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Add </ins>the sensors in your house, such as motion detectors, <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">broken </ins>glass sensors, smoke detectors<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">, </ins>and so on.  In most cases these are controlled by a security panel that has a computer interface, such as an RS-232 port.  If this is the case, be sure to add the security panel first<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">, </ins>on the <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Wizard-->Devices-->Interfaces </ins>page.</div></td></tr>
<tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div> </div></td></tr>
<tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">*Security sensors </ins>can <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">be rigged </ins>using standard input outputs.  For example the GC 100s which are normally used for infrared control also have inputs. <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">It is possible </ins>to mix and match.  For example<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">, </ins>you can add an alarm panel on the <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Interfaces </ins>page, and then add 2 <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">broken </ins>glass sensors on the <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Security </ins>page.  In the "controlled via" pulldown, choose the alarm panel.  You can then hook other <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">broken </ins>glass <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">sensors </ins>to the input on the GC 100. <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">On </ins>the <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Security </ins>page<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">, </ins>add a third <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">broekn </ins>glass sensor, but this time <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">set </ins>the "controlled via" pulldown to the GC 100.  In this way all three sensors will be treated as a glass break, and it makes no difference to LinuxMCE that two of them are using an alarm panel and the third is using a GC 100.</div></td></tr>
<tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div> </div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>===Adding Alerts===</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>===Adding Alerts===</div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[LinuxMCE Admin Website]], the wizard, security, settings by alert type page lets you select various options for different types of alerts, such as how long to wait after leaving the house before security sensors are armed.  The wizard, security, active sensors page lets you indicate what sensors are active when the house is in a given mode.  The mode is selected on an orbiter.  The house can be in one of six modes: unarmed, armed away from home, armed at home, sleeping, entertaining, and armed extended away.  For each sensor and each mode you can indicate what action LinuxMCE should take when the sensors tripped, such as fire a security breach event, make an announcement, ignore it, etc.  There are no hard rules for what sensors are active during which modes.  If you could, for example, state that when you are at home and the mode is "unarmed" your motion detectors fire a security breach, and when the mode is "armed away from the home" the motion detectors do nothing.  This would not make much sense of course, but LinuxMCE allows you to do whatever you want.  The default action which LinuxMCE assumes if you don't change the settings on that page is that smoke detectors always cause a fire alert no matter what mode the house is in, door and glass break sensors cause a security breach when the house is armed or sleeping, motion detectors are ignored when the house mode is armed at home or sleeping, and when the house mode is entertaining door sensors cause an announcement to be made so you know guests have arrived.   </div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[LinuxMCE Admin Website]], the wizard, security, settings by alert type page lets you select various options for different types of alerts, such as how long to wait after leaving the house before security sensors are armed.  The wizard, security, active sensors page lets you indicate what sensors are active when the house is in a given mode.  The mode is selected on an orbiter.  The house can be in one of six modes: unarmed, armed away from home, armed at home, sleeping, entertaining, and armed extended away.  For each sensor and each mode you can indicate what action LinuxMCE should take when the sensors tripped, such as fire a security breach event, make an announcement, ignore it, etc.  There are no hard rules for what sensors are active during which modes.  If you could, for example, state that when you are at home and the mode is "unarmed" your motion detectors fire a security breach, and when the mode is "armed away from the home" the motion detectors do nothing.  This would not make much sense of course, but LinuxMCE allows you to do whatever you want.  The default action which LinuxMCE assumes if you don't change the settings on that page is that smoke detectors always cause a fire alert no matter what mode the house is in, door and glass break sensors cause a security breach when the house is armed or sleeping, motion detectors are ignored when the house mode is armed at home or sleeping, and when the house mode is entertaining door sensors cause an announcement to be made so you know guests have arrived.   </div></td></tr>
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