Recent content by texecom

Yes. The Visonic PowerMax Complete systems are dated and basic in comparison to more recent systems. There are some hacks and adapters that *MAY* work to keep the dialler in your alarm working but you really want to be looking at upgrading to something with an IP or 4G communicator which will...

:giggle: success at last (y) The LLC issue is strange but I think the main stumbling point was the isolation of the USB chip from the RX line of the D1 - once the resistor is removed all of these boards should work with a Texecom panel.

It is unlikely you have damaged the panel unless you have connected more than 5v directly to the TX/RX pins. The reason there is the strange spacing is probably because of the parity/spacing settings but don't worry about that atm, so let me get this right, just using putty, with the TX & RX...

You could remove the other resistor and try - it should not matter but it would isolate the TX line from the USB chip as well. Try swapping the RX and TX leads because it is easy to mix them up! Another test you can do to make sure your wiring and software are working correctly is simply...

Your wiring all looks OK but you need to move the blue and red TX/RX leads to D0 & D1 as per this picture and it should work: You'll see I am powering my board over USB at the moment and I have left my LLC cable tied to my Pi but it is running totally from the D1. I see that your board has...

After looking at the circuit diagram, I have found a way to make the normal RX pin useable and it involves removing a resistor. Basically this disconnects the USB chip from the RX input and means that the ESP8266 on the D1 works! BUT you need to make sure you have written the software to the...

So success after some more testing... I separated the RX and TX lines to see if it was one or the other that was causing the issue on the ESP modules. I set up the panel so that so that the ESP module was sending data to the panel and the Pi was receiving from the panel and everything worked...

Check that the option is unticked - it sounds like it already is so you can discount that but this catches a few people out. I think you should put everything in to one area and if a PIR is crossed as you enter or exit set it as Guard Access.

Had another play around with my ESP8266 modules earlier and had them talking to each other and also a RPi through PuTTY with and without the level convertor with no problems at all. Still puzzled, I came across a post online that basically said: "The problem with the Rx pin on D1 Mini is that...

It looks like you are using areas when part arms may be a better option? From the log it looks like you are entering your code to disarm each area separately and hence entering it twice. You may be better to have all zones in the same area and if you need to part arm set that up unless there is...

Looking at the logs, I suspect that although it states you connected, it probably never fully established a connection at all and the software is just timing out which is identical to my issue. Maybe the author got lucky with his ESP module and it just works and our boards are using cloned...

It is very frustrating and I can't explain it because it should just work... This is why I went down the Pi route to reduce my blood pressure!

Are you sure you have the TXD/RXD pins correct? The config states: tx_pin: GPIO1 rx_pin: GPIO3 Which corresponds to the (D1)TXD & (D0)RXD pins on this board but it looks like you have them plugged in to SCL & SDA pins.

Yes, the level convertor was for safety/compatibility. I was struggling to get the panel and the board talking so I wanted to rule incorrect IO levels out. It did not make a difference in my case but I would include it to begin with until you have everything working. The resistors that I piggy...

The D1 is easier because you can supply it directly with 12v and there is no need for the DCDC convertor, you can then play around with the IO pins with Dupont cables and it is easier when testing etc. I cannot see a reason why the ESP8266 modules would not work and they are probably a more...