texecom2mqtt

An application to interface with a Texecom Premier Elite alarm panel via MQTT. It provides real-time sensor updates (whether the panel is armed or not) and full arming/disarming/part arming support. The application also supports Home Assistant auto-discovery and is available as a Home Assistant Add-on.

It requires a Premier Elite panel (not Premier) with v4+ firmware and either a ComIP, ComWifi or SmartCom connection. It's not recommended to run this app on the same physical connection as the official Texecom Connect app. You should use only one of the applications or use a dedicated physical connection for each.

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Running the application

Home Assistant Add-on

To set the app up as a Home Assistant Add-on:

1. Go to 'Supervisor' in Home Assistant, then 'Add-on store'.
2. Click on the icon in the top right and add https://github.com/dchesterton/texecom2mqtt-hassio as a new repository. The add-on should now be listed on the 'Add-on store' page.
3. Click on 'texecom2mqtt' on the 'Add-on store' page and click 'Install'.
4. Add your Texecom panel and MQTT details in the 'Configuration' tab (the add-on will work with any MQTT server but it's pre-configured to use the official Mosquitto MQTT add-on).
5. Click 'Save' to save your configuration.
6. Go to the 'Info' tab, select 'Start on boot' and 'Watchdog', then click 'Start'.
7. The app should now be running. Go to the 'Log' tab to check the output logs.

Docker

docker run -d -v $PWD/config.yml:/app/config.yml --name texecom2mqtt dchesterton/texecom2mqtt:latest

Docker Compose

version: "3"
services:
    texecom2mqtt:
        container_name: texecom2mqtt
        image: dchesterton/texecom2mqtt:latest
        restart: unless-stopped
        volumes:
            - ./config.yml:/app/config.yml

config.yml

texecom:
    host: 192.168.0.1 # Required: Texecom panel IP address
    udl_password: "abcdef" # Optional: UDL password programmed in the panel. Note: this is NOT the code used to arm/disarm the panel (default: 1234)
    port: 10002 # Optional: port used to connect to the panel (default: 10001)

mqtt:
    host: 192.168.1.5 # Optional: broker URL or IP address (default: localhost)
    port: 1884 # Optional: broker port (default: 1883 or 8883 for TLS connections)
    prefix: texecom2mqtt # Optional: topic prefix to use (default: texecom2mqtt)
    username: my_user # Optional: broker user (default: none)
    password: my_password # Optional: broker password (default: none)
    client_id: texecom2mqtt # Optional: client ID (default: texecom2mqtt)
    keepalive: 30 # Optional: keepalive in seconds (default: 60)
    clean: true # Optional: clean session (default: true)
    retain: true # Optional: retain (default: true)
    retain_log: false # Optional: retain on log messages (default: false)
    qos: 2 # Optional: QoS (default: 0)
    ca: /cert/ca.pem # Optional: CA for TLS connection (default: none)
    cert: /cert/cert.pem # Optional: certificate for TLS connection (default: none)
    key: /cert/key.pem # Optional: private key for TLS connection (default: none)
    reject_unauthorized: true # Optional: if not false, the server certificate is verified against the list of supplied CAs. Override with caution (default: true when using TLS)

homeassistant:
    discovery: true # Optional: enable Home Assistant discovery (default: false)
    prefix: home-assistant # Optional: Home Assistant MQTT topic prefix (default: homeassistant)

# Optional: required only if you want to override a zone name or device class
zones:
    - id: front_door # Required: zone number or ID (e.g. 'front_door' or '4')
      name: Front Door Sensor # Optional: override the zone name (default: zone name in panel)
      device_class: motion # Optional: set the Home Assistant device class for a zone (default: the app will guess based on zone name and type). See https://www.home-assistant.io/integrations/binary_sensor/#device-class for available device classes

    - id: ...
      name: ...

# Optional: required only for Home Assistant mapping
areas:
    - id: house # Required: area number or ID (e.g. 'detached_garage', '4A' or '2')
      name: House Alarm # Optional: override the area name (default: area name in panel)
      full_arm: armed_away # Optional: mappings of Texecom arm types to Home Assistant arm types (armed_away, armed_home, armed_night, armed_custom_bypass, armed_vacation), omit any which are not relevant
      part_arm_1: armed_night
      part_arm_2: armed_home
      part_arm_3: armed_custom_bypass
      code_arm_required: false # Optional: see https://www.home-assistant.io/integrations/alarm_control_panel.mqtt/#code_arm_required
      code_disarm_required: false # Optional: see https://www.home-assistant.io/integrations/alarm_control_panel.mqtt/#code_disarm_required
      code: "123456" # Optional: see https://www.home-assistant.io/integrations/alarm_control_panel.mqtt/#code
    - id: ...
      name: ...

cache: true # Optional: cache panel data instead of loading it each time. Recommended if using a larger panel and/or your data will not change (default: false)
log: debug # Optional: trace, debug, panel, info, warning or error (default: info)

Topics

texecom2mqtt/zone/[name]

An object representing the current state of a zone, e.g.

{
    "name": "Front Door",
    "number": 5,
    "status": 1,
    "type": "Entry/Exit 1",
    "areas": ["A", "B", "C"]
}

texecom2mqtt/area/[name]

An object representing the current state of an area, e.g.

{
    "id": "A",
    "name": "House Alarm",
    "number": 1,
    "status": "disarmed",
    "last_active_zone": {
        "name": "Front Door",
        "number": 1
    }
}

The status parameter will be one of:

• disarmed
• full_armed
• part_armed_1
• part_armed_2
• part_armed_3
• triggered
• in_entry
• in_exit

The last_active_zone parameter is only available when the status is triggered.

texecom2mqtt/area/[name]/command

Set the area status. Payload must be one of:

• full_arm
• part_arm_1
• part_arm_2
• part_arm_3
• disarm

texecom2mqtt/text

Set the LCD text on all connected keypads. The payload is the string to display. Note: a maximum of 32 characters can be displayed.

texecom2mqtt/datetime

Set the system date. The payload should be a ISO 8601 formatted string which can be parsed by Luxon.

texecom2mqtt/status

Either online or offline depending on whether the application is running.

texecom2mqtt/power

An object representing the current power consumption, e.g.

{
    "battery_charging_current": 36,
    "battery_voltage": 13.42,
    "panel_current": 423,
    "panel_voltage": 13.49
}

battery_charging_current and panel_current are given in milliamps.

texecom2mqtt/log

An object representing a panel log event, e.g.

{
    "type": "ArmFailed",
    "description": "Arm Failed",
    "timestamp": "2020-01-01T00:00:00+00:00",
    "areas": ["A"],
    "parameter": 8,
    "entity": {
        "zone_id": "front_door",
        "zone_name": "Front Door"
    }
}

{
    "type": "UserCode",
    "description": "User Code",
    "timestamp": "2020-01-01T00:00:00+00:00",
    "areas": ["A", "B"],
    "parameter": 1,
    "entity": {
        "user_id": 1,
        "user_name": "Daniel"
    }
}

{
    "type": "TimeChanged",
    "description": "Time Changed",
    "timestamp": "2020-01-01T00:00:00+00:00",
    "areas": [],
    "parameter": 0
}

parameter will be either a zone number, user number, expander number or keypad number depending on the log event type.

entity will be a user object as per the example above for 'UserCode' events and a zone object as per the example above for 'ArmFailed'

texecom2mqtt/config

An object representing the texecom2mqtt config, e.g.

{
    "version": "1.0.41",
    "log_level": "debug",
    "model": "Premier Elite 48",
    "firmware_version": "V5.02.01LS1",
    "serial_number": "12345"
}

Troubleshooting

• The application is not working properly.
  • Have you added the correct IP address and port in config.yml? (UDL/Digi Options - Setup Modules - Setup IP Data)
  • Have you set up your ComIP/SmartCom? (UDL/Digi Options - Com Port Setup - Set either Com Port 1, Com Port 2 or Com Port 3 to 'ComIP Module')
  • Have you added the correct UDL password to config.yml? (This can be found in UDL/Digi Options - UDL Options - UDL Password)
  • Have you disabled encryption? (UDL/Digi Options - Setup Modules - Encrypted Ports)
• The official Texecom app is not working properly with texecom2mqtt.
  • Each physical connection (SmartCom or ComIP) only properly supports one concurrent application. I would recommend running either texecom2mqtt or the Texecom app, or you can install both a SmartCom and ComIP and use one for each application.

Home Assistant integration

• The entities are not showing in Home Assistant.
  • Have you enabled 'discovery' in your MQTT config in Home Assistant? (Configuration - MQTT)
  • If you've changed the default prefix, have you set the correct prefix in config.yml?
• The Alarm Panel Card is not showing the correct states for my alarm in the frontend.
  • Unfortunately, this card only shows Arm Away and Arm Home by default. You'll need to edit the card and select the additional states from the "available states" dropdown.