Thanks, I had missed that one! ...   Thursday Oct 24th, 2024 07:20 pm

There have been a number of breaking changes with Paho MQTT 2.0. I'm not a Python programmer, so I asked ChatGTP to do the conversion ...   Monday Oct 21st, 2024 01:46 pm

You can try here: CM Documentation ...   Wednesday Aug 21st, 2024 05:40 pm

The next step is for me to try and replicate the problem when I get a chance! For you, add in node-red-contrib-home-assistant-websocket if you want to ...   Friday Aug 16th, 2024 03:46 pm

Ah, that image is out of date and already includes the UCM/Pi software and Node-RED. I've never used it as there were many changes made ...   Thursday Aug 15th, 2024 08:10 pm

From your logs, it appears that several of the packages are out of date or no longer supported. This may be because you have installed ...   Thursday Aug 15th, 2024 03:01 pm

OK, that's weird but good news! Could you try setting the PIN and uploading your Comfort config file to it? ...   Thursday Aug 15th, 2024 02:53 pm

Also, can you confirm that the RS485 cable is connected from the UCM/Pi to the Comfort alarm system. ...   Wednesday Aug 14th, 2024 12:48 pm

I will try to get access to my Comfort alarm and spare CM3+ to try a clean install. However, this may take a week or ...   Wednesday Aug 14th, 2024 12:47 pm

The USB keyboard doesn't matter. ...   Tuesday Aug 13th, 2024 07:06 am

When you run the script, do you see any warnings before it errors out at Installing Dependencies? Also, can you run npm --version and post ...   Monday Aug 12th, 2024 08:06 pm

I can't open that image. At the shell prompt can you paste this line in and see what error it gives: npm install epoll mqtt serialport@9.2.8 ...   Monday Aug 12th, 2024 07:33 pm

I remember getting this error at one stage, but I can't recall what the solution was! When I was debugging the script, I found it useful ...   Monday Aug 12th, 2024 06:56 pm

It looks like you are installing via SSH, I don't think that will work. The Alphawerk instructions say you need: Access to a USB Keyboard and ...   Monday Aug 12th, 2024 04:56 pm

Will this require a new UCM/Pi or will the old one work with it? ...   Tuesday Aug 6th, 2024 03:50 pm

slychiu wrote: The software has been developed by Matt, so unfortunately it depends on him. I believe the files are on Github and is openm ...   Tuesday Jul 30th, 2024 07:28 am

My electrician lost the blue 6 Way connector JP1 for the back of my KP06 keypad. Is a replacement available or is this a standard ...   Thursday Jul 11th, 2024 11:35 am

FYI, this is my alarm config. I use the REMOTE_CODE option to avoid having to save the disarm code in the config. Also allows for ...   Friday Apr 19th, 2024 01:15 pm

I'm not able to test this as my house is being renovated, but perhaps you could use the Custom Bypass button in your MQTT Alarm ...   Thursday Apr 18th, 2024 09:56 am

For anyone considering starting off (or upgrading) with a Raspberry Pi CM4, this is my experience of the process.I purchased a CM4108032 - Raspberry Pi ...   Tuesday Apr 16th, 2024 03:44 pm

I've created a new post with the install.sh script attached to make it easier to find. ...   Tuesday Apr 16th, 2024 02:30 pm

I ran into problems with Node-RED on the UCM/Pi being out of date preventing node-red-contrib-home-assistant-websocket from connecting to Home Assistant. This resulted in all my ...   Tuesday Apr 16th, 2024 02:29 pm

Leave it with me. My version of the install script installs a newer version of node.js that works with Node-RED 3.1 and talks to the ...   Saturday Apr 6th, 2024 10:02 pm

I suspect that the Slack channel is gone for good at this stage. Some of the content is available on Discord, but it's a bit ...   Saturday Apr 6th, 2024 05:03 pm

No, I have followed those instructions very carefully. I tried it both ways, connecting it to the UCM/Eth03 with the programming cable and doing Transfer/Firmware ...   Tuesday Mar 12th, 2024 09:11 am

This is the UCM/Pi I'm trying to upgrade. ...   Monday Mar 11th, 2024 04:11 pm

The UCM/Pi was connected to the UCM/Eth03 with the firmware cable. Do you mean that I should connect the dead UCM/Pi to the existing UCM/Pi? ...   Sunday Mar 10th, 2024 12:38 pm

OK, I finally got around to doing this with the firmware upgrade cable. I connected the UCM/Pi to the ETH03 UCM and tried to transfer ...   Saturday Mar 9th, 2024 10:08 am

Thanks, I will look forward to that. I finally got my CM4 and the adapter card. When I tried it on a separate power supply, ...   Thursday Feb 29th, 2024 04:13 pm

Thanks. Will your new development continue to support Home Assistant / NodeRED? I ask because I am renovating my house and will be adding a ...   Tuesday Feb 27th, 2024 01:27 pm

Chiu, is this project now dead? There is no activity on the Discord channel, and Matt has not posted for the last year or so. ...   Sunday Feb 25th, 2024 11:18 am

I don't think the latest version of the UCM_Pi OS software requires access to the alphawerk.co.uk domain. The GitHub page is still available at https://github.com/alphawerk/ucmpi_os ...   Sunday Feb 25th, 2024 11:14 am

I have a UCM/Pi that failed a couple of years ago. I think it happend when uploading a firmware upgrade to it, either the file ...   Tuesday Dec 12th, 2023 11:25 am

OK, that's not a problem as all my zones have double EOL resistors. ...   Monday Oct 16th, 2023 09:40 am

No real wizardry required, just a bit of familarity with basic networking. There is a good guide here: https://www.collect.org/cv13/Help/howtosetupalocalemailserverusinghmailserver.html ...   Monday Oct 16th, 2023 09:25 am

You could run your own local SMTP server, if you have a computer that runs 24/7. There a free open source one here that runs ...   Saturday Oct 14th, 2023 08:45 am

Interesting, but I have a CM9000. If I upgrade to a CM9001 will my existing LEM01 and LEM03 work with it? ...   Saturday Oct 14th, 2023 08:35 am

Thanks Chiu, I think I understand that! One other question, as I'm looking at using KNX to control heating, lighting, etc. I may want to ...   Friday Oct 13th, 2023 11:32 am

I have a CM9000 with a UCM/ETH03, a UCM/Pi and an LEM01 giving a total of 24 zones on it. I also have a SEM/01C ...   Monday Oct 9th, 2023 01:00 pm

No, this uses the UCM/Pi instead of the ETH03 connection but there is no reasn why it shouldn't work as both alarm panels are connecting ...   Saturday Sep 9th, 2023 10:41 am