i am in the process of making a home security system. i want to buy a keypad instead of making one. honeywell ademco 6148. but i do not understand the data line out. i can not find any specs on the net anywhere. any help would be awesome.
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security keypad
Started by optimus primer, Feb 06 2013 11:29 PM
3 replies to this topic
#1Posted 06 February 2013 - 11:29 PM i am in the process of making a home security system. i want to buy a keypad instead of making one. honeywell ademco 6148. but i do not understand the data line out. i can not find any specs on the net anywhere. any help would be awesome.
thanks. #3Posted 07 February 2013 - 09:53 PM Hi Optimus,
I found a data sheet for the keypad. I can see that you have 0V, 12V, data in and data out. But, I can't find any information on what the data in/out are.
I suggest that you power up the keypad and use a voltmeter to check the data out signal. If you find a large voltage, e.g. +/- 5V, you may have RS232. If so you could try inputting that to a PC serial port (or USB adapter if you have a PC younger than my 10 year old model), then run up a serial terminal such as Putty and try pressing buttons. You may need to tweak the serial settings (baud rate / bits) to get a result. Hopefully you will a recognisable character on the PC when you press a key. Even better would be to use an oscilloscope to look at the data out as you press keys. If it is RS232, remember you will need a voltage converter before connecting to the Netduino.
Paul #4Posted 12 February 2013 - 05:20 PM thanks for the infromation. i should be getting it in the mail in the next couple of days. with some trial and testing i will be able to figure out something and i will post my results with some questions how to write the code.. thanks 0 user(s) are reading this topic0 members, 0 guests, 0 anonymous users | ||||||||||||||
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