I installed a AD2USB (and the proper plugin) to be able to have communication between a Vera3 unit and my Ademco Vista 20P panel. The system had been working properly for the past 3 - 4 months, and now I am suddenly seeing error messages telling me that the connection to the alarm panel is down.
No changes to the Vera unit; already checked all cabling to make sure that nothing has come loose. Even though the AD2USB reports the connection being down; I am still able to ARM/DISARM the system using he plugin, so there is communication (at least one way) between Vera and my Ademco panel. I capture the logs from vera, and this is the only thing that I see:
50 11/04/13 21:25:43.100 luup_log:62: (VistaAlarmPanel::checkConnection) CONNECTION DOWN <0x2c997680>
50 11/04/13 21:25:43.101 luup_log:62: (VistaAlarmPanel::task) Connection down. <0x2c997680>
50 11/04/13 21:26:02.617 luup_log:62: (VistaAlarmPanel::requestArmMode) Request new arm mode: 'Disarmed', device #63. <0x2dfc4680>
50 11/04/13 21:26:02.617 luup_log:62: (VistaAlarmPanel::requestArmMode) partNo = 1 <0x2dfc4680>
50 11/04/13 21:26:02.618 luup_log:62: (VistaAlarmPanel::getPinCode) Using the stored PIN code. <0x2dfc4680>
50 11/04/13 21:26:02.618 luup_log:62: (VistaAlarmPanel::requestArmMode) Current arm mode = 'nil'. <0x2dfc4680>
50 11/04/13 21:26:06.075 luup_log:62: (VistaAlarmPanel::processIncoming) Incoming data = '!Sending...done'. <0x2e1eb680>
50 11/04/13 21:26:06.075 luup_log:62: (VistaAlarmPanel::processIncoming) ERROR: Invalid message. <0x2e1eb680>
Can anyone point me in the right direction to determine what could have happened to the Ademco plugin that is now reporting no connection? I guess Vera (the Ademco plugin) has lost the ability to receive messages, but I am still able to send commands and the alarm panel receive those message and execute them properly (ARM/DISAM, etc).
I have tried removing and installing the AD2USB plugin already, and the issue still persists. One thing that I have noticed is that the plugin version shows 2.45 on the actual Alarm Panel device; but it shows 3.0 when I go to the APPS tab of my Vera unit (seems like a version mismatch, but I do not remember if it has always been that way).
Any help will be greatly appreciated