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PARADOX® EVO48, EVO192 and EVOHD are advanced, multi-area security systems integrated with a variety of wired and wireless sensors.

The EVO48 supports up to 48 zones in 4 areas (partitions), while the EVO192 and EVOHD support 192 zones in 8 areas. All units support programmable outputs (PGM) and virtual inputs.

The Paradox EVO driver in HSYCO supports the integration of more than one EVO unit within the same HSYCO interface.

The integration with HSYCO can be accomplished via direct control through the RS-232 port on the PRT3 Integration Module or the BUS2SER Integration Module.

Communication

Employ a DE-9 (often called DB-9) male-female RS-232 crossed cable to connect the PRT3 - BUS2SER to the serial port on HSYCO SERVER.

RS-232 parameters:

Baud ratesame as defined on the PRT3 (default 9600)
Data bits8
Stop bit1
Parityno parity
Flow controlnone

Using the Babyware (do not use Babyware version 5.4.3, there is bug in PRT3 module programming, please use the latest version available) configuration software, set the PRT3 speed to the appropriate rate setting (section 016, options 2 and 3). You can use any of the speeds that the PRT3 supports. 9600 or higher is recommended.

Enable the serial port (section 016, option 1 to ON), enable home automation protocol (section 016, option 4 to ON) and select Ascii protocol (section 016, options 5 and 6).

Paradox UI Object 1

HSYCO Configuration

Add a PARADOX I/O Server in the I/O Servers section of the Settings and set its parameters:

Communication

  • Comm ID: select the comm port the device is connected to.

High Availability

  • Shutdown when inactive: defaults to true.

Options

IDDefaultValuesDescription
guitruetrueenable support for the UI object, UISET actions and USER commands
falsedisable UI support
languagesystem languageenlanguage of log and display messages. Supported values are it and en
it
zoneactivitylogfalsetruelogs the open/close status of zones in the log page and security.log files
falsedisable zone status log
maxzone00 ... 192force zones status detect and data points initialization at startup (zones data points are initialized with events disabled) for zones 1 to maxzone value
userlogsfalsetruegenerates logs that can be viewed with the userlist object, and can be selected to generate user events
falselogs for userlist objects disabled. Normal text logs are generated even when this option is false
areanamelogtruetrueadds the area name to all log messages
falseremove the area name (if only one area is used, having the area name in the logs could be useless)
codecodethe user code to be used when sending IO commands to the EVO, if code is not explicitly set in the command
logsize50n ≥ 0the number of log lines to display in the UI object

Datapoints

IDValueR/WDescription
connectiononlineRconnection established
offlineRHSYCO can't connect to the panel
area.<n>armWarm area <n> using default code
disarmWdisarm area <n> using default code
forceWarm area <n> using default code
stayWarm area <n> using default code
instantWarm area <n> using default code
arm.<c>Warm area <n> using code <c>
disarm.<c>Wdisarm area <n> using code <c>
force.<c>Wforced arm area <n> using code <c>
stay.<c>Wstay arm area <n> using code <c>
instant.<c>Winstant arm area <n> using code <c>
area.<n>.modedisarmedRthe area is disarmed
armedRthe area is armed
forcedRthe area is armed (force mode)
stayRthe area is armed (stay mode)
instantRthe area is armed (instant mode)
area.<n>.statusalarmRarea in alarm
strobeRarea in strobe (silent alarm)
resetRarea alarm end
area.<n>.troubletroubleRgeneral trouble in the area
resetRtrouble end
zone.<n>.statusclosedRzone is closed
openRzone is open
tamperRzone tampered
fireloopRfire loop trouble
zone.<n>.alarmalarmRzone alarm
fireRzone fire alarm
resetRalarm end
zone.<n>.troubleradioRzone radio supervision lost
batteryRzone low battery warning
resetRzone trouble end
troubleonlineRconnection established
offlineRconnection failed
pgm.<n>onRthe PGM is activated
offRthe PGM is deactivated
input.<n>openRWthe virtual input is open
0Wset virtual input to open
closedRWset virtual input to closed
1Wset virtual input to open
log0<text>Rreports the latest line of the security log when a new entry is added

User Interface

UISET Actions

IDAttribute
areasvalueshows the status of all areas (up to 8)
log0valueshows the latest entry of the security log for a short period
logsvalueshows the latest entries of the security log (as many as specified in hsyco.ini)
zonesvalueshows the status of all known zones (zones are added to this list as soon as an event is detected on a zone)
connection.label.onlinevisibletrue when the panel is connected to HSYCO, false otherwise
connection.label.offlinevisibletrue when the panel is not connected to HSYCO, false otherwise
area.<n>.mode.label.disarmedvisibletrue when area <n> is disarmed, false otherwise
area.<n>.mode.label.armedvisibletrue when area N is armed, false otherwise
area.<n>.mode.label.forcevisibletrue when area <n> is armed (force mode), false otherwise
area.<n>.mode.label.stayvisibletrue when area <n> is armed (stay mode), false otherwise
area.<n>.mode.label.instantvisibletrue when area <n> is armed (instant mode), false otherwise
area.<n>.status.label.alarmvisibletrue when area <n> alarm is active, false otherwise
area.<n>.trouble.label.troublevisibletrue when trouble detected for area <n>, false otherwise
zone.<n>.status.label.closedvisibletrue when zone N is closed, false otherwise
zone.<n>.status.label.openvisibletrue when zone <n> is open, false otherwise
zone.<n>.status.label.tampervisibletrue when tamper detected for zone <n>, false otherwise
zone.<n>.status.label.fireloopvisibletrue when fire loop detected for zone <n>, false otherwise
zone.<n>.alarm.label.firevisibletrue when zone <n> fire alarm is active, false otherwise
zone.<n>.alarm.label.alarmvisibletrue when zone <n> alarm is active, false otherwise
zone.<n>.trouble.label.radiovisibletrue when radio trouble detected for zone <n>, false otherwise
zone.N.trouble.label.batteryvisibletrue when battery trouble detected for zone <n>, false otherwise

Log Files

A permanent record of all the events shown in the log page is saved in a file called security.log in the logs/YYYY directory for the current year.

This file is never overwritten or deleted by HSYCO.

2014.05.12 08:48:59.182 - Inserimento
2014.05.12 08:48:59.195 - [Sensors] Inserimento istantaneo
2014.05.12 08:49:09.207 - [] Accesso remoto
2014.05.12 08:49:09.431 - [Sensors] Master: Disinserito
2014.05.12 09:10:06.703 - [Sensors] Kitchen: Aperta
2014.05.12 09:10:10.659 - [Sensors] Kitchen: Chiusa
2014.05.12 09:10:20.867 - [Sensors] Kitchen: Aperta
2014.05.12 09:10:24.843 - [Sensors] Kitchen: Chiusa
2014.05.12 09:17:26.867 - [] Accesso remoto
2014.05.12 09:17:27.151 - [Sensors] Master: Inserito
2014.05.12 09:17:27.343 - Inserimento
2014.05.12 09:17:35.807 - [] Accesso remoto
2014.05.12 09:17:36.059 - [Sensors] Master: Disinserito
2014.05.12 09:20:12.603 - [Sensors] Living: Aperta
2014.05.12 09:20:16.511 - [Sensors] Living: Chiusa
2014.05.12 09:20:26.791 - [Sensors] Living: Aperta
2014.05.12 09:20:30.675 - [Sensors] Living: Chiusa

Other information related to the ParadoxEVO driver are saved in the daily message.log files.

Paradox UI Object

The user interface for the control and supervision of the Paradox EVO multi-area intrusion detection system:

Paradox UI Object 1

The Paradox object is listed in the Project Editor’s new object list only when at least one Paradox I/O Server is defined.

Parameters

  • server id: the server ID.
  • position: the object's position. Use the pixels or rows and columns coordinates format

Release Notes

3.7.0

  • added datapoint "log0"
  • minor bug fixes

3.3.0

  • ParadoxEVO driver converted to I/O Server
  • Java API write command methods are now obsolete and deprecated, replaced by IO write commands
  • new (paradox) object
  • new option userlogs. Used to create (userlist) clickable logs

2.1.0

  • integrated with HSYCO 2.10.0
  • you can now embed the main keypad GUI components in a container with id IDmainkeypad, for example (container !evomainkeypad r1c1). This container will be made invisible when the code keypad is displayed, so that any custom graphic object that is embedded in the container will be made invisible as well, and visible again when you exit the code keypad
  • added areanamelog option in paradox.ini

2.0.0

  • full integration within HSYCO 2.9.0

Paradox and EVO are registered trademarks of Paradox Security Systems.