homebridge-videofied-alarm

Homebridge plugin for controlling Videofied alarm systems

• Simulates a Frontel alarm server (requires panel configuration)
• Supports arming/disarming from Homekit (only when panel is connected to server)
• Supports updating armed/disarmed status
• Supports alarm triggering

Install

npm i -g homebridge-videofied-alarm

Homebridge config

    "platforms": [
        {
            "platform": "VideofiedAlarm",
            "name": "Home alarm"
        }

Frontel alarm server

This plugin simulates a Frontel alarm server which the alarm panel connects to for receiving events and sending commands. The server runs on TCP port 888 (default server port).

You must configure the Videofied panel to connect to the server. The panel must be configured with the following settings:

1. Switch to "Access level 4" to access admin settings
2. Select "Configuration"
3. Select "Central Station Configuration"
4. Select "Frontel Security Parameters"
   • Toggle to "Enable"
   • Configure "Server Addresses" to the Homebrige server IP

By default the panel will only connect to the server upon an event (e.g. armed/disarmed) and disconnect from the server after 5 minutes. After the panel is disconnected, it is no longer possible to send commands to the panel.

To workaround this, the simulated server will try to send a dummy command to the panel every 1 minute which appears to prevent it from disconnecting. However if at any point the server restarts, then the connection will be killed and cannot be recovered until the panel next connects to the server to send an event.

Tested with XT-iP730 on firmware 04.04.37.0F8F

Credit

• Inspired by the Home Assistant plugin rsi-alarm-gateway by Mickaelh51
• Thanks to the reverse engineering of the Frontel protocol by Cybergibbsons