Comfort Automation/ Security System Forums - Responses and Actions

Turn on output when alarm is set to night mode

Tue, 23 Sep 2025 04:45:32 -0400

I'm trying to set up a response which will turn on and off an output when the alarm is set to night mode. this is my effort so far and it does not work. Anyone point me in the right direction of what I am missing. Thanks

If SecurityMode = NightMode Then
Output Output004(4) On
End If

Too many RS485 messages from PIRs

Sun, 11 May 2025 05:39:58 -0400

I use the alarm PIR sensors to trigger devices external to Comfort via RS485 messages.
As the PIRs can retrigger multiple times when moving through a zone it means a lot of RS485 messages sent. This can mean that some triggers are delayed due to the amount of data.
What is the easiest method to reduce the number of repeat messages, is it a matter of adding a \"wait\" after a \'Universal SendCommand UCM02\' instruction?

Disarm by: Response

Mon, 04 Dec 2023 00:08:08 -0500

After upgrading to the latest firmware 7.210 my comfort alarm system has disarmed itself the past two mornings without any user intervention.

In the event logs I see the following at the time it was disarmed:

12/04 06:05 Sign in - User # System Response

12/04 06:05 Mode Change # Security Off
How has the alarm disarmed itself and who signed in? It is almost as if a response signed in and disarmed it but there are no responses that are set to disarm the alarm. How can I tell what response disarmed it?
Is Firmware 7.210 perhaps a BETA and maybe has bugs?
Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

Virtual inputs

Mon, 30 Aug 2021 08:59:42 -0400

Hi guys,
I cannot remove the virtual inputs on 2 of my zones?
any help will be appreciated.
cheers
matt

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Front Porch Sensor Light On All The Time

Sun, 03 Jan 2021 09:31:52 -0500

Hi,
I have set my front porch light to on when triggered by a Passive Motion Detector, between 7pm and 7am. It has been working all this while till today, it is always on though the PIR is not triggered.
Is there a way to reset this light? I have tried to shut down the mains for 5 minutes, didn\'t work.
Thanks, much appreciated.

Disabling a sensor

Sun, 27 Dec 2020 08:56:49 -0500

I needed to temporarily disable a zone/input as I have a problem with the sensor. I can\'t find anything in the manual or on the forum but have concluded that you can use the DigitalNC/DigitalNO zone types to do this. The steps I took where

Make sure you have saved the current configuration
To temporarily disable a circuit change \'Zone Type\' in Zones/Inputs to DigitalNC [30]/DigitalNO [31] - to reflect the sensor type NO/NC
Write this to a new configuration file - I used an extension of int for intermediate
Then Transfer/Write (PC -> Comfort)Alarm circuit to test
When the sensor issue is resolved then the old configuration should be restored

Alarm set doesn't trigger response

Thu, 10 Sep 2020 15:39:38 -0400

I have just noticed comforts alarm set response is no longer being triggered when I set the alarm. If i execute it manually from confiqurator response screen, it works fine but not when I set comfort in away mode.
I have added new responses and a UCM PI since I last remember testing so not sure how long it\'s not been working and probably unrelated to this.
Any ideas on where to look? hock:

Sunset response doesn't run since power cut

Sat, 01 Aug 2020 16:16:02 -0400

Hello
My comfort system was working fine until we had a power cut which lasted so long that the battery backup ran out. ever since the power came back on the sunset response doesn\'t run, even though when i check the night time status flag enables at the sunset time.
i have re uploaded the file several times, and i have powered down the system and pressed the panel reset button but it still doesn\'t run. I\'m having to manually execute the response every night from the software.
any ideas?
thanks

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Announce zone name when triggered during day.

Mon, 28 Oct 2019 09:53:15 -0400

Hi,
Have a little problem working out to configure announcing my drive way alert when this zone\'s sensor is triggered during the day only.I had this selected to announce on the zone itself, but the with the number of triggered announcements by animals through the night it has become a pain.During the day though, the announcements are welcome so as to determine when someone has entered the drive when the gates are open.I am trying to have a zone announcement during a specific time period, but having written to the system it hasn\'t worked. I haven\'t done any programming on the system for some time, so my approach and programming are a little rusty:
I have set up the following:
-TimeProgram09 to execute response 127 at 0700hrs
-Response 127:    Set Flag Flag004    If input DrvWayPer <>0 Then Do Response 126    End If
- Response 126:    Say ZoneName
-TimeProgram10 to execute response 128 at 2230hrs
-Response 128:    Clear Flag Flag004
If this isn\'t the correct approach, I would be thankful for any assistant given.
Regards,Iain

Using Nighttime Flag

Mon, 15 Jul 2019 07:26:46 -0400

I have several Responses that use the NightTime flag to perform various tasks. For example:
If SecurityMode = AwayMode Then
    If NightTime <> 0 Then
        Do DynEXPrmtrOn ! Turn on Perimeter Lights
    End If
End If

However, the NightTime flag no longer appears to be working. I am on a Comfort II running firmware 7.153 and UCM 7.110.
Do I need to define NightTIme as a flag? I notice in the Sunrise/Sunset Time there are Night Time Properties. Do I need to create/set the NightTime flag there or is it a global flag?

Timer queries

Tue, 06 Feb 2018 23:03:36 -0500

Hi, I use a set of responses to do an automatic Security Off in a morning (e.g. within 2 minutes of LAST activating my Upstairs PIR (if in NightMode, between 6am and 10am ), if Staircase PIR and then Hallway PIR are triggered in sequence before timer expires then auto disarm.
This has worked well for months until this weekend. I cannot figure out why it didn\'t auto disarm. It\'s impossible not to trigger the PIRs so my only theory is that perhaps Timers do not operate as I understand.

For context this is my very simplified set of responses. The only real issue is PIR1 though

PIR1_Response:If nightmode AND DisarmStep = 0 AND Hours ok Then Do CancelDisarmCheck After 120 seconds Using NightDisarmTimer

PIR2_Response:If ... AND DisarmStep = 0 AND NightDisarmTimer <> 0 Then (i.e. if timer still going) Set DisarmStep = 1

PIR3_Response:If ... AND DisarmStep = 1 AND NightDisarmTimer <> 0 Then (i.e. if timer still going) Execute actions to disable security now

CancelDisarmCheck:Set DisarmStep = 0 -- it\'s been 2 mins since we started the sequence, so reset step
What I wanted to confirm is, does the \"Do Response After NN secs Using TimerName\" cancel and restart the timer every time that response is triggered? I had assumed it would. That is the only thing I can think of to explain why it didn\'t work on this one ocassion - e.g. perhaps I started to walk downstairs 1 minute and 59 seconds after FIRST triggering the upstairs PIR regardless of how many times I had subsequently triggered it.

For now, I\'ve changed my PIR1 response to check if the timer is running, stop it, then re-start it, so that should work even if I misunderstand how Comfort resets/restarts timers.

All is working fine again for now but I just wondered if anyone can confirm either way?
Thanks

Response On Security Off - Keypadid

Thu, 02 Nov 2017 16:17:38 -0400

[size=\"2\"]Hello, I have a problem on a response when i disarm the alarm.
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[size=\"2\"]I want to make a different action depending on which keypad i use to disarm the alarm.
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[size=\"2\"]Something like this.[/size]
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If KeypadId = 1 Then
Set Flag Flag001
End If
If KeypadId = 2 Then
Set Flag Flag002
End If[/size]
[size=\"2\"]Can anyone help me ?[/size]
[size=\"2\"]Thanks,[/size]

IR Transmission Problem

Thu, 29 Dec 2016 13:13:16 -0500

I have Comfort II ULTRA and was trying to switch on/off my Panasonic CS-UC-18RKY3-2 AC using IR transmitting LED on Output 1 (red wire to 12V & black to OP1) through response IR1Output1 but not getting anything

have stored on/off Infrared signal using UCM/USB module from my Panasonic handheld remote controller

Tested & Checked the infrared LED using my Multi-meter and phone camera

and one more thing the placement of transmitting LED is just over the receiving sensor of AC(some few mm distance apart) and also tried placing at far distance

Please! help what should I do.

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not getting the counter value I am expecting

Fri, 28 Oct 2016 18:07:25 -0400

Hi,
Still sruggling with getting my heating working corretly, and I think the problem is down to counters and adding etc.
Here is my response

Code:
Get counter 91

Code:
get negative

add living_stback_tmp

set living_stback_tmp

Get counter living_dset_temp

add living_stback_tmp

Set living_stback_temp

get counter heat_hyst

Get negative

add living_stback_tmp

Set heat_livingdelta

Do heat living allign

Before I execute, my counter value are as follows

Code:
counter 91 = 22

living_stback_tmp =100

living_dset_temp=25

heat_hyst= 2

After running, my values are

Code:
counter 91 = 2

living_stback_tmp =280

living_dset_temp=25

heat_hyst = 2

livingdelta = 65535

Can anyone explain this, as these are not the results I would expect at all!

Heating control (I think its beaten me)

Sun, 16 Oct 2016 16:55:53 -0400

Hi,
I am trying to get my three zone heating which is currently controlled in a fairly basic manner by comfort, to a more complex and functional setup based on temperature values, and I am failing miserably with it.
My setup is as follows
4 x 6 button scs panels with temp sensors.4 x velbus heating relays as follows
Relay 1 activates the oil burnerRelay 2 activates the living zoneRelay 3 activates the bedroom zone.Relay 4 activates the hot water zone
So, with the above 4 relays, relay 1 must be on anytime one of the other relays are requested, for example
The hot water zone is activated by an scs button, which activate relay 1 and relay 4.There is a hot water storage tank, with an old fashioned thermostat wired to a comfort input which turns off relay 4 once it is activated (and then turns off relay 1 if no other resources are calling on it)
The bedroom or living room zones are also activated by scs button, and the idea is that the scs temp value from each of these zones controls the relevant velbus relay (and also relay 1 if no other resources require the oil burner to be on)

I am hampered by the fact that my heating must draw on relay one when any of the other relays are activated. I had a relatively successfull implemetation of this, using a counter increment/decrement to determine if the oil burner was required. As each of relay 2,3 or 4 was activated or deactivaed, I incremented a \"burner required\" counter to monitor the need to have the relay 1 on or not. When the counter reached 0, the burner was turned off.
The functions feature within comfigurator I thought would be the most straight forward way to implement temperature controlled heating, except that the functions feature does not allow you to control anyhting beyond a comfort relay, so I cannot use it to directly control my velbus devices.
Another user suggested that I use the functions feature, but create a loop which monitors for the state of a dummy output that I assign, and then respond to activating my velbus relays dependend on the state of the functions output.
I did this, but I just couldnt get it to work alongside my \"burner required\" response, the loop kept doing the counter increment/decrement every loop.
Anyway, long story short, looking for some advise on how best to implement this, I am both out of ideas, and probably out of ability now at this point also.