<![CDATA[Comfort Automation/ Security System Forums - Keypad Firmware]]> https://www.comfortforums.com/ Sun, 09 Aug 2026 01:50:19 +0000 MyBB <![CDATA[KP04/KP05 Firmware 1.019]]> https://www.comfortforums.com/thread-3146.html Tue, 06 Nov 2012 21:50:27 -0500 ]]> https://www.comfortforums.com/thread-3146.html Upon reset, keypad checks Comfort version to determine which set to display.
Before Comfort v6.011,
  • User 18 is Engineer.
  • User 90 is Keypad.
  • User 91 is Response.
  • User 92 is Phone.
  • User 93 is Pager.
  • User 94 is CMS.
  • User 95 is SMS.
From Comfort v6.011 onwards,
  • User 254 is Engineer.
  • User 240 is Keypad.
  • User 241 is Response.
  • User 242 is Phone.
  • User 243 is Pager.
  • User 244 is CMS.
  • User 245 is SMS.
  • User 17 to User 24 for UCM ID1 to 8
]]> Upon reset, keypad checks Comfort version to determine which set to display.
Before Comfort v6.011,
  • User 18 is Engineer.
  • User 90 is Keypad.
  • User 91 is Response.
  • User 92 is Phone.
  • User 93 is Pager.
  • User 94 is CMS.
  • User 95 is SMS.
From Comfort v6.011 onwards,
  • User 254 is Engineer.
  • User 240 is Keypad.
  • User 241 is Response.
  • User 242 is Phone.
  • User 243 is Pager.
  • User 244 is CMS.
  • User 245 is SMS.
  • User 17 to User 24 for UCM ID1 to 8
]]> <![CDATA[KP04/KP05 Firmware 1.018]]> https://www.comfortforums.com/thread-3145.html Tue, 06 Nov 2012 21:48:17 -0500 ]]> https://www.comfortforums.com/thread-3145.html
  1. Fixed bug in displaying zones greater than 64 in LCD eg Zone 1 and 65 have the same the same zone name, etc
  2.  Implemented LCD display in cases when keypad ID is not polled after 10 seconds. First LCD page shown is \"ID#x Verx.xxx\" and second page is \"Keypad\", \"NOT polled\". Only the display is changed. When keypad ID is polled from Comfort again, the LCD display will go back to normal automatically.
  3. Changed LCD text when communication failure for 20 seconds. Previously text was “Communication Failure” with own ID. Now, the first LCD shows \"ID#x Verx.xxx\" followed by  \"No Bus\", \"Communications\".
  4. Implemented automatic text update upon boot-up. Whenever text mismatched is detected upon boot-up, it will commence text update (same as KP06).
  5. Changed LCD download text from \"Downloading...\" to \"Updating text...\" (same as KP06).
  6. Smaller time frame window to reply to Comfort poll to prevent clashing on RS485
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  1. Fixed bug in displaying zones greater than 64 in LCD eg Zone 1 and 65 have the same the same zone name, etc
  2.  Implemented LCD display in cases when keypad ID is not polled after 10 seconds. First LCD page shown is \"ID#x Verx.xxx\" and second page is \"Keypad\", \"NOT polled\". Only the display is changed. When keypad ID is polled from Comfort again, the LCD display will go back to normal automatically.
  3. Changed LCD text when communication failure for 20 seconds. Previously text was “Communication Failure” with own ID. Now, the first LCD shows \"ID#x Verx.xxx\" followed by  \"No Bus\", \"Communications\".
  4. Implemented automatic text update upon boot-up. Whenever text mismatched is detected upon boot-up, it will commence text update (same as KP06).
  5. Changed LCD download text from \"Downloading...\" to \"Updating text...\" (same as KP06).
  6. Smaller time frame window to reply to Comfort poll to prevent clashing on RS485
]]> <![CDATA[KP04/KP05 Firmware 1.017]]> https://www.comfortforums.com/thread-3144.html Tue, 06 Nov 2012 21:42:30 -0500 ]]> https://www.comfortforums.com/thread-3144.html
Known  Bugs
Zones > 64 will roll over eg Zone 65 and zone 1 will have same zone name, etc
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Known  Bugs
Zones > 64 will roll over eg Zone 65 and zone 1 will have same zone name, etc
]]> <![CDATA[KP04/KP05 Firmware 1.016]]> https://www.comfortforums.com/thread-3143.html Tue, 06 Nov 2012 21:35:15 -0500 ]]> https://www.comfortforums.com/thread-3143.html
  1. Fixed  communication clash upon reset. The problem causes the *1 (download text) not to function.
  2. Implemented date stamp to show when power up and KA/KB connected briefly (1 or 2 secs at most).
Known  Bugs
Zones > 64 will roll over eg Zone 65 and zone 1 will have same zone name, etc




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  1. Fixed  communication clash upon reset. The problem causes the *1 (download text) not to function.
  2. Implemented date stamp to show when power up and KA/KB connected briefly (1 or 2 secs at most).
Known  Bugs
Zones > 64 will roll over eg Zone 65 and zone 1 will have same zone name, etc




]]> <![CDATA[KP04/KP05 Firmware 1.015]]> https://www.comfortforums.com/thread-3142.html Tue, 06 Nov 2012 21:32:42 -0500 ]]> https://www.comfortforums.com/thread-3142.html Known  Bugs
Zones > 64 will roll over eg Zone 65 and zone 1 will have same zone name, etc
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Zones > 64 will roll over eg Zone 65 and zone 1 will have same zone name, etc
]]> <![CDATA[KP04/KP05 Firmware 1.014]]> https://www.comfortforums.com/thread-3141.html Tue, 06 Nov 2012 21:30:45 -0500 ]]> https://www.comfortforums.com/thread-3141.html
  1. Fix problem of blank LCD display when keypad is powered  after system trouble.
  2. Included command 21H, where it is transmitted when receiving command is not supported.
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  1. Fix problem of blank LCD display when keypad is powered  after system trouble.
  2. Included command 21H, where it is transmitted when receiving command is not supported.
]]> <![CDATA[Text Error on KP04]]> https://www.comfortforums.com/thread-1650.html Wed, 28 Oct 2009 13:45:02 -0400 ]]> https://www.comfortforums.com/thread-1650.html I have just successfully downloaded a firmware upgrade to 5.169 from 5.156. I then uploaded Kate29 vocab. It did everything without errors - sentences word lists and keypad.

However when I press *1 to refresh the keypad it attempts this and then stops with a message 'No Text Data Download aborted''  Comfort the freezes and now no announcements are made on the other 3 KP01's and none of the keypads function until I do a hard reset. ........ Any clues?   Graham

 
]]> I have just successfully downloaded a firmware upgrade to 5.169 from 5.156. I then uploaded Kate29 vocab. It did everything without errors - sentences word lists and keypad.

However when I press *1 to refresh the keypad it attempts this and then stops with a message 'No Text Data Download aborted''  Comfort the freezes and now no announcements are made on the other 3 KP01's and none of the keypads function until I do a hard reset. ........ Any clues?   Graham

 
]]> <![CDATA[KP04 Firmware History up to 1.011]]> https://www.comfortforums.com/thread-1519.html Wed, 17 Jun 2009 00:56:44 -0400 ]]> https://www.comfortforums.com/thread-1519.html
Bug on KP04 (All versions)
9 Sept 2009 - This has been found to occur on a few KP04s. When a Phone Trouble Alarm occurs the LCD goes blank. When the sign in code is entered, the LCD display comes on again and everything works as usual. We are investigating the reason for this, but there should be no problem with using these keypads even with this issue.

[size=\"2\"]Version 1.011- (16 March 2009)[/size]
  1. Complies to EN50131 Hide/Show Alarms option in Configuration > Modules and Settings
  2. Changes on the LCD version display upon boot-up.
  3. Query for Vocabulary information to Comfort is done once at reset and notr repeatedly when the command is not supported by Comfort older firmware
  4. Supports  Identify ID command (u? command to UCM) for subtype, firmware version and revision so u? command for scanning will work
Firmware 1.010 (16 March 2009)
  1. As in 1.011 but Show/Hide option is not implemented (For non-EN50131)
Firmware 1.08 \"r\" or \"e\"

  1. \"e\" version supports EN50131 \"Show/Hide Alarms\" option. \"r\" version does not support EN50131 \"Show/Hide Alarms\" option.
  2. Firmware improved for more efficiency and removed redundant codes
  3. Event Log cater for event type 32 (message tags).
  4. Skip EEPROM memory check during reset which prevented the announcement \"security off\" at reset and status leds not be be updated.
  5. Pressing \'#\' & \'9\' together will display keypad firmware version for about 5 sec.
  6. Removes \"#xxx\" component in event log display, as there is voice for event log already.
  7. Changed text from \"PRESS *1 TO SYNC\" to \"PUSH *1 TOGETHER\". Also added in new displat \"MEMORY ERROR, CHECK MEMORY IC\" for EEPROM IC errors. This is to indicate insufficient size of EEPROM IC or no IC plugged in.
  8. Fixed Bug - Always send X-10 A1 00(hex) command after reset.
  9. Temperature sensor function support for future with Temperature compensation (not implemented).
  10. Support 2 bytes event log command.
  11. Changed the off backlight function. Previously, the backlight was turned off by the keypress timer, even if the backlight is switched on by the system command. Now it can only be off by system, if it is turned on by it. The key pressed timer cannot turn it off anymore.
  12. X10 process starts once an valid pulse string is received, instead of starting after \"silent\" period
  13. Ability to receive CBus2 IR codes.
  14. Rectified problem with 8C extended event log command. Fixed problem with the high and low byte order.
Version 1.03 – 2005 October 2004
  1. Check for EEPROM at reset (which causes “Security Off” and status leds not to be activated)
  2. Cater for changes in zone name locations from 0300h to 1D00h.
  3. 3. New locations  to store vocabulary version data. Only used for Comfort firmware  version 5 onwards.
  4. Add new feature  sync vocab text with main board by pressing *1, on condition that LCDKP firmwave version is not lower than the minimum needed to run.
  5. Added feature to keep on querying for vocabulary version until replied. (causes problem with old Comfort firmware which do not support this query)
  6. New rules on NAK command reception and transmission. NAK comand should be sent not more than 3 times to prevent endless NAK and resends
  7. During reser if the checksum is wrong, it will also show version number, instead of all blanks. All blanks are shown if the EEPROM is not correct (i.e. < 64kbits or missing).
  8. Added in a new command Request Version Information. This is for download to Keypad  program to determine if the target is compatible with the memory map to be downloaded.
  9. KP04  queries Comfort system version.in  order to support old and new version of word list. Old version of user word list in Comfoort I has 128 words while Comfiort II one has 144 words.
Version 1.01 – 2005 May 14
  1. Change the time display to 12-hour format (ie. a or p at the end), instead of 24-hour format.
  2. Remove the immediate \"Communication Failure\" message upon power up.The message will appear if there is no communications for 20 seconds.
  3. Upon power up, the firmware version and ID are shown. The day field of date shows the ID settings of the keypad. It ranges from 1 to 15. The month and year is always set at Jan 2000. The time tells the version number of the firmware. The hour field is the version number while the minute field is the sub version number. Forxample, 01:00 is actually showing it is version 1.00 etc.
  4. Change in the keypad scanning.
  5. Solved the problem where there is communication collisions on the 485 bus.
  6. Used PIC with larger processor memory
  7. X10 IR detection code is implemented.
  8. Implemented message whenever the keys are released (after pressed).
  9. The keypad key parameter valued \'12\'Hex is disabled, previously, caused  by F+Day button. As it is not used, it sometimes creates unwanted responses from Comfort
  10. LCD date display format is changed \"DDMMMYYYY\" to \"DD MMM YY\".
  11. Implemented upload command.
  12. Implement EEPROM checksum. If checksum is not correct, all LCD pixels will show. This also corrects the problem when an invalid EEPROM will \"hang\" or slow down the keypad operations.Also checks if the EEPROM is at least 64K. If the condition is not true, the LCD display will all be \"lighted\" (black).
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Bug on KP04 (All versions)
9 Sept 2009 - This has been found to occur on a few KP04s. When a Phone Trouble Alarm occurs the LCD goes blank. When the sign in code is entered, the LCD display comes on again and everything works as usual. We are investigating the reason for this, but there should be no problem with using these keypads even with this issue.

[size=\"2\"]Version 1.011- (16 March 2009)[/size]
  1. Complies to EN50131 Hide/Show Alarms option in Configuration > Modules and Settings
  2. Changes on the LCD version display upon boot-up.
  3. Query for Vocabulary information to Comfort is done once at reset and notr repeatedly when the command is not supported by Comfort older firmware
  4. Supports  Identify ID command (u? command to UCM) for subtype, firmware version and revision so u? command for scanning will work
Firmware 1.010 (16 March 2009)
  1. As in 1.011 but Show/Hide option is not implemented (For non-EN50131)
Firmware 1.08 \"r\" or \"e\"

  1. \"e\" version supports EN50131 \"Show/Hide Alarms\" option. \"r\" version does not support EN50131 \"Show/Hide Alarms\" option.
  2. Firmware improved for more efficiency and removed redundant codes
  3. Event Log cater for event type 32 (message tags).
  4. Skip EEPROM memory check during reset which prevented the announcement \"security off\" at reset and status leds not be be updated.
  5. Pressing \'#\' & \'9\' together will display keypad firmware version for about 5 sec.
  6. Removes \"#xxx\" component in event log display, as there is voice for event log already.
  7. Changed text from \"PRESS *1 TO SYNC\" to \"PUSH *1 TOGETHER\". Also added in new displat \"MEMORY ERROR, CHECK MEMORY IC\" for EEPROM IC errors. This is to indicate insufficient size of EEPROM IC or no IC plugged in.
  8. Fixed Bug - Always send X-10 A1 00(hex) command after reset.
  9. Temperature sensor function support for future with Temperature compensation (not implemented).
  10. Support 2 bytes event log command.
  11. Changed the off backlight function. Previously, the backlight was turned off by the keypress timer, even if the backlight is switched on by the system command. Now it can only be off by system, if it is turned on by it. The key pressed timer cannot turn it off anymore.
  12. X10 process starts once an valid pulse string is received, instead of starting after \"silent\" period
  13. Ability to receive CBus2 IR codes.
  14. Rectified problem with 8C extended event log command. Fixed problem with the high and low byte order.
Version 1.03 – 2005 October 2004
  1. Check for EEPROM at reset (which causes “Security Off” and status leds not to be activated)
  2. Cater for changes in zone name locations from 0300h to 1D00h.
  3. 3. New locations  to store vocabulary version data. Only used for Comfort firmware  version 5 onwards.
  4. Add new feature  sync vocab text with main board by pressing *1, on condition that LCDKP firmwave version is not lower than the minimum needed to run.
  5. Added feature to keep on querying for vocabulary version until replied. (causes problem with old Comfort firmware which do not support this query)
  6. New rules on NAK command reception and transmission. NAK comand should be sent not more than 3 times to prevent endless NAK and resends
  7. During reser if the checksum is wrong, it will also show version number, instead of all blanks. All blanks are shown if the EEPROM is not correct (i.e. < 64kbits or missing).
  8. Added in a new command Request Version Information. This is for download to Keypad  program to determine if the target is compatible with the memory map to be downloaded.
  9. KP04  queries Comfort system version.in  order to support old and new version of word list. Old version of user word list in Comfoort I has 128 words while Comfiort II one has 144 words.
Version 1.01 – 2005 May 14
  1. Change the time display to 12-hour format (ie. a or p at the end), instead of 24-hour format.
  2. Remove the immediate \"Communication Failure\" message upon power up.The message will appear if there is no communications for 20 seconds.
  3. Upon power up, the firmware version and ID are shown. The day field of date shows the ID settings of the keypad. It ranges from 1 to 15. The month and year is always set at Jan 2000. The time tells the version number of the firmware. The hour field is the version number while the minute field is the sub version number. Forxample, 01:00 is actually showing it is version 1.00 etc.
  4. Change in the keypad scanning.
  5. Solved the problem where there is communication collisions on the 485 bus.
  6. Used PIC with larger processor memory
  7. X10 IR detection code is implemented.
  8. Implemented message whenever the keys are released (after pressed).
  9. The keypad key parameter valued \'12\'Hex is disabled, previously, caused  by F+Day button. As it is not used, it sometimes creates unwanted responses from Comfort
  10. LCD date display format is changed \"DDMMMYYYY\" to \"DD MMM YY\".
  11. Implemented upload command.
  12. Implement EEPROM checksum. If checksum is not correct, all LCD pixels will show. This also corrects the problem when an invalid EEPROM will \"hang\" or slow down the keypad operations.Also checks if the EEPROM is at least 64K. If the condition is not true, the LCD display will all be \"lighted\" (black).
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