Package: total-connect-client
Total-Connect-ClientTotal-Connect-Client is a python client for interacting with theTotalConnect2alarm system.Started by @craigjmidwinter to add alarm support for his personal HomeAssistant set-up, with later contributions from others.To use with Home Assistant, follow the instructions to set upTotal Connect.For command line or other uses, the package can be downloaded atPyPI.The code currently supports:Arming (away, stay, night)DisarmingGetting panel status (armed, bypassed, etc)Getting zone status (normal, fault, trouble, low battery, etc)Zone StatusTo see zones that are faulted (open), your Total Connect account must have “Sensor Activities” enabled. Your alarm monitoring company may charge an extra fee to enable this. If available, these can be found in the Total Connect 2 web portal atNotifications -> Sensor Activities. Alternately, they can be found in the Total Connect mobile app atMore -> Settings -> Notifications -> Sensor Activities.TroubleshootingIf you're having trouble with your system, or find an error message, we may ask you to submit information about your alarm system.From Home AssistantGo to https://<your_home_assistant>/config/integrationsFind the TotalConnect integration card and click on the three dots in the bottom right cornerClick on Download DiagnosticsFrom the command lineDo the following steps:python3 -m total_connect_client usernameIf you want to easily put the info into a file for sharing:python3 -m total_connect_client username > my_info.txtNow the file my_info.txt in the same directory will hold all of that informationWARNING:  the output of this command includes private information including your username and password.  Carefully remove it before sharing with the developers or posting on Github.Create an Issue on Github and post both your problem and your system information.Why do we ask for this information?  The TotalConnect API documentation provides little information on the status codes and other information it returns about your system.  We developed as best we could using the codes our own systems returned.  We have seen many times that other users with issues have different system status codes.Also consider looking at theTotal Connect system statusto see if there is a system wide problem.Developer InterfaceIf you're an end user, just install Home Assistant and things should just work.If you're a developer and want to interface to TotalConnect from a system other than Home Assistant:pip install total-connect-clientfrom total_connect_client import TotalConnectClient, ArmType, ArmingHelperTo arm or disarm the system you must provide the usercode.
The usercodes dictionary maps locationid to usercode; if
the locationid is not found it uses the default usercode.usercodes={'default':'1234'}client=TotalConnectClient(username,password,usercodes)forlocationinclient.locations:# location.arming_state can be matched against the ArmingState enum members# or you can call the ArmingState convenience methods:location.arming_state.is_disarmed()location.arming_state.is_armed()# true if system is armed in any waylocation.arming_state.is_armed_away()location.arming_state.is_pending()# true if system is arming or disarminglocation.arming_state.is_triggered()# true if system is in any alarm statelocation.arming_state.is_triggered_gas()# true if in carbon monoxide alarm state#    and many more convenience methods# you can pass one of the ArmType enum members to location.arm(), e.g.#    location.arm(ArmType.STAY_INSTANT)# or, equivalently, you can use any of the specific methods on ArmingHelper:#    ArmingHelper(location).arm_away()location.disarm()location.zone_bypass(zoneid)location.is_ac_loss()location.is_low_battery()location.is_cover_tampered()location.last_updated_timestamp_tickslocation.configuration_sequence_numberfor(zone_id,zone)inlocation.zones.items():zone.is_bypassed()zone.is_faulted()zone.is_tampered()zone.is_low_battery()zone.is_troubled()zone.is_triggered()# zone.zone_type_id can be matched against the ZoneType enum members,# or you can call the following convenience methods:zone.is_type_button()zone.is_type_security()zone.is_type_motion()zone.is_type_fire()# heat detector or smoke detectorzone.is_type_carbon_monoxide()zone.is_type_medical()zone.partition# the partition IDzone.descriptionzone.can_be_bypassedzone.statuszone.battery_levelzone.signal_strengthzone.chime_statezone.supervision_typezone.alarm_report_statezone.loop_numberzone.sensor_serial_numberzone.device_type# to refresh a locationlocation.get_partition_details()location.get_zone_details()location.get_panel_meta_data()# to arm or disarm by partitionfor(partition_id,partition)inlocation.partitions.items():ArmingHelper(partition).arm_stay()etc.Recent Interface ChangesPartition support has been added. The TotalConnectLocation.arm and disarm family of methods now accept an optional partition_id parameter, and a single TotalConnectPartition object has arm() and disarm() methods and can be used with ArmingHelper.Previously most methods returned True on success and False on failure, with no exceptions expected. Now successful methods return but on failure raise subclasses of TotalConnectError.The arming control methods in TotalConnectClient have been deprecated; instead use the
similar methods on the values of self.locations.Likely Future Interface ChangesPreviously if the usercodes dictionary was invalid, the DEFAULT_USERCODE
was silently used. In a future release, we will raise an exception on an invalid dictionary.If there's something about the interface you don't understand, check out theHome Assistant integrationthat uses this package, orsubmit an issue.During development, if you discover new status codes or other information not handled, pleasesubmit an issueto let us know, or even better submit apull request.