Re: Ademco VISTA-128BP, Caddx NetworX NX-8E or ELK M1 for Residential Alarm and Home Automation

["Earl Wallace" <e-google@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

In the Ademco Document http://www.ademco.com/pdf/Home%20Automation.pdf,
it describes the Serial Port Protocol and Message Format used in
connecting a Home Automation Control to a VISTA-128BP/250BP using the
Ademco 4100SM or VA8201 modules.

For example, to read the Zone Status on the serial port, the Ademco
document says (only part of the doc is displayed here):

  Zone Status Messages
  --------------------
  The table below describes the typical commands used to query the
  control panel for a Zone Status and the zone?s partition.

  NOTE: The system can provide the status for zones 1 to 96 only.

    Action          String                       Definition
  -----------  -------------------  -------------------------------------
  Zone Status  08zs004B (CR-LF)     The panel responds with a Zone
  Request                           Status Report.
                                    Note: This message should be sent
                                    only when an initial connection is
                                    made with the panel. It is not
                                    intended for use as a ?polling?
                                    command. The panel can be programmed
                                    to send System Notification Messages
                                    concerning zone status.

  Zone Status  68ZSD...00CC (CR-LF) The panel sends this message in
  Report                            response to a Zone Status Request. The
                                    data portion of this message is 96
                                    characters (one character for each zone
                                    in order). Each character is the sum of
                                    all applicable status values, expressed
                                    in hexadecimal using ASCII characters
                                    0-9 and A-F.

                                    Status Values:
                                      0 Closed
                                      1 Open
                                      2 Trouble
                                      4 Alarm
                                      8 Bypassed

                                    Example: a Zone Status Report for a
                                    system in which Zone 1 is Open, Zone
                                    2 is Open, in Trouble, and Bypassed,
                                    and the rest Closed, would begin
                                    68ZS1B00...

Is there a document on the Caddx NX-8E that likewise explains the serial
port data stream?

Thanks,
  -earlw