I have a GE Concord 4 panel with the Alarm.com communicator integrated with Z-Wave and am subscribed to Alarm.com with emPower.
I have a legacy Z-wave network that has a Leviton portable timer controller as the primary controller and two in wall hard wired Leviton ViziaRF Zone Controllers (with status lights) that are used to control various Z-wave enabled switches. The ability to have the always-ready Zone Controllers, to see the status of and control multiple switches remotely, was the primary driver behind my installing a Z-Wave network. I do not see the Leviton ViziaRF Zone Controllers listed as being supported by Alarm.com. My current primary controller, which is also not listed as being supported by Alarm.com, has some capabilities that may not be available on Alarm.com including the ability to schedule events based on a user-defined offset to sunset.
I would like to have the added Alarm.com emPower functionality without giving up what I have or going through the setup of the entire network again. Is it possible to enroll Alarm.com as a secondary controller? If not, any other suggestions would be greatly appreciated! Thank you.
To better assist and be certain we are looking at the right equipment, could you provide the model numbers of the Primary controller you are using, as well as the zone controllers?
Alarm.com would not be a secondary controller, the controller itself would be the Concord 4 (communication module, technically.)
That said, the Concord 4 should be able to function as a secondary controller to a primary with that capability. The device you mentioned as your primary controller might not have that functionality however, but if we can check the model we would know for sure.
Well, it looks like you might be able to do so. You’ll want to refer to your VRCPG-SG manual regarding adding a secondary controller. It looks like these steps are found on page 8 of the installation manual.
Just make sure your Z-wave devices are learned into the VRCPG and then perform the steps outlined. The Concord 4 Z-wave inclusion process is performed via a button on the cell module. Instructions can be found here.
Compatible devices should then be shared with the Concord and then with ADC.
I could not locate the button to activate the z-wave inclusion mode on the alarm.com board that is shown in the alarm.com manual referenced in the last message. So, I set this project to the side for a year.
Now, the Leviton VRCPG-SG has failed and am attempting to setup the network with the Leviton Installer Tool. The immediate problem that I have is that I still cannot figure out how to get Alarm.com’s hardware into inclusion mode.
I have attached a picture of my board with some redactions. Please let me know if you need the numbers I have hidden and how to get it to you securely.
