Cannot connect to MG5050+

[duan-dt]

Hi

Great work here with PAI, thanks!

I am battling to connect to my MG5050+. I confirmed my serial device is connected correctly as I can access the panel through Babyware. I just can't seem to get it going through docker. Here's my configuration and the log below (I have * my MQTT password)

import logging

CONNECTION_TYPE = 'Serial' # Serial or IP

SERIAL_PORT = '/dev/ttyUSB0' # Pathname of the Serial Port
SERIAL_BAUD = 115200 # 9600 for SP/MG. For EVO: Use 38400(default setting) or 57600. 115200 for + versions

KEEP_ALIVE_INTERVAL = 10 # Interval between status updates
IO_TIMEOUT = 30 # Timeout for IO operations

LIMITS = { # By default all zones will be monitored
'zone': 'auto', # Zones to monitor and control
'user': [1, 2, 3, 4], # Users to consider
'door': '', # Doors to consider
'pgm': range(1, 17), # PGMs to monitor and control
'partition': 'auto', # Partitions to monitor and control
}

LABEL_ENCODING = 'paradox-en' # Encoding to use when decoding labels. paradox-* or https://docs.python.org/3/library/codecs.html#standard-encodings
LABEL_REFRESH_INTERVAL = 15 * 60 # Interval between refresh of labels
OUTPUT_PULSE_DURATION = 1 # Duration of a PGM pulse in seconds
SYNC_TIME = False # Update panel time periodically when time drifts more than SYNC_TIME_MIN_DRIFT
PASSWORD = '1928' # PC Password. Set to None if Panel has no Password.

MQTT_ENABLE = True # Enable MQTT Interface
MQTT_HOST = '192.168.1.79' # Hostname or address
MQTT_PORT = 1883 # TCP Port (TLS port if MQTT_TLS_CERT_PATH is set)
MQTT_TRANSPORT = "tcp" # Transport to use ("tcp" or "websockets")
MQTT_QOS = 0 # Publish messages with QOS level (0 - fire and forget, 1 - at least once, 2 - exactly once)
MQTT_KEEPALIVE = 60 # Keep alive
MQTT_USERNAME = 'mqtt-user' # MQTT Username for authentication
MQTT_PASSWORD = '*******' # MQTT Password
MQTT_RETAIN = True # Publish messages with Retain
MQTT_BIND_ADDRESS = '' # MQTT Client bind address. Default: "" - pick automatically
MQTT_BIND_PORT = 0 # MQTT Client bind port. Default: 0 - pick automatically
MQTT_REPUBLISH_INTERVAL = 60 * 60 * 12 # Interval for republishing all data
MQTT_PUBLISH_DEFINITIONS = False # Publish definitions of partitions/zones/users to MQTT. Not required in most cases.
MQTT_BASE_TOPIC = 'paradox' # Root of all topics
MQTT_ZONE_TOPIC = 'zones' # Base for zone states
MQTT_PARTITION_TOPIC = 'partitions' # Base for partition states
MQTT_BUS_TOPIC = 'buses' # Base for buses states
MQTT_MODULE_TOPIC = 'bus-module' # Base for bus module states
MQTT_SYSTEM_TOPIC = 'system' # Base for panel states
MQTT_REPEATER_TOPIC = 'repeaters' # Base for repeater states
MQTT_USER_TOPIC = 'users' # Base for user states
MQTT_EVENTS_TOPIC = 'events' # Base for events
MQTT_CONTROL_TOPIC = 'control' # Base for control of other elements (ROOT/CONTROL/TYPE)
MQTT_DEFINITIONS_TOPIC = 'control' # Base for definitions
MQTT_HOMEASSISTANT_DISCOVERY_PREFIX = 'homeassistant'
MQTT_HOMEASSISTANT_ENTITY_PREFIX = '' # If you want to prefix all entities you can use: "Paradox {serial_number} ", placeholders "serial_number" and "model" are supported. Default: "" - no prefix
MQTT_OUTPUT_TOPIC = 'outputs'
MQTT_DOOR_TOPIC = 'doors'
MQTT_KEYPAD_TOPIC = 'keypads'
MQTT_STATES_TOPIC = 'states'
MQTT_RAW_TOPIC = 'raw'

MQTT_NOTIFICATIONS_TOPIC = 'notifications'
MQTT_SEND_PANIC_TOPIC = 'panic'
MQTT_PUBLISH_RAW_EVENTS = True
MQTT_INTERFACE_TOPIC = 'interface'
MQTT_TOGGLE_CODES = {}
MQTT_USE_NUMERIC_STATES = False # use 0 and 1 instead of True and False

MQTT_PUBLISH_COMMAND_STATUS = False # Publish command statuses to MQTT
MQTT_COMMAND_STATUS_TOPIC = "command_status"
MQTT_HOMEASSISTANT_AUTODISCOVERY_ENABLE = False
MQTT_HOMEASSISTANT_CODE = None

HOMEASSISTANT_NOTIFICATIONS_ENABLE = False
HOMEASSISTANT_NOTIFICATIONS_NOTIFIER_NAME = 'notify'
HOMEASSISTANT_NOTIFICATIONS_MIN_EVENT_LEVEL = 'INFO'
HOMEASSISTANT_PUBLISH_PARTITION_PROPERTIES = [
'target_state',
'current_state'
]
HOMEASSISTANT_PUBLISH_ZONE_PROPERTIES = [
'open',
'tamper'
]
HOMEASSISTANT_NOTIFICATIONS_EVENT_FILTERS = [ # list of tags to include or exclude see hardware event.py for tag list
'live,alarm,-restore', # or
'trouble,-clock', # or
'live,tamper'
]

2024-07-31 17:54:56,731 - INFO - PAI - Starting Paradox Alarm Interface 3.5.0
2024-07-31 17:54:56,731 - INFO - PAI - Config loaded from /etc/pai/pai.conf
2024-07-31 17:54:56,732 - INFO - PAI - Console Log level set to 20
2024-07-31 17:54:56,887 - INFO - PAI.paradox.interfaces - Starting BasicMQTTInterface Interface
2024-07-31 17:54:56,891 - INFO - PAI.paradox.interfaces.mqtt.core - MQTT loop started
2024-07-31 17:54:56,892 - INFO - PAI - Starting...
2024-07-31 17:54:56,892 - INFO - PAI.paradox.paradox - Connecting to interface
2024-07-31 17:54:56,893 - INFO - PAI.paradox.paradox - Using Serial Connection
2024-07-31 17:54:56,913 - INFO - PAI.paradox.connections.serial_connection - Connecting to serial port /dev/ttyUSB0
2024-07-31 17:54:56,923 - INFO - PAI.paradox.connections.serial_connection - Serial port open
2024-07-31 17:54:56,925 - INFO - PAI.paradox.paradox - Connecting to Panel
2024-07-31 17:54:57,906 - INFO - PAI.paradox.interfaces.mqtt.core - MQTT Broker Connected
2024-07-31 17:55:01,938 - ERROR - PAI.paradox.paradox - Timeout while connecting to panel. Is an other connection active?
2024-07-31 17:55:01,964 - ERROR - PAI - Unable to connect to alarm
2024-07-31 17:55:04,968 - INFO - PAI - Starting...
2024-07-31 17:55:04,969 - INFO - PAI.paradox.paradox - Disconnecting from the Alarm Panel
2024-07-31 17:55:04,969 - INFO - PAI.paradox.paradox - Clean Session
2024-07-31 17:55:04,970 - INFO - PAI.paradox.paradox - Cleaning previous session. Closing connection
2024-07-31 17:55:05,015 - ERROR - PAI.paradox.connections.protocols - Connection was closed: None
2024-07-31 17:55:05,016 - ERROR - PAI.paradox.connections.serial_connection - Connection to panel was lost
2024-07-31 17:55:05,023 - INFO - PAI.paradox.paradox - Disconnected from the Alarm Panel
2024-07-31 17:55:05,024 - INFO - PAI.paradox.paradox - Connecting to interface
2024-07-31 17:55:05,024 - INFO - PAI.paradox.connections.serial_connection - Connecting to serial port /dev/ttyUSB0
2024-07-31 17:55:05,033 - INFO - PAI.paradox.connections.serial_connection - Serial port open
2024-07-31 17:55:05,035 - INFO - PAI.paradox.paradox - Connecting to Panel
2024-07-31 17:55:10,051 - ERROR - PAI.paradox.paradox - Timeout while connecting to panel. Is an other connection

[duan-dt]

Seems to have resolved the issue by fixing the USB serial converter permissions... thanks