*** example setup for home assistant **** 
# https://www.home-assistant.io/components/alarm_control_panel.mqtt/

alarm_control_panel:
  - platform: mqtt
    name: "Vista security panel"
    state_topic: "vista/Get/SystemStatus"
    availability_topic: "vista/Status"
    command_topic: "vista/Set/Cmd"
    payload_disarm: "D"
    payload_arm_home: "S"
    payload_arm_away: "A"
    payload_arm_night: "N"
 
# https://www.home-assistant.io/components/sensor.mqtt/
sensor:
  - platform: mqtt
    name: "Vista panel"
    state_topic: "vista/Get/SystemMessage"
    availability_topic: "vista/Status"
    icon: "mdi:shield"
 # https://www.home-assistant.io/components/binary_sensor.mqtt/
 
  - platform: mqtt
    state_topic: "vista/Get/DisplayLine/1"
    name: "DisplayLine1"
           
  - platform: mqtt                                                        
    state_topic: "vista/Get/DisplayLine/2"
    name: "DisplayLine2"  

binary_sensor:
  - platform: mqtt
    name: "Security Trouble"
    state_topic: "vista/Get/TROUBLE"
    device_class: "problem"
    payload_on: "1"
    payload_off: "0"
  - platform: mqtt
    name: "Smoke Alarm 1"
    state_topic: "vista/Get/FIRE"
    device_class: "smoke"
    payload_on: "1"
    payload_off: "0"
    
text_sensor:    
  - platform: mqtt
    name: "Zone 1"
    state_topic: "vista/Get/Zone/1"
  - platform: mqtt
    name: "Zone 2"
    state_topic: "vista/Get/Zone/2"
  - platform: mqtt
    name: "Zone 3"
    state_topic: "vista/Get/Zone/3"

                                    
 *  The commands to set the :alarm state are as follows:
 *    disarm: "Dxxxx" where xxxx is the disarm access code
 *    arm stay: "S"
 *    arm away: "A"
 *    arm night: "N"
 *    panel command string: !yyyyyy where yyyyyy can be any valid panel command keys.
 *    
 *  System status states published in /vista/Get/SystemStatus
 *  
 *    Disarmed: "disarmed"
 *    Arm stay: "armed_home"
 *    Arm away: "armed_away"
 *    Arm night: "armed_night"
 *    Exit delay in progress: "pending"
 *    Alarm tripped: "triggered"
 *
 *  The trouble state is published as an integer in the configured mqttTroubleTopic: /vista/Get/Status/TROUBLE
 *    Trouble: "1"
 *    Trouble restored: "0"
 *
 *  Zone states are published as an integer in a separate topic per zone with the configured mqttZoneTopic:
 *  
 *    "OPEN","CLOSED","BYPAS","ALARM"
 *
 *  Fire states are published in the mqttStatusTopic vista/Get/Status/FIRE

 *    Fire alarm: "1"
 *    Fire alarm restored: "0"
 
 *  Faults are triggered when using the virtual port extenders (4229 emulaton) with topic /vista/Set/Fault and using a payload of zone#:fault(1/0).  Example to trigger a fault on zone 18, use payload 18:1, and to reset use a payload of 18:0
 *    
 */