Darn, sorry for not following up.... had to get vpn installed on by buddies router to re-connected and check how we got this working.
The good news... Its works like a charm using the My Utilitech Z-Wave driver copied below.
/**
*/
metadata {
definition (name: "My Utilitech Z-Wave Siren", namespace: "jscgs350", author: "SmartThings") {
capability "Actuator"
capability "Alarm"
capability "Battery"
capability "Polling"
capability "Refresh"
capability "Sensor"
capability "Switch"
attribute "alarmState", "string"
}
tiles(scale: 2) {
multiAttributeTile(name:"alarm", type: "generic", width: 6, height: 4, canChangeIcon: true){
tileAttribute ("device.alarm", key: "PRIMARY_CONTROL") {
attributeState "both", label:'alarm!', action:'alarm.off', icon:"st.alarm.alarm.alarm", backgroundColor:"#e86d13"
attributeState "off", label:'off', action:'alarm.strobe', icon:"st.security.alarm.clear", backgroundColor:"#ffffff"
}
tileAttribute ("device.battery", key: "SECONDARY_CONTROL") {
attributeState("default", label:'${currentValue}% battery', icon: "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/constjs/jcdevhandlers/master/img/battery-icon-614x460.png")
}
}
standardTile("refresh", "device.refresh", width: 6, height: 2, inactiveLabel: false, decoration: "flat") {
state "default", label:'Refresh', action:"refresh.refresh", icon:"st.secondary.refresh-icon"
}
standardTile("blankTile", "statusText", inactiveLabel: false, decoration: "flat", width: 1, height: 1) {
state "default", label:'', icon:"http://cdn.device-icons.smartthings.com/secondary/device-activity-tile@2x.png"
}
standardTile("statusText", "statusText", inactiveLabel: false, decoration: "flat", width: 5, height: 1) {
state "statusText", label:'${currentValue}', backgroundColor:"#ffffff"
}
main "alarm"
details(["alarm", "blankTile","statusText","refresh"])
}
}
def parse(String description) {
log.debug "parse($description)"
def result = null
def cmd = zwave.parse(description, [0x20: 1])
if (cmd) {
result = createEvents(cmd)
}
def statusTextmsg = ""
statusTextmsg = "Siren is ${device.currentState('alarmState').value} (tap to toggle on/off)."
sendEvent("name":"statusText", "value":statusTextmsg)
// log.debug statusTextmsg
log.debug "Parse returned ${result?.descriptionText}"
return result
}
def createEvents(hubitat.zwave.commands.batteryv1.BatteryReport cmd) {
def map = [ name: "battery", unit: "%" ]
if (cmd.batteryLevel == 0xFF) {
map.value = 1
map.descriptionText = "$device.displayName has a low battery"
} else {
map.value = cmd.batteryLevel
}
state.lastbatt = new Date().time
createEvent(map)
}
def poll() {
if (secondsPast(state.lastbatt, 366060)) {
return zwave.batteryV1.batteryGet().format()
} else {
return null
}
}
private Boolean secondsPast(timestamp, seconds) {
if (!(timestamp instanceof Number)) {
if (timestamp instanceof Date) {
timestamp = timestamp.time
} else if ((timestamp instanceof String) && timestamp.isNumber()) {
timestamp = timestamp.toLong()
} else {
return true
}
}
return (new Date().time - timestamp) > (seconds * 1000)
}
def on() {
log.debug "sending on"
[
zwave.basicV1.basicSet(value: 0xFF).format(),
zwave.basicV1.basicGet().format()
]
}
def off() {
log.debug "sending off"
[
zwave.basicV1.basicSet(value: 0x00).format(),
zwave.basicV1.basicGet().format()
]
}
def strobe() {
log.debug "sending stobe/on command"
[
zwave.basicV1.basicSet(value: 0xFF).format(),
zwave.basicV1.basicGet().format()
]
}
def both() {
log.debug "Sending ON command to ${device.displayName} even though BOTH was called"
[
zwave.basicV1.basicSet(value: 0xFF).format(),
zwave.basicV1.basicGet().format()
]
}
def refresh() {
log.debug "sending battery refresh command"
zwave.batteryV1.batteryGet().format()
}
def createEvents(hubitat.zwave.commands.basicv1.BasicReport cmd)
{
def switchValue = cmd.value ? "on" : "off"
def alarmValue
if (cmd.value == 0) {
alarmValue = "off"
sendEvent(name: "alarmState", value: "standing by")
}
else if (cmd.value <= 33) {
alarmValue = "strobe"
sendEvent(name: "alarmState", value: "ON - strobe only!")
}
else if (cmd.value <= 66) {
alarmValue = "siren"
sendEvent(name: "alarmState", value: "ON - siren only!")
}
else {
alarmValue = "both"
sendEvent(name: "alarmState", value: "ON - strobe and siren!")
}
[
createEvent([name: "switch", value: switchValue, type: "digital", displayed: false]),
createEvent([name: "alarm", value: alarmValue, type: "digital"])
]
}
def createEvents(hubitat.zwave.Command cmd) {
log.warn "UNEXPECTED COMMAND: $cmd"
}