Synopsis

Alarm-notifier enables processing MSG* files from Jablotron Alarm Receiver Center (jaga-cored). Write those files to a single log file, translate the Contact ID event and sends out human-readable notification using node-prowl, pushover-notifications or twilio.

Use this at your own risk.

Installation

Prerequisites

• Node 0.10.x and npm
• access to jaga-cored writable spool files

Setup

Install dependencies

npm install

Edit settings.js

• TARGET_DIR = "/var/spool/jaga-cored" - the spool directory which contains the MSG* files as written by jaga-cored
• LOGFILE = "/var/log/jablotron.log" - a file which gets the MSG file contents appended
• DELETE_ENABLED = false - change this to true to enable deletion of the MSG files. Use false for testing out alarm-notifier
• ALARM_NAME = "Alarm" - used in Prowl notification as the App name or title of the notification
• PROWL_ENABLED = false - change this to true to enable alert sending via prowl
• PROWL_API_KEY = "" - enter your Prowl API keys here, a comma separated list
• PUSHOVER_ENABLED = false - change this to true to enable alert sending via pushover
• PUSHOVER_API_KEY = "" - enter your Pushoever API key
• PUSHOVER_TO = "" - key to whom to send the notification
• TWILIO_ENABLED = false - change this to true to enable alert sending via twilio
• TWILIO_ACCOUNT_SID = "" - your twilio application sid
• TWILIO_AUTH_TOKEN = "" - application authentication key
• TWILIO_FROM = "+1x" - phone number from where the notifications are sent
• TWILIO_TO = "+372x" - phone number to whom the notifications are sent

Run alarm-notifier

Make sure you have sufficient rights to jaga-cored spool files.

node alarm-notifier.js

Example output

Message received: 45    1       0       1       2014-01-11 12:15:03     2014-01-11 12:15:03             JAGA    000118160299999
+---------+-------+--------+-------+-----------+------+
| Account | mType | EventQ | Event | Partition | Zone |
+---------+-------+--------+-------+-----------+------+
|   0001  |   18  |    1   |  602  |       99  |  999 |
+---------+-------+--------+-------+-----------+------+
Event summary: Periodic test report
Event type: Zone
Event description: A periodic test report has been triggered
====== Sending the following message ======
NEW/OPEN: 2014-01-11 12:15:03 Periodic test report (Zone) - A periodic test report has been triggered
===========================================
Permanently deleted: MSG0000000045
Log entry added
Remaining PROWL API calls for the current hour: 999

License

Copyright (c) 2014, Sten Feldman All rights reserved.

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