Work with Virtual Receiver Remote Control Functionality

Remote Control Overview

Remote Control is a feature in evalink talos that allows users to send commands directly to a connected security panel. Using this feature, you can arm, disarm, or control outputs without interacting with the panel's own keypad or application.

Remote Control is available at two levels:

• Site level — accessed from Sites > [Site] > Receivers > [receiver record]. Controls are visible directly on the receiver record for the connected panel.

• Workflow level — Remote Control is also accessible within a workflow, allowing operators to act on a panel as part of an alarm handling process. The available controls mirror those at the site level, with some exceptions noted per receiver below.

The set of panel elements that you can control via the Remote Control feature (partitions, outputs, zones, alarms) depends on the receiver and on the configuration of the connected panel. The logic of what a particular panel supports comes from the virtual receiver.

Virtual Receivers Which Support Remote Control

The following virtual receivers currently support Remote Control:

Receiver	Controllable elements
Virtual Galaxy Receiver	Partitions, Outputs
Virtual Vanderbilt SPC Receiver (FlexC)	Partitions, Zones, Alarms, Outputs
Virtual SIA DC09 Receiver (Ajax)	Partitions, Outputs

Remote Control for Virtual Galaxy Receiver

Panel: Honeywell Galaxy Series Controllable elements: Partitions, Outputs

Remote Control is available for the Virtual Galaxy Receiver when the following configurations for the receiver instance at a site level are observed:

• Selected SIA Protocol level is SIA level 4
• The Panel Control Enabled option is checked

When you configure a receiver instance with these conditions, Remote Control pane becomes available for the receiver record.

For details on how to enable Remote Control for a Galaxy receiver instance, see section Configure Virtual Galaxy Receiver for a Site.

Partitions support four arm states:

• Arm
• Disarm
• Part Set — partial arming mode; availability depends on the partition settings configured on the panel
• Force Set — forces arming even if faults are present; availability depends on the partition settings configured on the panel

Outputs are two-state:

• On
• Off

Remote Control for the Virtual Galaxy Receiver is available both at Site and Workflow levels with identical behavior.

Remote Control for Virtual Vanderbilt SPC Receiver (FlexC)

Panel: Vanderbilt SPC Controllable elements: Partitions, Zones, Alarms, Outputs

The FlexC protocol supports bidirectional communication between evalink talos and Vanderbilt SPC panels, enabling Remote Control of partitions, zones, alarms, and outputs. The availability of specific controls depends on the configuration of the connected panel.

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Partitions support four arm states:

• Arm
• Disarm
• Part Set A — partial arming mode A; availability depends on the panel configuration
• Part Set B — partial arming mode B; availability depends on the panel configuration

Zones and Alarms share the same status states and are interconnected. Available actions are:

• Restore
• Isolate
• Deisolate
• Inhibit
• Deinhibit

The ability to manage each status depends on the panel configuration.

Outputs may not be present if they are not configured on the panel.

If Audio/Video Verification is enabled for the site, a video stream is displayed below the Remote Control panel at the site level for the corresponding receiver instance.

Video from a FlexC camera is not displayed at the Workflow level. Remote Control at the workflow level excludes the video component.

Remote Control for Virtual SIA DC09 Receiver (Ajax)

Panel: Ajax Controllable elements: Partitions, Outputs Requirement: The Ajax Hub must be online.

Remote Control functionality is available for Virtual SIA DC09 Receiver when it is connected to an Ajax panel with an active Ajax HUB account.

Remote Control allows arming and disarming the hub and toggling connected outputs directly from evalink talos.

For full Virtual SIA DC09 Receiver configuration steps for Ajax, see section Arming and Disarmin Ajax HUB from evalink talos.

Partitions support two arm states:

• Arm
• Disarm

Partition states correspond to the Group states in the Control section in the Ajax app.

Outputs support two states:

• On
• Off

Outputs correspond to connected Wallswitch devices, visible in the Device section of the Ajax app.

At the workflow level, partition and output states for Ajax are the same as at the site level.

Using Remote Control Functionality in Workflows

Remote Control functionality is available at the workflow level through the Virtual Device Control step.

This step allows evalink talos to send a Remote Control command to a connected panel automatically as part of alarm processing, without requiring operator interaction at the site level.

The Virtual Device Control step is available only when at least one virtual receiver that supports Remote Control is configured for the site.

The Virtual Device Control step is an Automated Decision workflow editor category step. Like other steps in this category, it evaluates a condition — in this case, whether the Remote Control command sent to the panel was executed successfully — and routes the workflow into one of its conditional branches based on the result.

Add a Virtual Device Control Step to a Workflow

To add a Virtual Device Control step to a workflow:

1. In the workflow editor, click the + button at the point in the workflow where you want to add the step

2. From the step menu, select Automated Decisions > Virtual Device Control

   

   The step configuration pane becomes available.

3. In the Control Type field, select a Remote Control action you want to perform at this step

   The following actions are available:

   • Read Status
   • Arm Partition
   • Disarm Partition
   • Arm all
   • Disarm all
   • Set Output
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   If you are using audio/video verification for the Virtual Vanderbilt SPC Receiver, the video feed from the FlexC camera is available only at the site level.

4. (Optional) In the Virtual Device Selection field, specify the Type and Account of the virtual device you want to use

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   If you leave this field empty, evalink talos uses the first available virtual device configured for the site.

5. If you have selected options Arm Partition, Disarm Partition or Set Output in step 3, configure the Address Field

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   Address defines the specific partition or output evalink talos sends the command to.

   

6. Configure the conditional followup branches:

   • Success — select what evalink talos does in case the Remote Control signal is communicated and received successfully
   • Failure — select what evalink talos does in case the Remote Control communication fails

   

7. Save the workflow