What's the goal?

[PaulWDent]

Hi guys. I have a SPAN.IO panel but am new to GitHub.
I want to communicate between my PC and the panel without the Internet being involved. Is that what you guys are trying to do?

[nathan-curtis]

That's what this integration does.

However I'm currently using
https://github.com/gdgib/span

The gdgib fork does not have the durable auth yet and an error if you try to change load shed settings from HA but everything else works fine. (durable auth is just a ToDo and load shedding is a bug in the panel firmware - workaround use the span app for that)

Discuss the integration at
https://community.home-assistant.io/t/integration-with-span/370645/4

[PaulWDent]

Thanks for the reply Nathan. Can anybody tell me:
-How do you get the Span Panel to lock to your home WiFi without the Span App. You somehow have to get it the network name and password. I got rid of my landline and cable and am using Starlink name STINKY.
-What is the IP address of the SPAN. box? Are they all the same or is it something to do with my WiFi network?
Sorry I have no clue how Internet addressing works. Can you suggest why I can get enlightened on that?
-Somebody must have figured out what bit strings to send Span to elicit different responses. Are they in a concise table somewhere I can download?
I would like to control Span with real simple software e.g. a few lines of Basic on a Tandy Color Computer LOL

[nathan-curtis]

Lets start with THIS:
I would like to control Span with real simple software e.g. a few lines of Basic on a Tandy Color Computer LOL
wont happen. Whatever you use needs to understand modern authentication and to do that on a Tandy - you'd be writing an auth library. Your best bet is something like homeassistant using code like this

-What is the IP address of the SPAN. box? Are they all the same or is it something to do with my WiFi network?
Sorry I have no clue how Internet addressing works. Can you suggest why I can get enlightened on that?
These are unique to YOUR network.

-How do you get the Span Panel to lock to your home WiFi without the Span App.
Lets start with wired. they have a port on the inside of the panel - did the installer not wire it in for you? I have a two panel install, in one of the panels there is a small router - THAT router connects into my network.

As to Wifi - the only way I know is to do it in the app. I just checked the panel webpage and it's not there. It may also be in the installer app - but that's only available to licensed installers.

Once you are on your network and can see the IP of the panel (look in your router's settings for the panel IP) you should be able to hit it by web browser:

If you don't have the credentials to get into the panel then you will hit the door button (the tiny button at the top of the panel that switches the light on and determines the door is closed) THREE TIMES - after the third time you will be able to go back to the login page and it will let you login based on the button presses - you MUST do this within 15 minutes or it times out.

If you have further questions about the general use of the panel I'd ask them at the HomeAssistant Community site - specifically the thread where SPAN users get together to talk - here: https://community.home-assistant.io/t/integration-with-span/370645