Our Nest Protects are reaching end of life, so I’m looking for smoke / CO detectors that work with Home Assistant. Ideally I’d like to find one with an open standard interface that’s not dependent on any vendor support (e.g., an app or a cloud “service”). One that looks like a possibility is the Kidde P4010ACSAQ-WF.
It looks like there is a third-party integration that works with it: GitHub - snell-evan-itt/Kidde-HomeSafe: Home Assistant Custom Integration for Kidde Smart Smoke/CO2 Detectors
A couple of things I can’t tell from the instructions on GitHub are:
- Do you set up the device according to the Kidde instructions and then add the integration to HA?
- Are there any “magic steps” that are required?
- The instructions say you need to “allow” in response to a notification in the Kidde app to ensure that software updates happen – this makes me wonder about the independence of the device from Kidde’s infrastructure (and hence how much Kidde may get tied into HA), any insight into this?
Thanks!