Update: ChatGPT told me how to do it. WOW! I’ll post it below if it ever helps someone else. It had me make a helper, template, sensor then use get code below. States is my alarms specific entity.
{% set state = states(‘alarm_control_panel.newton_alarm’) %}
{% if state == ‘armed_home’ %}
Armed (Home)
{% elif state == ‘armed_away’ %}
Armed (Away)
{% elif state == ‘disarmed’ %}
Disarmed
{% elif state == ‘triggered’ %}
Triggered
{% else %}
Unknown
{% endif %}
Good Morning from Minnesota!
CarPlay allows you to display the status of a sensor on CarPlay 26 widget screen. I currently have it display the status of our Garage door (open/closed) but displayed as on/off. I would like to display the status of our Ring Alarm integrated by MQTT. Ideally it would say “Arm Away, Arm Home, Disarmed”. Currently, there are no defaults sensors I can select that displays this in CarPlay (widgets).
I am a nurse by training and an imposter tech guy by night. I understand the basics of home assistant and am able to learn just about anything with enough time. I’ve read through the Template documentation and to be honest, it’s past my understanding. Any tips, clues you can share?
I wish you well,
Jeff