Helper in home assistant

Configuration
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Hi, I have an new matter switch from Ikea and I will like to use this switch for activate alarmo alarm. But I need to make an helper, I have do this. Now I want to make an Automation with the switch, helper and alarmo. But I don’t know how I must do this. What do I use in Automation?

2

Hi, welcome to the forum!

There is also an Alarmo Card, so you don’t have to create a helper or an automation.

3

Thank you, I have the alarmo card. But then you must always put your code in. I want to do it with a button/switch

4

You don’t have to use the keypad/code panel, that’s a configuration option.

5

Can you show me this? :slight_smile:

6

This is how I configured the Alarmo card on a touch screen:

type: custom:alarmo-card
entity: alarm_control_panel.alarmzonehall
name: " "
keep_keypad_visible: false
button_scale_actions: 1
button_scale_keypad: 1
states:
  disarmed:
    color: green
  armed_home:
    hide: true
    color: green
  armed_night:
    color: blue
  armed_away:
    color: red
show_messages: true
show_ready_indicator: true
show_bypassed_sensors: true
use_code_dialog: false
hide_keypad: false
use_clear_icon: false

Aside from that, I have a BT remote from which I use the event as a trigger in an automation to set the alarm:

metadata: {}
data: {}
target:
  entity_id:
    - alarm_control_panel.alarmzonehall
action: alarm_control_panel.alarm_arm_away