I’ve owned a iSmartAlarm system for over 5 years, it’s worked well until early this year when iSmartAlarm went bankrupt rendering my security system’s functionality to being a paperweight. I’ve been researching to buy another system, however I’m not keen to invest in another solution and becoming beholden another cloud solution that will inevitably go bust at some point.
Anyway below is a breakdown of my new alarm system using Home Assistant with a Xiaomi Aqara Gateway and Sensors. I will not go through how to connect any devices\integrations, but i will share the code I used to for Home Assistant to mimic the behaviours of the iSmartAlarm system including countdown warnings etc…
Let me know if you have any questions or feedback
Home Assistant Code for the Manual Alarm:
alarm_control_panel:
- platform: manual
name: Home Security
code: 0000
code_arm_required: false # Don't require the code to arm the alarm
disarm_after_trigger: false # Arm again after triggering
arming_time: 300 # Delay from arming and becoming armed, eg. to leave the house.
delay_time: 120 # Allow time to disarm the alarm before it triggers, eg. when arriving home
trigger_time: 600 # Amount of time the alarm is triggered for
disarmed:
trigger_time: 0 # Ensure the alarm can never be directly triggered when disarmed
armed_home:
arming_time: 0 # Leave no delay between arming -> armed
delay_time: 0 # Leave no delay between pending -> triggered
Xiaomi Gateway Siren and Countdown Audio:
Note: these are required as the Xiaomi gateway alarms/ringtones only run for a few seconds. These scripts allow the countdown warning (when arming) and the alarm (when security system is triggered) to play continously when activated.
script:
security_alarm_loop_1:
sequence:
- service: script.turn_off
target:
entity_id:
- script.security_countdown_loop_1
- script.security_countdown_loop_2
- service: xiaomi_aqara.play_ringtone
data:
gw_mac: f0b429ccxxxx
ringtone_id: 2
ringtone_vol: 100
- service: script.turn_off
entity_id: script.security_alarm_loop_2
- delay: "00:00:6"
- service: script.turn_on
entity_id: script.security_alarm_loop_2
security_alarm_loop_2:
sequence:
- service: script.turn_off
target:
entity_id:
- script.security_countdown_loop_1
- script.security_countdown_loop_2
- service: xiaomi_aqara.play_ringtone
data:
gw_mac: f0b429ccxxxx
ringtone_id: 1
ringtone_vol: 100
- service: script.turn_off
entity_id: script.security_alarm_loop_1
- delay: "00:00:10"
- service: script.turn_on
entity_id: script.security_alarm_loop_1
security_countdown_loop_1:
sequence:
- service: script.turn_off
entity_id: script.security_countdown_loop_2
- service: xiaomi_aqara.play_ringtone
data:
gw_mac: f0b429ccxxxx
ringtone_id: 29
ringtone_vol: 10
- delay: "00:00:15"
- service: script.turn_on
entity_id: script.security_countdown_loop_2
security_countdown_loop_2:
sequence:
- service: script.turn_off
entity_id: script.security_countdown_loop_1
- service: xiaomi_aqara.play_ringtone
data:
gw_mac: f0b429ccxxxx
ringtone_id: 29
ringtone_vol: 10
- delay: "00:00:15"
- service: script.turn_on
entity_id: script.security_countdown_loop_1
security_stop_loop_sounds:
alias: Stop Security Sound Scripts on Gateway
sequence:
- service: script.turn_off
target:
entity_id:
- script.security_countdown_loop_1
- script.security_countdown_loop_2
- script.security_alarm_loop_1
- script.security_alarm_loop_2
- service: xiaomi_aqara.stop_ringtone
data:
gw_mac: f0b429ccxxxx
Automation Events for Alarm Status:
These include automations for what happens when:
- Home Security is Disarmed
- Home Security is in Arming State (i.e. play countdown warning sound)
- Home Security is in Armed State
- Event has occurred whilst Home Security is in Armed State
- Home Security is in Pending State (i.e. play countdown warning sound)
- Home Security is in Triggered State (i.e. play the Alarm Siren)
You can add triggers, actions and notifications as you require
automation:
- alias: SECURITY Disarmed State
trigger:
- platform: state
entity_id: alarm_control_panel.home_security
to: "disarmed"
action:
- service: media_player.volume_set
data:
volume_level: 0.6
target:
entity_id: media_player.nest_hub_max
- service: tts.google_translate_say
entity_id: media_player.nest_hub_max
data:
message: 'Security System has been Disarmed'
- service: script.security_stop_loop_sounds
- alias: SECURITY Arming State
trigger:
- platform: state
entity_id: alarm_control_panel.home_security
to: "arming"
action:
- service: media_player.volume_set
data:
volume_level: 0.6
target:
entity_id: media_player.nest_hub_max
- service: tts.google_translate_say
entity_id: media_player.nest_hub_max
data:
message: 'Security System is Arming, you have 5 minutes'
- service: script.security_countdown_loop_1
- alias: SECURITY Armed_Away State
trigger:
- platform: state
entity_id: alarm_control_panel.home_security
to: "armed_away"
action:
- service: script.security_stop_loop_sounds
- service: media_player.volume_set
data:
volume_level: 0.6
target:
entity_id: media_player.nest_hub_max
- service: tts.google_translate_say
entity_id: media_player.nest_hub_max
data:
message: 'Security System is now armed'
- alias: SECURITY Triggered by the Sensors whilst Armed_Away
trigger:
- platform: state
entity_id: binary_sensor.door_window_sensor_158d0001b7xxxx #front door
to: "on"
- platform: state
entity_id: binary_sensor.door_window_sensor_158d0001b7xxxx #rear sliding door
to: "on"
condition:
- condition: state
entity_id: alarm_control_panel.home_security
state: armed_away
action:
- service: alarm_control_panel.alarm_trigger
target:
entity_id: alarm_control_panel.home_security
- alias: SECURITY Pending State
trigger:
- platform: state
entity_id: alarm_control_panel.home_security
to: "pending"
action:
- service: media_player.volume_set
data:
volume_level: 0.6
target:
entity_id: media_player.nest_hub_max
- service: tts.google_translate_say
entity_id: media_player.nest_hub_max
data:
message: 'Security is armed, alarm countdown commencing'
- service: script.security_countdown_loop_1
- alias: SECURITY Triggered State
trigger:
- platform: state
entity_id: alarm_control_panel.home_security
to: "triggered"
action:
- service: script.security_alarm_loop_1
BONUS Content:
Use a Xiaomi/Aqara button to Arm and Disarm the alarm system
automation:
- alias: AQARA Button press
trigger:
platform: event
event_type: xiaomi_aqara.click
event_data:
entity_id: binary_sensor.switch_158d00010axxxx
click_type: single
action:
- service: >
{% if is_state("alarm_control_panel.home_security", "disarmed") %}
alarm_control_panel.alarm_arm_away
{% else %}
alarm_control_panel.alarm_disarm
{% endif %}
data:
entity_id: alarm_control_panel.home_security
code: 0000
- alias: AQARA Button LONG press
trigger:
platform: event
event_type: xiaomi_aqara.click
event_data:
entity_id: binary_sensor.switch_158d00010axxxx
click_type: long_click_press
action:
- service: >
{% if is_state("alarm_control_panel.home_security", "disarmed") %}
alarm_control_panel.alarm_arm_away
{% else %}
alarm_control_panel.alarm_disarm
{% endif %}
data:
entity_id: alarm_control_panel.home_security
code: 0000
Lovelace YAML to display your cameras in the main view only when the Home Security is in any other state outside of “disarmed”. NOTE: To save space on the UI, I use BlueIris to create a single camera that combines all my security cameras into a single feed
views:
- id: main-tab # title: Main
title: Main
badges:
cards:
- id: home-cameras-when-armed
type: conditional
conditions:
- entity: alarm_control_panel.home_security
state_not: disarmed
card:
type: picture-entity
title: Home Cameras
entity: camera.all_cameras
camera_image: camera.all_cameras
show_info: false
#tap_action: dialog
show_name: false
show_state: false
