iSmart Alarm

sebdoan · April 26, 2018, 11:31am

I really hope a skilled developer out there creates an integration.

I’m currently using IFTTT to send the status of my iSmartAlarm to Home Assistant. When I arm or disarm my alarm it can take 30 minutes before the status is sent, that’s unacceptable if you ask me!

rolandbl · May 3, 2018, 10:05am

Hi! You could just change your IFTTT trigger word to something other than “turn off alarm”

rolandbl · May 3, 2018, 10:09am

Strange. “My” Alexa sends to IFTTT and onwards to iSmart Alarm within seconds…

sebdoan · May 19, 2018, 5:29am

Alexa and Google Assistant can trigger a iSmartAlarm action within seconds, however whenever iSmartAlarm is the trigger then the response can be massively delayed.

I would like iSmartAlarm to give me a timely update when it’s ARMED or DISARMED and via IFTTT it’s horrendously slow!

sebdoan · November 18, 2018, 1:11pm

It’s been a long time since anyone’s added to this post however I feel that IFTTT Alarm Component is the answer we’ve all been searching for.

I’ve configured mine with the code below and it works flawlessly. You’ll also need to configure IFTTT applets to correspond to each trigger and also for status updates. All instructions are on the component page.

ifttt:
  key: XXXXXXX

alarm_control_panel:
  - platform: ifttt
    name: iSmart Alarm
    code: NNNN
    event_arm_away: ismartalarm_arm_away
    event_disarm: ismartalarm_disarm
    event_arm_home: ismartalarm_arm_away
    optimistic: true

markbajaj · November 27, 2018, 10:30am

I thought I would try to use IFTTT, but just get this:

The code is unclickable as well. Here is my yaml:

alarm_control_panel:

platform: ifttt
name: House Alarm
code: 1234
event_arm_away: AlarmOn
event_arm_home: alarm_home
event_disarm: AlarmOff
optimistic: true

The events are the trigger words in the IFTTT Webhooks - is that correct? or do I need the full URLs?

sebdoan · November 28, 2018, 12:11am

This I what I get too upon first adding it. To resolve use the HASS services to update the status and the panel will become active.

This get pretty annoying cause it happens on every reboot of Hass. To resolve I’ve an automation to save the status and restore it after reboot.

Below is the code i use to Save and Restore the state:

input_text:
  input_text_ismartalarm:
    name: Save iSmartAlarm State

automation:
  - alias: Save State
    trigger:
      platform: state
      entity_id: alarm_control_panel.ismart_alarm
    action:
      - service: input_text.set_value # save iSmartAlarm state on any changes
        data_template:
          entity_id: input_text.input_text_ismartalarm
          value: "{{ states('alarm_control_panel.ismart_alarm') }}"
  - alias: Restore State
    trigger:
      platform: homeassistant
      event: start
    action:
      - service: alarm_control_panel.ifttt_push_alarm_state # restore iSmartAlarm state upon restart
        data_template:
          entity_id: alarm_control_panel.ismart_alarm
          state: "{{ states('input_text.input_text_ismartalarm') }}"

markbajaj · November 29, 2018, 11:56am

Weird still not working for me

sebdoan · November 30, 2018, 3:02am

Very odd… running the service as shown on my screenshot should enable the alarm panel even if you’ve don’t yet done the changes to ifttt.

Assume you’ve changed the entity_id to match yours which my guess would be home_alarm

markbajaj · November 30, 2018, 10:25am

Weird! I just did it again and it works!

I did upgrade to 0.83.1 though so maybe that fixed it
I am pretty sure I didn’t do anything different!

Thanks for your assistance!

sebdoan · December 3, 2018, 4:47am

Glad to be of assistance

sebdoan · December 5, 2018, 9:13pm

I’ve just added the code i use to save and restore the state above: iSmart Alarm

markbajaj · December 13, 2018, 9:18pm

Finally got round to doing this - Works flawlessly. Thanks!

Also, added it to HomeKit and now the iSmart Alarm is HomeKit enabled.

Cheers

sebdoan · November 17, 2019, 5:31am

Can anyone confirm if the this integration is still working?

sebdoan · November 17, 2019, 5:40am

OK, I think I’ve found the problem. In the past IFTTT integration required the below automation to work properly:

  - alias: IFTTT Integration
    trigger:
      platform: event
      event_type: ifttt_webhook_received
      event_data:
        action: call_service
    action:
      - service_template: '{{ trigger.event.data.service }}'
        data_template:
          entity_id: '{{ trigger.event.data.entity_id }}'

I’ve never had a problem in the past with that automation being present, however lately it seem to force the IFTTT Alarm state to always be an “unknown” state, causing the integration not to work. Since removing it, things are working again. YAY!!!

Gummer · December 20, 2019, 7:46pm

Hi Folks
I’m gettin an Error “Login attempt or request with invalid authentication from XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX” (==> Message in Homeassistant, Version 0.103.2)
I’m also confused about the api_password noted in the Webhooks. Where do I have to set this Password?

Any Idea how to fix
Cheers
Tom

yako1988 · February 14, 2020, 6:28am

Hi Sebastian! Sorry for my english im trying to integrate ismart alarm in hassio. I’m following your guide but im doing some error because every time that i restart hassio i loose the state of the alarm. I tryed to add the second part of code (for save the state) without success.
Can u help me?
Thanks Diego

sebdoan · February 18, 2020, 12:13am

I have the same problem as you, restart seems to lose state for me as well. It works but it’s it’s not the most reliable integration from my experience.

StefanoVitale69 · January 6, 2021, 8:43pm

It is possible to integrate the alarm system into Home Assistant without using IFTTT ?

idog · October 28, 2021, 6:17pm

looking for that too!
did you managed to add the ismart alarm to HA without IFTTT?