Ness DX8/DX16 Alarm

[geetron (Adrian)]

I see that entity when I go to Settings > Devices & Services > Entities.

I think the issue is that, I wont be able to create an automation using the UI wizard e.g. Settings > Automations: Triggers, Conditions, Actions.

Looks like it all needs to be done via YAML.

EDIT: I was able to get this to trigger notifications. I have a new issue but not related to NESS.

- alias: 'NEWSend notification when alarm is Arming'
  trigger:
    - platform: state
      entity_id: 
      - alarm_control_panel.alarm_panel
      to: "arming"
  action:
    - service: notify.notify
      data:
        message: "ALARM! The alarm is arming {{ states('sensor.date_time') }}"
        title: "Alarm is arming"

[matt2468]

Does anyone know if there is a way with this integration to only arm specific zones in the house? I was going to use the Arm Home for this as we have our pet sometimes in one part of the house when out, however arming home has a known bug

[aumatt]

The arming home feature still works as normal on mine but it just reports back saying its fully armed.

[matt2468]

Yeah I know about that way but I was hoping I could either fix it so that it properly says armed home or at the very least exclude certain sensors via an automation I’d love to try help but I dont even know where to begin

[matt2468]

Ohh looks like the fix is eventually gonna be added to HA

Does anyone know how I can sideload this change because it looks like its been in limbo for a little bit already

Fix ness alarm armed_home state appearing as disarmed/armed_away

[nickw444 (Nick Whyte)]

Eventually! haha. Finally found some time to make the requested changes so fingers crossed we can get it into the next release.

Would be great if someone could test it out when it’s in beta!

[matt2468]

Can confirm the update has fixed up the home/away issues thanks again for all your work on this pluging we use it so much! Plus the sensors come in handy for the lighting automations.

[nickw444 (Nick Whyte)]

Glad to hear the update is working for you! Thanks for testing/confirming.

[ricky56789]

Hi, does anyone know how to trigger a panic alarm via HA? Can’t seem to figure it out

I can set off a panic alarm via the Ness aComms Android app but calling Ness Alarm: Panic in HA doesn’t do anything

[OzGav]

Ness DX8/DX16 Alarm

Sharing my solution for a panel that won’t accept commands. I wanted to be able to arm and disarm the panel and trigger the alarm. After going through a few ideas on another forum I was pointed to this: [image] So if like me you have zone 8 spare then you can use this to achieve what i wanted. I constructed this: [image] I 3D printed a simple box with external dimensions of 94x54x29mm (I used 2mm wall thickness and also a 2mm thick lid made the total height 31mm) to house it and that fits …

[Zachoz (Zach)]

I fixed this (along with a few other panic status related things) in my nessclient fork.

If you want to give it a try, download this directory and put it in your HA custom_components directory, restart and see if you’re still having the issue.

I didn’t submit a PR at the time since while these changes work for my panel version, I wasn’t sure if it would break for other people’s.

[ricky56789]

Cheers for that, gave it a go but still can’t get the panic alarm happening. I think mine is a panel version 5.8. If you know of any other fixes or workarounds to try, that would be awesome!

[OzGav]

Did you look at my hardware/esphome option?

[ricky56789]

No sorry I missed that. Thanks! I’ll look into it

Surely there has to be a way to do it without a hardware solution if it can be triggered via the Ness aComms app