New topic for me.. alarm.com on ha green

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Hello, I’ve seen several online tutorials and other posts on this matter. Not really caring so much about automation or sensor timing issues. Mostly just to utilize one app for everything.

I have Frontpoint security which uses alarm.com interface. All z-wave devices. I’ve been wanting to dive into this home assistant thing for awhile but was to afraid to convert a laptop or tablet etc.

I broke down and did the easy thing and bought the home assistants green.

So far I’ve added blink (cameras are Hella sketchy at best but can’t see live view) all my Phillips hue devices work as if I was using the native app and a few odd lights and plugs I have seem to work.

Most of my stuff however is z-wave. That’s what Frontpoint/alarm.com uses (window/door sensors, motion sensors, camera which I have many).

I bought a dongle that works for z wave and Zigbee devices and installed that and all seems good.

What I need to figure out is, since I’m using ha on ha green and using via mobile app and various other means. I seen I can download and copy a link of sorts and paste it from what I’m going to call (the ha store for now). Can’t remember the name. But how do I actually add that to the home assistant green to make it show in my integration list? Also, how or is it even possible to just add all my home security devices that are z-wave to home assistant without adding alarm.com.

I’m okay with keeping the native app for when I need to use it. My goal is to have a one source app for everything.

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If you want to continue using alarmdotcom app and service, then consider using this third-party community Alarm.com Integration for Home Assistant which periodically reaches out to the Internet to grab the status of your security system, thus providing you a single app for visibility.

Z-wave devices can only be joined to a single controller at at time, so the only alternative I’m aware of would be to decommission your alarmdoctcom system (“exclude” all zwave nodes) and try to add the zwave-compatible sensors into HA. Be advised though, HA is not an alarm system and, while it can be programmed to behave like one, requires a bit of coding and will not be monitored. Additionally, several alarmdotcom devices are incompatible with standards-based zwave controllers like HA; there is a list of known compatible zwave devices here but off the top of my head I would be surprised if the keypads and cameras worked. Naturally you would not be able to continue using the alarmdotcom app.

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Disappointing. Was hoping I’d see my cameras at least through HA somehow. Was literally about to start investing in z-wave motors for existing blinds… now I’m having second thoughts. I want to keep my Frontpoint ( alarm.com) system as I have thousands invested in about a dozen cameras 2-3 times as many door/window/motion/glass break sensors and more.