Read email body problem

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Hello,

I have an Interlogix ZeroWire Alarm I would like to integrate to Home Assistant. The only way possible is via email. It sents out an email with its status each time it changes. I can read the email via the IMAP integration. It ends up in a sensor (sensor.atvanosjes) and the attributes are the following:

from: [email protected]
subject: Beveiligingsrapport van ZeroWire Alarm System
date: Sat, 27 Jan 2018 11:48:19 +0000
body: Alarm uitgeschakeld
Tijd: 12:48:18
Datum: 27 Jan 2018

I would like to have an automation based on the content of the body.

  • If the content says “Alarm uitgeschakeld”, which means “Alarm disarmed”, I would like to turn on some lights.
  • If the content says “Alarm ingeschakeld”, which means “Alarm armed”, I would like to turn off a few things.

Also I would like to have the Value "Armed/Disarmed " to end up in the attribute of the “alarm_control_panel.ha_alarm” entity.

Can somebody help me with this final step?

Thank you!

Ralph

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Hi Ralph,

Here is an example setup for alarm sensor reading state from email. It is using the email subject, but the procedure is identical for message body:

sensor:
  - platform: imap_email_content
    server: !secret alarmServer
    port: !secret alarmPort
    name: "Alarm"
    username: !secret alarmUsername
    password: !secret alarmPassword
    senders:
      - !secret alarmSenders
    value_template: >-
      {%- if subject.split('Area')[0].strip() == 'Arming' -%}
      Armed
      {%- elif subject.split('Area')[0].strip() == 'Disarming' -%}
      Disarmed
      {%- else -%}
      notAvailable
      {%- endif -%}

Expected subject is a message like 'Arming Zone ’ - this is why this script is only checking first word from it and setting sensor state to Armed/Disarmed.
Then it can be accessed with

{{states.sensor.alarm.state}}
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Hi Vans,

Thank you for the response, much appreciated! I will try this tonight when I get back from work.

Ralph.

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Hi Guys,

I also have a zerowire and wondered if the ZME*RAZ2 Zwave module could be used in a device connected to say the 8way arduino relay card to switch multiple relays rather than it be plugged onto the pi… I may be being silly but had to ask…

Thanks

Jimmy

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Hi Jimmy, can’t help you with that. I don’t have either. Ralph