Synchronize Ring Alarm Keypad v2 with Alarmo

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Okay, I feel dumb now! Haha! So, to be clear, if I want the keypad to use in HA, I need to ditch the base station and the alarm portion of the native Ring app? Would this effect my monitoring subscription I have with Ring? Sorry for the dumb questions, like I said, I’m a total newb at all this. Thank you for your help!

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If you want to keep the Ring system and it’s monitoring, this is not the right path to go down. I haven’t used ring2mqtt, but my understanding is that it’s probably more what you’re looking for: integrating the full Ring ecosystem into HA.

This method is mostly for folks looking to build a DIY alarm system with HA as the controller, typically only self monitored.

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Got it. Makes sense. That’s too bad since ring2mqtt doesn’t provide a mimic of the keypad to be integrated. Thank you again! Still learning all this stuff and appreciate the help.

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I’m a real dummy. I realized you need to put in a disarm code in ring-mqtt in order for the keypad to populate in the alarm card. :laughing:

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I just understood a problem with the blueprint. I work with alarmo. In night alarm the keypad is in disabled mode as seen above. The problem is that when the alarms are activated, the keypad flashes (normal). The problem is that it doesn’t stop after resetting.

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Hi!
Is it possible to turn down the volume from the buttons?

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I don’t believe there’s a built-in way to do that, no. I suppose you could set up an automation to, say, look for a 1-digit code and set the volume to that. I can’t think of any other intuitive way to do it.

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I did manage to change the volume with an automation for arming/disarming voice. I found a post with the code for that.
Is it something like that what you mean?

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I did found a way to do it with an automation. It turns the volume down at 19:00 and goes back to normal at 09:00.
So if anybody else searching for the same issue here is the answer:

alias: Ring keypad buttons volume
description: ""
triggers:
  - at: "19:00:00"
    id: "19"
    trigger: time
  - at: "09:00:00"
    id: "9"
    trigger: time
conditions: []
actions:
  - choose:
      - conditions:
          - condition: trigger
            id:
              - "9"
        sequence:
          - data:
              parameter: "5"
              value: "6"
            target:
              device_id: b711d7509e626ed6f2f0ce335e14aba1
            action: zwave_js.set_config_parameter
      - conditions:
          - alias: If triggered by 19
            condition: trigger
            id:
              - "19"
        sequence:
          - data:
              value: "1"
              parameter: "5"
            target:
              device_id: b711d7509e626ed6f2f0ce335e14aba1
            action: zwave_js.set_config_parameter
mode: single
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I do it exactly like this!

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I integrated the Ring Gen 2 Keypad directly with HA. When I use the event notification and my code to disarm the system, it works, but it takes like 3-4 seconds before it disarms. Any ideas?

***Update: Solved my own problem. Only accessible from the Zwave JS UI addon is ability to change the wait period from last key pressed before it sends to hub. Default was 5 seconds, I changed to 1. By the way I hate JS UI so I made the change, stopped the addon and went back to the norm.

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Question here from a HA noob. So from what I read so far, you can directly add the z-wave keypad without having a hub in between? I run HA on Virtual box. I assume the topic is specific to HA on other hardware than a PC?

Thanks in advance.

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You’ll need something that receives zwave. Eg an Aeotec stick, zwave.me stick,…

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That adds up. Thank you

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Have you or anyone else found a solution to this issue? I am having the exact same problem. My ring keypad is pained with Z-wave JS UI. I can import the blueprint, however I cannot get the automation to go through.

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In my case I have in my configurations.yaml

automation: !include_dir_merge_list automation

To have all automations in a separate directory but the blueprints defaults the output to automations.yaml and hence not loaded

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Hey! :wave: I’m planning to use this blueprint, but I have a few questions other people might have too:

  • Does it play the exit delay/entry delay sound?
  • Was the issue with bad reliability fixed?
  • If you update the alarm via Home Assistant, does it do the same on the keypad?

Thanks in advanced to anyone who replies, greatly appreciated. :upside_down_face:

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For the functionality questions: yes, this blueprint reflects the alarm state, including entry/exit delays, and including changes not made at the keypad.

Reliability is going to be a function of your Zwave network. I haven’t noticed significant reliability problems in my setup, but I never have. If you’re not using the motion sensor in the keypad, turning it off to reduce the amount of simultaneous traffic seems to help many people.

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I just read through the whole post and found the answers to my questions. I was hoping to if possible, use the base for the siren and I see that’s a no go. I am currently looking for suitable options for a loud siren, any suggestions?

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This blueprint works great, just as I expected; I just had some trouble pairing. It would be nice to see mode switching, so you could go from home to away without disarming it, then arming it again.