UK Alarms for HA - Recomentations?

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I am looking into this and we set the alarm at night… but only for downstairs omitting upstairs. I use a hidden xiaomi button behind my bedside cupboard as a “everything off that needs to be off” button, i.e. lights before we sleep… I was thinking of adding that as setting the alarm as well. In that case I would really need a panel either, as I plan to use the “if we are both out, set the alarm”

but it gets more complicated with pets, as some days we let the cats roam around downstairs, other days we stick them upstairs… so I have sensors on 2 of the internal doors that would be open if we are leaving them downstairs, so they could be part of the condition… still not made this wife proof hence I haven’t put it into operation yet :smiley::smiley:

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A lot of the smarter cameras can distinguish between humans and animals.

I don’t really see a need for a traditional alarm system anymore.

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Oooh I’m loving the look of this option.

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I am noob and new to HA. I already have the door, window and motion sensor in my HA just to see the state of these sensors.

Then I found YET another take on an alarm system

Easy to install and you can choose the sensor you want to be in each part of the alarm. Full armed, part armed, home and away. Very nice and neat.

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i have a Hills Reliance R8 system( available pretty much everywhere), i got a ComNav ($150AUD so about 90GBP) board for it (not required but handy to control the alarm remotely from an app). i have configured one of the comnav relays to switch when the alarm is armed, this is then connected to the gpio 14 of a Sonoff that has been flashed with Tasmota, this then signals MQTT, From there HA sees the change and then signals ZoneMinder to switch the cameras from monitor to motion detection. i’m sure you can do it in other ways though.

The enhancements i’ll be making is a second input that is switched when the alarm is triggered, this will switch all cameras to full record and if the sun is down then switch on all the house lights.

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I need to keep with a wired alarm panel for family and other reasons.

I need to buy a new panel and ideally would get one that is compatible with alarmdecoder, Envisalink or directly with Homeassistant. I know I can hack a nodeMCU/ similar into the system to monitor the various status’s but this won’t allow me to set/ unset remotley…

Does anyone know a UK available panel that can be fully integrated with HA?

I see there is a thread in the hardware section discussing the Texacom panels:

Anyone know of any other options?

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But are any of the boards compatible with envisalink available in the UK?

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The only place I have found in the UK to buy DSC alarms is here https://www.thesecuritystore.uk.com/

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Did you ever find anything on this? Specifically a pre-existing alarm solution available in the UK that interfaces with HA?

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0.78 release includes Yale alarm system, looks cheap and cheerful, anyone have experience with them?
I’m particularly interested to know if you can access all the PIR sensor data.

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@colegates1 I ordered a DSC via that shop (security store) , with an Envisalink, let’s see how it goes…

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The Smartthings guys managed to get the contact sensors working, but they were doubtful they could get the PIR working.

Shame, its exactly what i was looking for.

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Have you got a link?

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I have this alarm system and I’m very happy with it. Easy to set up and runs perfectly

Regarding working with home assistant. 0.78 allows you to disarm, arm-home and arm-away

I’ve not seen anything that allows you to control the sensors

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I’ve not looked in too much detail but they have managed more than just arm/disarm

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Comfort Alarm system - 100% integration of everything via MQTT or their new RPI add on which is run via node red (I’m beta testing)

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Oooo how would one become a beta tester please? I am looking to replace my whole 1970s alarm system :slight_smile:

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Is there somewhere I can find out some more about this add on ?

I am in the beta group but haven’t been too vigilant. I dont see anything on comfortforums - is this a software or hardware add on ?