Understanding Alarm Panels

[tom_l]

@oguruma

So, it’s just an Entity, and doesn’t necessarily have any functions, in and of itself, other than arming/disarming.

Correct. It’s pretty basic. I suggest you have a look at this:

[Custom Component] Alarmo - browser managed alarm system

Hi! I would like to share another project I am working on: Alarmo Alarmo is an integration for creating an alarm system by using the sensors that are already in HA. It is based on the manual alarm control panel, but takes a different approach. The integration is completely managed from the browser, and adds some more stuff. Some of the features Discovers compatible sensors in HA and allows you to connect them to the alarm system, such that they can activate the alarm. Configure multiple a…

Graphical management of sensors and alerts and much more.