Vacuum and alarm

Configuration
1

Hi all,

I have a vacuum (rockobo s50 with valetudo re on it) and an alarm system managed by HA.

I’ve setup an automation to change alarm type when vacuum starts cleaning the house:

- alias: Cambia tipo allarme da away a home se R2D2 è in funzione

  initial_state: 'on'

  trigger:

    - platform: state

      entity_id: vacuum.rockrobo

      to: 'cleaning'

  condition:

    - condition: state

      entity_id: alarm_control_panel.home_alarm

      state: 'armed_away'

  action:

    - service: alarm_control_panel.alarm_disarm

      data: {"entity_id":"alarm_control_panel.home_alarm"}

    - delay: 02:00

    - service: alarm_control_panel.alarm_arm_home

      data: {"entity_id":"alarm_control_panel.home_alarm"}

Now I would like an automation to restore alarm previous state after vacuum is back to docking station.

How can I use a previous state?

2

Create an input boolean to check if the alarm was armed_away.

input_boolean:
  vacuum_disarmed_away_alarm:
      name: Vacuum Disarmed Away Home Alarm

In the actions for the automation you already have, add:

 - service: input_boolean.turn_on
   entity_id: input_boolean.vacuum_disarmed_away_alarm

Then use something like this (consider adding another condition which checks that you’re still away incase you arrived home while the vacuum is running):

- alias: Set Home Alarm to Away when Vacuum Docks
  trigger:
    - platform: state
      entity_id: vacuum.rockrobo
      to: "docked"
  condition:
    - condition: state
      entity_id: input_boolean.vacuum_disarmed_away_alarm
      state: 'on'
  action:
    - service: alarm_control_panel.alarm_arm_away
      entity_id: alarm_control_panel.home_alarm
    - service: input_boolean.turn_off
      entity_id: input_boolean.vacuum_disarmed_away_alarm
3

Just curious, what alarm panel are you using?
Is it safe to disarm the alarm? It might look easier, but imho is definitely not the best option…

4

Actually it turns from armed away (triggered by internal motion sensor) to home (triggere by door/windows sensor). It’s a compromise to have the house cleaned and “almost” safe.

5

thank you! I’ll give it a try and let you know!