YET another take on an alarm system

[kemathy]

I finally made the Zipato keypad work with Hass-Custom-Alarm

It wasn’t so difficult, as gazoscalvertos said the “interconnection” part between the keypad and the alarm components only relies on automations to sync the state of both.
When you set the mode to “home” or “away” on the keypad (using a valid RFID tag or a valid user code), the alarm_level sensor of the keypad switches between 0 and 255, and so it’s easy to arm or disarm the alarm accordingly.

I used this topic to configure the keypad :

Basic Home Alarm Setup with Zipato Keypad

Zipato Mini Keypad RFiD/Z-WAVE Setup Guide with Home Assistant Below is a guide for how I setup the Zipato Mini Keypad in Home Assistant for an alarm system. When I was looking to buy this device I say several posts here e.g. asking for how it could be used with Home Assistant so thought it best to give it a try and document the process I will detail a minimalist setup with one sensor. Minimalist Setup: Raspberry Pi 3 Aeon Z-Stick Gen5 Fibaro Z-Wave Sensor Zipato Mini Keypad Home Assistant …

and I had to apply some changes to zwave/lock.py component, as described by merredin in this post Basic Home Alarm Setup with Zipato Keypad - #53 by merredin

Also, when I first paired the keypad with my hass instance using Zwave classic mode (i.e. “not secure”), it didn’t work, I cannot set any user code.
Then, I removed the device and paired it using Secure Z-wave pairing process, and it worked like a charm !

So, first apply the changes to lock.py file, then, pair the device securely. After, define some user codes (or pair tags), and then work with automations to sync the state between hass-alarm and keypad.

If you need some help feel free to ask me