I tried to set this up a year ago and gave up. I tried again today with your excellent instructions and finally got my lights to flash when the alarm is triggered. Thank you so much.
Absolutely brilliant tutorial matey so easy and to the point ..thats my first thing ever done its give me a lot more confidence to play around with it ....I tried to add an extra action in the main section for my speaker to announce "police alerted" but it didn't run ..also trying to add it to the script..didn't work going wrong somewhere..but thank you for sharing your knowledge 🙏
Is it possible to have Alarmo integrate with Arlo cameras as part of the system? For example, when the mode is set to "Armed Away," can all cameras record, or while in "Armed Home" mode, only use certain ones to record? Thank you for your tutorials, they are very helpful.
Yes, it is possible to integrate Alarmo with Arlo cameras in Home Assistant to create a comprehensive security system. You can configure different arming modes to control which cameras record based on the system's state. Configuring Modes 1) You can create custom modes in Alarmo that correspond to your Arlo modes: 2) Set up "Armed Away" mode in Alarmo to trigger all Arlo cameras to record. Configure "Armed Home" mode to only activate specific cameras3. Automation Create automations in Home Assistant to link Alarmo states with Arlo camera actions: 1) Use the Arlo Set Mode service to change camera modes based on Alarmo's state. 2) Set up rules in Arlo to define recording behavior for each mode. For example, when Alarmo switches to "Armed Away," you can trigger an automation that sets all Arlo cameras to record. When in "Armed Home," another automation can activate only selected indoor cameras. Remember to match the mode names in your Home Assistant configuration with those in the Arlo app, as they are case-sensitive. I've not done this myself but the principle is sound.
Is it possible to have Alarmo on top of another alarm system. For example my Aqara hub makes a "alarm_control_panel.aqara_hubblablasecuritysystem" entity which can be armed, disarmed etc., but doesn't have a pin code for each. Could Alarmo be set up on top of that? If so, how? Would be very glad, if you could help me.
Simple answer, yes. As you are basically adjusting entity values from one system from another then you'll need to create automations and template to adjust entity values based on each alarm. All totally possible and easy enough to do. I'd do a video for you, but I don't have an Aqara alarm system. Sorry.
Hi @mtc-tech, I don't have a keypad for code entry, however I have heard good things about the following: Tuya APP Door Lock IP66 Waterproof Keyless Biometric WIFI Access Control Standalone Keypad Fingerprint EM RFID Card Door Entry - s.click.aliexpress.com/e/_DmA2Amh SafelyTeam Keypad - shorturl.ac/7cgtq WiFi Tuya APP Access Control Keypad Waterproof RFID Keyboard Controller Reader Touch Backlight Door Opener WG26 Output Alarm - s.click.aliexpress.com/e/_DC8Ikr7 But as I said, big disclaimer, I have not tested any of these and don't have personal experience of any of them. I hope that helps.
I have used a Z-Wave Siren for the alarm I have and I found this integrates into Home Assistant. The existing stand alone alarm has become flakey, so I have been looking at Alarmo. I am thinking of using the Google Nest speakers as the internal siren and keeping the Z-Wave siren as the external siren. I had a look at Alarmo and thought it looked liek the easiest way to create an alarm system within HA. Just as a note, as much as I understand why you do it, that little animated subscribe thing was a bit distracting running somewhat randomly for the first 2 minutes of the video. That said, I have subscribed as I am in Australia and there are not a lot of Home Assistant channels based in Australia
I built an alarm from scratch with automations and helpers previously and although it was very specific and tailored to my needs it was overly complex and when I went back to make changes to it I needed to "relearn" the complex logic. For this reason I moved across to Alarmo and I have to say it has been fabulous, simple to setup and maintain and rock solid ever since. Noted on the subscribe, I'll leave this to relevant section on future productions not already filmed :) Thanks for joining the community and I look forward to your future comments.
OK, can you check that your sensors are all binary (and configured as such), Alarmo only works with binary sensor types. You need to check the device class (www.home-assistant.io/integrations/binary_sensor/#device-class) Outside of the above I think you need to contact the developer (Niels Faber) on GitHub.
At 9:45 you add a "Delay"-Action. I cannot seem to find any Actions of that type, and I am having trouble finding google results for it too. It is mostly people trying to code those actions in yaml. How come you have this "Deley"-Action?
Morning (or evening :)) OK the whole automation section was revamped afew months back and they made it "simpler" with a new blocking system. Everything is still there it just need to find the appropriate action. Add Action, search for and select "Wait for time to pass (delay)" and you should be good to go. Enjoy.
@@smart_home_australia Good evening ;) Well thank you very much. I only searched for "Deley", but the search-function wasn't that fleshed out I guess. Thank you again :) Great guide also!
I use alarmo also have all doors and windows covered and the outside door locks are automated as well. For a siren i bought a 12 vdc cheap siren and a 12 vdc power adapter to power it. Then bought a singled smart zigbee power plug that intergrades with HA. So can turn it on and off in HA with alarmo. Also have a NFC tag in the car i scan with my phone when i leave or return home to disable and enable alarmo. Found that using HA's zone detection is iffy at best. At least in my area anyway.
Sounds like you have a very comprehensive setup. I originally built all the logic for an alarm and found it became way to complex. Alarmo gives a great solution that meets 95% of my user cases and when mixed in with other integrations like cameras its extremely powerful. Thanks for your comments and great to see others gaining benefits from HA.
I find Geofencing on any system a bit ordinary, and usually only accurate to 75mtrs or so. It depends on what you use for your geofencing also. The HA App is not so accurate, being only good for about 100mtr radius. OwnTracks can be more accurate, but it is a little more fiddly to keep it running well. Life360 is hopeless also, it can't even be set to less than about 75 to 80mtrs.
@EsoyericArctos, I think you hit the nail on the head there. Geofencing, in a perfect world, would work seamlessly but it can the temperamental. I tend to use it in conjunction with other sensors or better still combine the geofencing techniques. This topic might be worth a video as the landscape is always changing. Side question, how strong is your WiFi and how far does it permeate away from your house? Also are you an Android or iPhone user?
Hi @smartthinking231, I don't own a Aqara MS1 so don't have any first hand experience, however, check out shorturl.ac/7cu7e, this takes you through how to integrate the MS1 with HA through HomeKit. If this exposes the Aqara siren you should be able to turn on the siren. If this doesn't work I'd recommend: Aeotec Siren 6 (Z-Wave) US - amzn.to/45MGPiK AU - amzn.to/48cMsss Tuya Siren - FUWE 105db Siren US - amzn.to/3EyCuUn AU - amzn.to/3sPzHDO International - s.click.aliexpress.com/e/_DFURE75
Yes, you can use Sonos speakers for the alarm when using ALARMO within Home Assistant. When the alarm is triggered, you can set up a script to play an audio file out of the Sonos speakers, Let me know if you need a sample script code and I'll see if I can drop onto the Channels file share for you.
I tried to set this up a year ago and gave up. I tried again today with your excellent instructions and finally got my lights to flash when the alarm is triggered. Thank you so much.
Thanks @thumperstrauss4431. I'm so glad you finally got it working, it can be tricky. Happy Christmas.
Thank you for these tutorials. I have learned a lot from you and your videos.
Glad you're finding my videos helpful! Alarmo is one of my fav's so its a great place to start.
@@smart_home_australia do you where i can get a free siren mp3 sound?
Thank you for making up this great video!
You are most welcome, hope it helps.
@@smart_home_australia do you where i can get a free siren mp3 sound?
Thank you for an easy step by step on how to get this setup. I enjoyed this and your work..Thank you.
Glad you like and it thank you for letting me know. It means alot when you, my audience, respond. *Thanks* .
Absolutely brilliant tutorial matey so easy and to the point ..thats my first thing ever done its give me a lot more confidence to play around with it ....I tried to add an extra action in the main section for my speaker to announce "police alerted" but it didn't run ..also trying to add it to the script..didn't work going wrong somewhere..but thank you for sharing your knowledge 🙏
Thanks Peter. BTW love the drone videos 😉
Is it possible to have Alarmo integrate with Arlo cameras as part of the system? For example, when the mode is set to "Armed Away," can all cameras record, or while in "Armed Home" mode, only use certain ones to record? Thank you for your tutorials, they are very helpful.
Yes, it is possible to integrate Alarmo with Arlo cameras in Home Assistant to create a comprehensive security system. You can configure different arming modes to control which cameras record based on the system's state.
Configuring Modes
1) You can create custom modes in Alarmo that correspond to your Arlo modes:
2) Set up "Armed Away" mode in Alarmo to trigger all Arlo cameras to record.
Configure "Armed Home" mode to only activate specific cameras3.
Automation
Create automations in Home Assistant to link Alarmo states with Arlo camera actions:
1) Use the Arlo Set Mode service to change camera modes based on Alarmo's state.
2) Set up rules in Arlo to define recording behavior for each mode.
For example, when Alarmo switches to "Armed Away," you can trigger an automation that sets all Arlo cameras to record. When in "Armed Home," another automation can activate only selected indoor cameras.
Remember to match the mode names in your Home Assistant configuration with those in the Arlo app, as they are case-sensitive.
I've not done this myself but the principle is sound.
Is it possible to have Alarmo on top of another alarm system. For example my Aqara hub makes a "alarm_control_panel.aqara_hubblablasecuritysystem" entity which can be armed, disarmed etc., but doesn't have a pin code for each. Could Alarmo be set up on top of that? If so, how? Would be very glad, if you could help me.
Simple answer, yes. As you are basically adjusting entity values from one system from another then you'll need to create automations and template to adjust entity values based on each alarm. All totally possible and easy enough to do. I'd do a video for you, but I don't have an Aqara alarm system. Sorry.
@@smart_home_australia I think that it is exposed via "homekit" the alarm panel thing. Does this make it more clear on how to do it?
@@mountainfanatic In which case then yes, totally possible. As your original question was a month ago, did you succeed in doing it ?
@@smart_home_australia nope, I played more with dashboard related things and to be honest I'm not that good in yaml.
What manual control panel integrates well for arming or entering code?
Hi @mtc-tech, I don't have a keypad for code entry, however I have heard good things about the following:
Tuya APP Door Lock IP66 Waterproof Keyless Biometric WIFI Access Control Standalone Keypad Fingerprint EM RFID Card Door Entry - s.click.aliexpress.com/e/_DmA2Amh
SafelyTeam Keypad - shorturl.ac/7cgtq
WiFi Tuya APP Access Control Keypad Waterproof RFID Keyboard Controller Reader Touch Backlight Door Opener WG26 Output Alarm - s.click.aliexpress.com/e/_DC8Ikr7
But as I said, big disclaimer, I have not tested any of these and don't have personal experience of any of them. I hope that helps.
I have used a Z-Wave Siren for the alarm I have and I found this integrates into Home Assistant. The existing stand alone alarm has become flakey, so I have been looking at Alarmo. I am thinking of using the Google Nest speakers as the internal siren and keeping the Z-Wave siren as the external siren. I had a look at Alarmo and thought it looked liek the easiest way to create an alarm system within HA.
Just as a note, as much as I understand why you do it, that little animated subscribe thing was a bit distracting running somewhat randomly for the first 2 minutes of the video.
That said, I have subscribed as I am in Australia and there are not a lot of Home Assistant channels based in Australia
I built an alarm from scratch with automations and helpers previously and although it was very specific and tailored to my needs it was overly complex and when I went back to make changes to it I needed to "relearn" the complex logic. For this reason I moved across to Alarmo and I have to say it has been fabulous, simple to setup and maintain and rock solid ever since.
Noted on the subscribe, I'll leave this to relevant section on future productions not already filmed :) Thanks for joining the community and I look forward to your future comments.
Great job
Thank you
I dont have the list off sensors, how can solve?
Have you done a restart after installing ALARMO ?
@@smart_home_australia yes
@@smart_home_australia yes
I uninstall and install again, uninstall and install again a diferente version and no sensors
OK, can you check that your sensors are all binary (and configured as such), Alarmo only works with binary sensor types. You need to check the device class (www.home-assistant.io/integrations/binary_sensor/#device-class)
Outside of the above I think you need to contact the developer (Niels Faber) on GitHub.
At 9:45 you add a "Delay"-Action.
I cannot seem to find any Actions of that type, and I am having trouble finding google results for it too. It is mostly people trying to code those actions in yaml.
How come you have this "Deley"-Action?
Morning (or evening :)) OK the whole automation section was revamped afew months back and they made it "simpler" with a new blocking system. Everything is still there it just need to find the appropriate action. Add Action, search for and select "Wait for time to pass (delay)" and you should be good to go. Enjoy.
@@smart_home_australia
Good evening ;)
Well thank you very much. I only searched for "Deley", but the search-function wasn't that fleshed out I guess.
Thank you again :)
Great guide also!
Pleasure is all mine, I'm glad we get you up and running, welcome to the Smart Home journey :)
I use alarmo also have all doors and windows covered and the outside door locks are automated as well. For a siren i bought a 12 vdc cheap siren and a 12 vdc power adapter to power it. Then bought a singled smart zigbee power plug that intergrades with HA. So can turn it on and off in HA with alarmo. Also have a NFC tag in the car i scan with my phone when i leave or return home to disable and enable alarmo. Found that using HA's zone detection is iffy at best. At least in my area anyway.
Sounds like you have a very comprehensive setup. I originally built all the logic for an alarm and found it became way to complex. Alarmo gives a great solution that meets 95% of my user cases and when mixed in with other integrations like cameras its extremely powerful.
Thanks for your comments and great to see others gaining benefits from HA.
I find Geofencing on any system a bit ordinary, and usually only accurate to 75mtrs or so. It depends on what you use for your geofencing also. The HA App is not so accurate, being only good for about 100mtr radius. OwnTracks can be more accurate, but it is a little more fiddly to keep it running well. Life360 is hopeless also, it can't even be set to less than about 75 to 80mtrs.
@EsoyericArctos, I think you hit the nail on the head there. Geofencing, in a perfect world, would work seamlessly but it can the temperamental. I tend to use it in conjunction with other sensors or better still combine the geofencing techniques. This topic might be worth a video as the landscape is always changing. Side question, how strong is your WiFi and how far does it permeate away from your house? Also are you an Android or iPhone user?
dear thanks a lot but i have question how to add aqara hub ms1 to action to do sound alarm
Hi @smartthinking231, I don't own a Aqara MS1 so don't have any first hand experience, however, check out shorturl.ac/7cu7e, this takes you through how to integrate the MS1 with HA through HomeKit. If this exposes the Aqara siren you should be able to turn on the siren.
If this doesn't work I'd recommend:
Aeotec Siren 6 (Z-Wave)
US - amzn.to/45MGPiK
AU - amzn.to/48cMsss
Tuya Siren - FUWE 105db Siren
US - amzn.to/3EyCuUn
AU - amzn.to/3sPzHDO
International - s.click.aliexpress.com/e/_DFURE75
How can I use my Sonos speakers as a Siren?
Yes, you can use Sonos speakers for the alarm when using ALARMO within Home Assistant. When the alarm is triggered, you can set up a script to play an audio file out of the Sonos speakers, Let me know if you need a sample script code and I'll see if I can drop onto the Channels file share for you.
@@smart_home_australia I would love to see the sample code. I appreciate it!
Looks like Nintendo stole the name...
LOLs. Classic.....