Ness Alarm
The ness_alarm
integrationIntegrations connect and integrate Home Assistant with your devices, services, and more. [Learn more] will allow Home Assistant users who own a Ness D8x/D16x alarm system to leverage their alarm system and its sensors to provide Home Assistant with information about their homes. Connectivity between Home Assistant and the alarm is accomplished through a IP232 module that must be connected to the alarm.
There is currently support for the following device types within Home Assistant:
- Binary sensor: Reports on zone statuses
- Alarm control panel: Reports on alarm status, and can be used to arm/disarm the system
The module communicates via the Ness D8x/D16x ASCII protocol
Configuration
A ness_alarm
section must be present in the configuration.yaml
The configuration.yaml file is the main configuration file for Home Assistant. It lists the integrations to be loaded and their specific configurations. In some cases, the configuration needs to be edited manually directly in the configuration.yaml file. Most integrations can be configured in the UI. [Learn more] file and contain the following options as required:
After changing the configuration.yaml
The configuration.yaml file is the main configuration file for Home Assistant. It lists the integrations to be loaded and their specific configurations. In some cases, the configuration needs to be edited manually directly in the configuration.yaml file. Most integrations can be configured in the UI. [Learn more] file, restart Home Assistant to apply the changes. The integration is now shown on the integrations page under Settings > Devices & services. Its entities are listed on the integration card itself and on the Entities tab.
# Example configuration.yaml entry
ness_alarm:
host: alarm.local
port: 2401
zones:
- name: Garage
id: 1
- name: Storeroom
id: 2
- name: Kitchen
id: 3
- name: Front Entrance
id: 4
- name: Front Door
id: 5
type: door
Configuration Variables
Time interval between updates. Supported formats: scan_interval: 'HH:MM:SS'
, scan_interval: 'HH:MM'
and Time period dictionary (see example below).
Infer the disarmed arming state only via system status events. This works around a bug with some panels (<v5.8
) which emit update.status = []
when they are armed.
List of zones to add
The zone type. Can be any binary_sensor device class.
Time period dictionary example
scan_interval:
# At least one of these must be specified:
days: 0
hours: 0
minutes: 0
seconds: 10
milliseconds: 0
Actions
Action aux
Trigger an aux output. This requires PCB version 7.8 or higher.
Data attribute | Optional | Description |
---|---|---|
output_id |
No | The aux output you wish to change. A number from 1-4. |
state |
Yes | The On/Off State, represented as true/false. Default is true. If P14xE 8E is enabled then a value of true will pulse output x for the time specified in P14(x+4)E. |
Action panic
Trigger a panic
Data attribute | Optional | Description |
---|---|---|
code |
No | The user code to use to trigger the panic. |