Set the alarm panel time

Use this action to set the clock on your Risco alarm panel, for example to keep it in sync with Home Assistant after a power loss or a time change.

Using this action from the user interface

If you prefer building automations and scripts visually, Home Assistant walks you through this action step by step. You pick what to target, tweak a few options, and save. No YAML knowledge required.

To set the alarm panel time from an automation or a script:

1. Go to Settings > Automations & scenes.
2. Open an existing automation or script, or select Create automation > Create new automation.
3. If you’re setting up a new automation, add a trigger in the When section. Scripts don’t need a trigger. They run when something else calls them.
4. In the Then do section, select Add action.
5. Search for and select Risco: Set the alarm panel time.
6. Select the Config entry for the alarm panel you want to set, and optionally a Time.
7. Select Save.

This action does not support targets. In the UI, you are not prompted to choose an area, device, entity, or label.

Options in the UI

Using this action in YAML

If you work directly in YAML, or you want to know exactly what Home Assistant does under the hood, this section has the technical reference. It lists the field names you use in YAML, their types, and which ones are required.

In YAML, refer to this action as risco.set_time:

action: risco.set_time
data:
  config_entry_id: 1b9a8a9d2c3e4f5061728394a5b6c7d8

This sets the alarm panel clock to the current Home Assistant system time.

Options in YAML

Good to know

• Setting the panel time is only available on a local connection, not over Risco Cloud.

Try it yourself

Ready to test this? Open Developer tools > Actions, search for this action, fill in the fields, and select Perform action. You see what happens on your actual entitiesAn entity represents a sensor, actor, or function in Home Assistant. Entities are used to monitor physical properties or to control other entities. An entity is usually part of a device or a service. [Learn more] without writing a line of YAML.

More examples

Real scenarios where this action shows up in automations and scripts. Copy any example and adapt it to your setup.

Automation: keep the alarm panel clock in sync

Re-sync the alarm panel clock with the Home Assistant system time every night, so it stays accurate after a power loss or a daylight saving time change.

• Trigger: Time: 03:00:00
• Action: Risco: Set the alarm panel time
  • Config entry: Your Risco alarm panel

- alias: "Sync the Risco alarm panel clock"
  triggers:
    - trigger: time
      at: "03:00:00"
  actions:
    - action: risco.set_time
      data:
        config_entry_id: 1b9a8a9d2c3e4f5061728394a5b6c7d8

Still stuck?

The Home Assistant community is quick to help: join Discord for real-time chat, post on the community forum with the action you’re calling and what you expected to happen, or share on our subreddit /r/homeassistant.