MQTT Alarm Control Panel

The mqtt alarm panel platform enables the possibility to control MQTT capable alarm panels. The Alarm icon will change state after receiving a new state from state_topic. If these messages are published with RETAIN flag, the MQTT alarm panel will receive an instant state update after subscription and will start with the correct state. Otherwise, the initial state will be unknown.

The integration will accept the following states from your Alarm Panel (in lower case):

disarmed
armed_home
armed_away
armed_night
armed_custom_bypass
pending
triggered
arming
disarming

The integration can control your Alarm Panel by publishing to the command_topic when a user interacts with the Home Assistant frontend.

Configuration

To enable this platform, add the following lines to your configuration.yaml:

# Example configuration.yaml entry
alarm_control_panel:
  - platform: mqtt
    state_topic: "home/alarm"
    command_topic: "home/alarm/set"

Configuration Variables

availabilitylist(Optional)

A list of MQTT topics subscribed to receive availability (online/offline) updates. Must not be used together with availability_topic.

payload_availablestring(Optional, default: online)

The payload that represents the available state.

payload_not_availablestring(Optional, default: offline)

The payload that represents the unavailable state.

topicstringRequired

An MQTT topic subscribed to receive availability (online/offline) updates.

availability_topicstring(Optional)

The MQTT topic subscribed to receive availability (online/offline) updates. Must not be used together with availability.

codestring(Optional)

If defined, specifies a code to enable or disable the alarm in the frontend.

code_arm_requiredboolean(Optional, default: true)

If true the code is required to arm the alarm. If false the code is not validated.

code_disarm_requiredboolean(Optional, default: true)

If true the code is required to disarm the alarm. If false the code is not validated.

command_templatestring(Optional, default: action)

The template used for the command payload. Available variables: action and code.

command_topicstringRequired

The MQTT topic to publish commands to change the alarm state.

devicemap(Optional)

Information about the device this alarm panel is a part of to tie it into the device registry. Only works through MQTT discovery and when unique_id is set.

connectionslist(Optional)

A list of connections of the device to the outside world as a list of tuples [connection_type, connection_identifier]. For example the MAC address of a network interface: "connections": [["mac", "02:5b:26:a8:dc:12"]].

identifierslist | string(Optional)

A list of IDs that uniquely identify the device. For example a serial number.

manufacturerstring(Optional)

The manufacturer of the device.

modelstring(Optional)

The model of the device.

namestring(Optional)

The name of the device.

sw_versionstring(Optional)

The firmware version of the device.

via_devicestring(Optional)

Identifier of a device that routes messages between this device and Home Assistant. Examples of such devices are hubs, or parent devices of a sub-device. This is used to show device topology in Home Assistant.

json_attributes_templatetemplate(Optional)

Defines a template to extract the JSON dictionary from messages received on the json_attributes_topic. Usage example can be found in MQTT sensor documentation.

json_attributes_topicstring(Optional)

The MQTT topic subscribed to receive a JSON dictionary payload and then set as sensor attributes. Usage example can be found in MQTT sensor documentation.

namestring(Optional, default: MQTT Alarm)

The name of the alarm.

payload_arm_awaystring(Optional, default: ARM_AWAY)

The payload to set armed-away mode on your Alarm Panel.

payload_arm_homestring(Optional, default: ARM_HOME)

The payload to set armed-home mode on your Alarm Panel.

payload_arm_nightstring(Optional, default: ARM_NIGHT)

The payload to set armed-night mode on your Alarm Panel.

payload_arm_custom_bypassstring(Optional, default: ARM_CUSTOM_BYPASS)

The payload to set armed-custom-bypass mode on your Alarm Panel.

payload_availablestring(Optional, default: online)

The payload that represents the available state.

payload_disarmstring(Optional, default: DISARM)

The payload to disarm your Alarm Panel.

payload_not_availablestring(Optional, default: offline)

The payload that represents the unavailable state.

qosinteger(Optional, default: 0)

The maximum QoS level of the state topic.

state_topicstringRequired

The MQTT topic subscribed to receive state updates.

unique_idstring(Optional)

An ID that uniquely identifies this alarm panel. If two alarm panels have the same unique ID, Home Assistant will raise an exception.

value_templatetemplate(Optional)

Defines a template to extract the value.