App - Alarm System Interface Configuration Issue

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Just installed my first Konnected Pro Interface panel on an old Concord 4 ADT board. Integrated it with Home Assistant. Fun process and got the outcome I was looking for but having some issues getting the Firmware tuned in.

Tried using the new “Alarm System Interface” menu option in the app to setup my Armed State, Triggered State, & Keyswitch. The Armed and Trigged seem to work fine in HA but the Keyswitch config was not showing as a pulse in HA. I could arm the system from HA but could not Disarm. I had set it to “Momentary” in the app but did not seem to act that way.

Reverted back to using the “Zone Settings” config to setup the Armed, Triggered & Keyswitch but changes the UI experience in HA.

Start with I am new to Konnected so let me know if I missed something obvious. Thanks.

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When you set up the keyswitch config under Alarm System Interface it doesn’t expose as a separate button/entity in HA. It’s more of an internal control that hooks in with the Alarm Control Panel component that appears in HA.

It should work that when you arm in HA, it triggers the keyswitch automatically to sync the actual state of the alarm, and vice-versa when you disarm.

There was a bug that I actually just fixed recently (last week I think) related to keyswitch. I recommend trying it again if it’s been more than a week.

Or let me know your device ID and I will look into the config for you and we’ll get it working. Sounds like you have the right idea, and it should work the way you describe.

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@nate - That took care of it. I had setup the panel 2 weeks ago then reverted back. Looks like your Firmware update was the fix and it is a much better experience in HA. It now recognizes it as an alarm panel element. I can see the single control with Armed/Disarmed state in the HA dashboard. Where do I see the triggered entity or is it in that single control? Thanks.

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Cool, glad that solved it!

There’s not a separate entity for triggered – that’s internal as well. The Alarm Panel entity in Home Assistant has the following states:

  • Disarmed
  • Armed away
  • Armed home (optional)
  • Armed night (optional)
  • Pending
  • Arming
  • Disarming
  • Triggered

Konnected maps that all for you to the internal states and triggers to make it easy. More info here.

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Perfect!!! This is exactly what I was looking for. Takes the integration to a new level. Thanks.

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Need to circle back on this one. I had a weird setup on my alarm system where a speaker was used instead of a siren. Needed to do some troubleshooting get the inputs to work right but I think I have it wired right but not seeing the expected behavior.

So using the Alarm System Interface:

  • Armed State - Zone 8 Inverted
  • Trigger State - Zone 7 Inverted

The issue I am seeing:

  • When I arm I see Zone 8 go high
    • In HA I can see the Armed status and see the log entry
  • When I trigger the alarm Zone 7 goes high (zone 8 stays high)
    • In HA it is still Armed and no status change or log entry for the trigger

Am I missing something in my config?

Thanks.