I’m trying to interface the Konnected alarm panel to Homey Pro (2023) using ESPHome. The alarm panel has ESPHome FW installed which is completely visible on the network with a static IP address and no password. I can’t get the Homey ESPHome app to connect. I know this is an issue on the Homey Pro side, but I’m wondering if anyone here has interfaced the Konnected Alarm Panel to Homey using the Homey Pro ESPHome app. What is the trick? Any pointers greatly appreciated.
I’m interested in this. I saw your post yesterday about the ESPHome app for Homey. That was the first I’ve heard of it. Can you send a link to any documentation?
I don’t have a Homey Pro and know very little about how Homey works, but I can try to help using my knowledge of ESPHome’s connection methods.
Hello Nate,
Thanks for jumping in. I stumbled into Homey since a couple YouTube home automation folks that I follow moved away from Smartthings onto Homey since it has so much to offer. The appearance of integration with just about everything, the advanced flows capability and no subscription got me to jump. I wanted to eliminate the Smartthings and Aqara hubs.
Info about Homey and Homey-ESPhome app:
Homey Pro Website
Homey Community Forum
Homey Pro Apps
Baldhor/Homey-ESPhome-Enhanced github wiki
Baldhor/Homey-ESPhome-Enhanced User Guide
Homey is more difficult than I expected to get devices connected. Since there isn’t a Konnected app, I first thought that learning MQTT would be the way to add the alarm panel. Then a Homey Community Forum member told me about the ESPhome app. I’m trying to figure out how to connect to the Alarm Panel using the app. I think it needs a bearer token and password. A community member has instructed me to connect to the alarm panel via USB and seeing if I can find the security info. That’s what I’m trying to figure out this morning. You may be able to see my Homey community here.
Thanks in advance for any help.
Ron
Progress! I connected to the alarm panel console. The logs showed no encryption or password used. I then used the “friendly_name” exactly as shown from the log over on the Homey Pro ESPhome app and was able to connect! I’m now on the way creating the virtual devices for the alarm panel capabilities.
Nate,
Feedback on the Homey community is that the alarm system MUST have an encryption key since it is an alarm system. What are your thoughts on this?
Also, I plan to make a separate post about what I leaned connecting the alarm panel to Homey when I get it finished.
Very interested in this! Thank you, a lot of people would be interested I think as Homey is gaining popularity.
You can set the encryption key in the Konnected app > your device > Settings > Local Native API > Advanced. The app generates a valid encryption key and then you can copy it on the next screen to paste into your Homey app.
@Mark_AppMyHome I think you may be interested in this, too.