Pimatic alarm system plugin

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You can add a switch of class AlarmSwitch, as described here: https://github.com/michbeck100/pimatic-alarm/blob/master/README.md

This switch will be switched on if the alarm goes on. is that enough?

you can call / trigger the device via api from one pi on the other

Hello Michbeck100 and Leader21,
If the alarm gets triggert i get the log-message “device Bewegingsmelder2 activated the alarm”.
However, the switch is as defined in https://github.com/michbeck100/pimatic-alarm/blob/master/README.md does not react. maybe a bug?
and last but not least can you give me an example of a api call/trigger for the alarm?

Thanks Hans

@hansjeu not really a bug but a misinformation . I thought I implemented this already, but looking at the code I obviously didn’t. Shame on me. I will add this as soon as I can.

Thanks I thought I lost my touch.
Hans

If I may be so bold.
Now you are reprogramming “alarm” again, I have a question.
If the alarm is activated, I get a log message like "device Bewegingsmelder2 caused the alarm."
Is it possible (if can you make it possible) that the triggering device is stored in a variable so that I can show it, for example, on the screen to see what was the cause of the alarm, or for example, I can send a text message that a smoke detector gives an alarm.
If a smoke detector device triggers the alarm I would therefore take more drastic actions, as when a cat at home activerd a motion detector.
Greetings Hans

@hansjeu Added as feature request: https://github.com/michbeck100/pimatic-alarm/issues/2

@michbeck100 Does any body know how to set a variable? Please answer here: https://forum.pimatic.org/topic/2256/how-to-set-variable-programmatically

Just released version 0.1.0 of pimatic-alarm, which sets the variable on alarm.

Hello is it possible that an email with the email plugin is send out?

@temp you could create a rule that triggers when alarm gets switched on

Bump
I’m trying this plugin to see if it’s something for my situation, but I think I’m doing something wrong

• Create a device with class AlarmSystem
• Create a device with class AlarmSwitch
• Add a dummy presence to the AlarmSystem config
• Turn the AlarmSystem on and get alarm system "alarmsystem" activated
• Set presence of dummy presence to present
• Nothing happens?
• Turn on AlarmSwitch, nothing happens?

What am I doing wrong? Do I misunderstand the plugin ?

@koffienl you need at least another actor that will be triggered once a sensor (in your case the Dummy presence sensor) gets input. The AlarmSwitch is just for turning on the alarm system.
With just one sensor you won’t see much.

Thanks for quick reply.
But I did ‘trigger’ the alarm by setting the presence device to present. What should happen in that situation ?

EDIT: When I restart pimatic, something changes… The name of the presence device will be displayed on the GUI but that’s it?
The AlarmSwitch doesn’t do anything?

@koffienl did you read https://github.com/michbeck100/pimatic-alarm/blob/master/README.md?

To see something happen, you need at least one actor to be triggered by a sensor, e.g. a presence sensor notices movement and triggers a switch which turns on the light.

In your case the switch is missing, so nothing happens. The AlarmSwitch can manually trigger an alarm (e.g. by rule)