Input & Output Configuration with ESPHome
Use all the input and output features of ESPHome on your Konnected Alarm Panel device. This article applies to both the 6-zone Konnected Alarm Panel devices and the 12-zone Alarm Panel Pro.
Binary Sensors
All numbered zones can be configured for binary sensors in ESPHome using the GPIO Binary Sensor platform. This is how you would configure wired door and window sensors, motion sensors, smoke/CO detectors, leak detectors, etc connected to the Konnected Alarm Panel. Enable the internal pullup on each zone for best results.
Example ESPHome binary sensor config:
binary_sensor:
- platform: gpio
name: Zone 1
device_class: door
pin:
number: GPIO5
mode: INPUT_PULLUP
- platform: gpio
name: Zone 2
pin:
number: GPIO4
mode: INPUT_PULLUPSee zone to GPIO mapping for the GPIO numbers for your hardware.
Switches and Sirens
The ALARM or OUT switched outputs can be controlled in ESPHome using the GPIO Switch platform. This is typically used to switch on a siren, strobe or relay.
Zones 1 - 5 on the 6-zone Konnected Alarm Panel and Zones 1 - 8 on the Alarm Panel Pro can also be configured as a switch in the same way and will output 3.3V when active high, useful with a 3V piezo or a 3V-5V relay.
Example ESPHome switch configs:
switch:
# simple siren on/off switch
- platform: gpio
name: Siren
pin: GPIO12
# use with a low-level trigger relay
- platform: gpio
name: Low Trigger Switch example
pin:
number: GPIO13
inverted: yes
# with a piezo buzzer, beep 3 times
- platform: gpio
pin: GPIO15
id: beep
- platform: template
name: Beep beep beep
turn_on_action:
- switch.turn_on: beep
- delay: 60ms
- switch.turn_off: beep
- delay: 60ms
- switch.turn_on: beep
- delay: 60ms
- switch.turn_off: beep
- delay: 60ms
- switch.turn_on: beep
- delay: 60ms
- switch.turn_off: beepSee zone to GPIO mapping for the GPIO numbers for your hardware.
DHT Temperature & Humidity Sensors
DHT Sensors work via GPIO as you would expect.
sensor:
- platform: dht
pin: GPIO13
temperature:
name: Temperature
humidity:
name: Humidity
update_interval: 60sDS18B20 Temperature Probes
These also work using the Dallas component, you can even connect multiple to a single zone because they're individually addressed.
dallas:
- pin: GPIO13
sensor:
- platform: dallas
address: 0x1c0000031edd2a28
name: Aquarium Temperature