binary_sensor.security_partition_1 state Unknown

[daexpert]

I have a 1616 alarm + arduino uno + Home Assistant, I can arm/disarm the alarm, I can read the sensors state but the problem is that the binary_sensor.security_partition_1 state is Unknown. What could be the problem?

[taligentx]

Hi @daexpert - can you post your Home Assistant configuration.yaml? I'm curious what part of partition 1 is configured as a binary_sensor component.

[daexpert]

This is the configuration.yaml section for the alarm:

alarm_control_panel:

• platform: mqtt
  name: "Security Partition 1"
  state_topic: "dsc/Get/Partition1"
  availability_topic: "dsc/Status"
  command_topic: "dsc/Set"
  payload_disarm: "1D"
  payload_arm_home: "1S"
  payload_arm_away: "1A"
  payload_arm_night: "1N"
• platform: mqtt
  name: "Security Partition 2"
  state_topic: "dsc/Get/Partition2"
  availability_topic: "dsc/Status"
  command_topic: "dsc/Set"
  payload_disarm: "2D"
  payload_arm_home: "2S"
  payload_arm_away: "2A"
  payload_arm_night: "2N"

binary_sensor 1:

• platform: mqtt
  name: "Security Trouble"
  state_topic: "dsc/Get/Trouble"
  device_class: "problem"
  payload_on: "1"
  payload_off: "0"
• platform: mqtt
  name: "Security Partition 1"
  state_topic: "dsc/Get/Partition1/Message"
  availability_topic: "dsc/Status"
  icon: "mdi:shield"
• platform: mqtt
  name: "Security Partition 2"
  state_topic: "dsc/Get/Partition2/Message"
  availability_topic: "dsc/Status"
  icon: "mdi:shield"
• platform: mqtt
  name: "Z1_Garage"
  state_topic: "dsc/Get/Zone1"
  device_class: "motion"
  payload_on: "1"
  payload_off: "0"
• platform: mqtt
  name: "Z2_Hol"
  state_topic: "dsc/Get/Zone2"
  device_class: "motion"
  payload_on: "1"
  payload_off: "0"
• platform: mqtt
  name: "Z3_Kitchen"
  state_topic: "dsc/Get/Zone3"
  device_class: "motion"
  payload_on: "1"
  payload_off: "0"
• platform: mqtt
  name: "Z4_Living Room"
  state_topic: "dsc/Get/Zone4"
  device_class: "motion"
  payload_on: "1"
  payload_off: "0"

And here is a print screen where you can see the unknown state:

[daexpert]

Any idea how to fix this?

[taligentx]

Hi @daexpert, this looks like a Home Assistant configuration issue - the partition status messages in your configuration are setup as binary_sensor components:

binary_sensor 1:
platform: mqtt
name: "Security Trouble"
state_topic: "dsc/Get/Trouble"
device_class: "problem"
payload_on: "1"
payload_off: "0"
name: "Security Partition 1"
state_topic: "dsc/Get/Partition1/Message"
availability_topic: "dsc/Status"
icon: "mdi:shield"
platform: mqtt
name: "Security Partition 2"
state_topic: "dsc/Get/Partition2/Message"
availability_topic: "dsc/Status"
icon: "mdi:shield"

This is incorrect, the status messages should be configured as sensor components - here's part of the configuration example from HomeAssistant-MQTT.ino:

# The sensor component displays the partition status message - edit the Home
# view ("Configure UI"), click "+", select the "Sensor" card, select "Entity",
# and select the security system partition.
# https://www.home-assistant.io/components/sensor.mqtt/
sensor:
  - platform: mqtt
    name: "Security Partition 1"
    state_topic: "dsc/Get/Partition1/Message"
    availability_topic: "dsc/Status"
    icon: "mdi:shield"
  - platform: mqtt
    name: "Security Partition 2"
    state_topic: "dsc/Get/Partition2/Message"
    availability_topic: "dsc/Status"
    icon: "mdi:shield"
# https://www.home-assistant.io/components/binary_sensor.mqtt/
binary_sensor:
  - platform: mqtt
    name: "Security Trouble"
    state_topic: "dsc/Get/Trouble"
    device_class: "problem"
    payload_on: "1"
    payload_off: "0"

[daexpert]

Messages are configured as sensor components, I repost the complete config:

mqtt:
alarm_control_panel:
- name: "Security Partition 1"
state_topic: "dsc/Get/Partition1"
availability_topic: "dsc/Status"
command_topic: "dsc/Set"
payload_disarm: "1D"
payload_arm_home: "1S"
payload_arm_away: "1A"
payload_arm_night: "1N"
- name: "Security Partition 2"
state_topic: "dsc/Get/Partition2"
availability_topic: "dsc/Status"
command_topic: "dsc/Set"
payload_disarm: "2D"
payload_arm_home: "2S"
payload_arm_away: "2A"
payload_arm_night: "2N"

sensor:
- name: "Security Partition 1"
state_topic: "dsc/Get/Partition1/Message"
availability_topic: "dsc/Status"
icon: "mdi:shield"
- name: "Security Partition 2"
state_topic: "dsc/Get/Partition2/Message"
availability_topic: "dsc/Status"
icon: "mdi:shield"

binary_sensor:
- name: "Security Trouble"
state_topic: "dsc/Get/Trouble"
device_class: "problem"
payload_on: "1"
payload_off: "0"
- name: "Z1_Garage"
state_topic: "dsc/Get/Zone1"
device_class: "motion"
payload_on: "1"
payload_off: "0"
- name: "Z2_Hol"
state_topic: "dsc/Get/Zone2"
device_class: "motion"
payload_on: "1"
payload_off: "0"
- name: "Z3_Kitchen"
state_topic: "dsc/Get/Zone3"
device_class: "motion"
payload_on: "1"
payload_off: "0"
- name: "Z4_Living Room"
state_topic: "dsc/Get/Zone4"
device_class: "motion"
payload_on: "1"
payload_off: "0"