The Alarm Decoder component gives you access to several services for you to control your alarm with.

- `alarm_arm_away`: Arms the alarm in away mode; all faults will trigger the alarm.

- `alarm_arm_home`: Arms the alarm in stay mode; faults to the doors or windows will trigger the alarm.

- `alarm_arm_night`: Arms the alarm in instant mode; all faults will trigger the alarm. Additionally, the entry delay is turned off on the doors.

- `alarm_disarm`: Disarms the alarm from any state. Also clears a `check_zone` flag after an alarm was triggered.

- `alarmdecoder_alarm_toggle_chime`: Toggles the alarm's chime state.

**Note**: `alarm_arm_custom_bypass` and `alarm_trigger`, while available in the services list in Home Assistant, are not currently implemented in the Alarm Decoder component.

There are several attributes available on the alarm panel to give you more information about your alarm.

- `ac_power`: Set to `true` if your system has AC power supplying it.

- `backlight_on`: Set to `true` if your keypad's backlight is on.

- `battery_low`: Set to `true` if your system's back-up battery is low.

- `check_zone`: Set to `true` if your system was recently triggered. When `check_zone` is `true`, it must be cleared by entering your code + 1 before attempting to rearm your alarm.

- `chime`: Set to `true` if your system's chime is activated. When activated, your system will beep anytime a door or window is faulted while the alarm is disarmed.

- `entry_delay_off`: Set to `true` if your system is in "Instant" mode, meaning the alarm will sound on any faults.

- `programming_mode`: Set to `true` if your system is in programming mode.

- `ready`: Set to `true` if your system is ready to be armed. Any faults, including motions sensors, will make this value `false`.

- `zone_bypassed`: Set to `true` if your system is currently bypassing a zone.

Using a combination of the available services and attributes, you can create switch templates.

{% raw %}

- platform: template

switches:

alarm_chime:

friendly_name: Chime

value_template: "{{ is_state_attr('alarm_control_panel.alarm_panel', 'chime', true) }}"

turn_on:

service: alarm_control_panel.alarmdecoder_alarm_toggle_chime

data:

code: !secret alarm_code

turn_off:

service: alarm_control_panel.alarmdecoder_alarm_toggle_chime

data:

code: !secret alarm_code

icon_template: >-