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1 July 2026  ·  6 min read

LocknAlert Is Now on HACS. Getting Your Paradox Alarm Into Home Assistant Just Got a Lot Easier.

The official LocknAlert MQTT integration is live on HACS. Auto-discovery, automatic credential provisioning, real-time local push — no manual MQTT config, no YAML, no credentials to enter. Your bridge finds Home Assistant by itself.

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5 June 2026  ·  7 min read

Your Paradox Alarm Can Arm Itself When You Leave. Here's How to Set It Up.

Forget the "did I arm it?" panic halfway to work. With Home Assistant and LocknAlert Bridge, your alarm arms when everyone leaves and disarms when you arrive — automatically, locally, no subscription.

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27 May 2026  ·  6 min read

Your "Dumb" Paradox Alarm Is Probably the Smartest Sensor Network in Your House

Most South African homes already have 8 to 32 motion and contact sensors wired in and active. The problem isn't the hardware — it's that nobody told you it could do more than sound a siren.

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