Make your X Sense Smoke Detectors SMARTER with Home Assistant Integration
Integrate X-Sense Smoke & CO Detectors with Home Assistant + Smart Automations! 🔥
In this video, I’ll walk you through how to integrate your X-Sense XPOA-MR11 smoke and carbon monoxide detectors into Home Assistant, enabling powerful smart home automations that enhance your safety and awareness.
I’ll cover everything from account setup to installing the custom HACS integration and configuring your devices. I’ll also show you how to create smart automations — like monthly smoke alarm tests, smart light alerts, and critical mobile notifications — all triggered by your smoke detectors.
📌 What you'll learn in this video:
•How to set up dual X-Sense accounts for Home Assistant integration
•Adding the custom HACS repository for X-Sense
•Exploring the entities surfaced in the integration
•Building practical automations for alerts, lights, safety actions, and critical notifications
•Creating monthly self-tests with Google speaker announcements
By the end of this video, you’ll be able to build your own automations using the X-Sense entities in Home Assistant — and you’ll have a much smarter and safer home as a result.
💬 Got your own automation ideas or questions? Drop them in the comments — I’d love to hear what you’re doing with your setup!
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🎥 Chapters Included – Jump to any part of the Home Assistant tutorial with timestamps.
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🎥 VIDEO CHAPTERS:
00:00 - Video Introduction
00:37 - What I'll be covering in the video
01:53 - Invite Another User to X-Sense App (prerequisite for HACS Integration)
02:58 - Login and test new X-Sense App User (do they have required access?)
04:16 - X-Sense HACS Integration for Home Assistant
06:57 - X-Sense HACS Integration Tour
08:16 - Smoke Alarm in Action (what happens in Home Assistant?)
9:19 - Automation ideas and Critical Alerts for X-Sense Smart Smoke Alarm in Home Assistant
15:30 - Final Thoughts ....
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