Vanderbilt SPC
spc
Home Assistant has support to integrate your Vanderbilt SPC alarm panel and any connected motion, door, smoke and technical sensors.
In Apple Home through HomeKit Bridge
What HomeKit Bridge makes of each kind of entity this integration creates, read from its source code. A device only gets the ones that apply to it.
| Entity | Shows up as | Note |
|---|---|---|
alarm_control_panel | Security system | |
binary_sensor | Sensor (contact, motion, smoke) |
1 report below say how a device from this integration behaves in the Home app.
What people report
Vanderbilt SPC panels work via the SPC Web Gateway; alarm state needed extra SIA codes on 4300 panels.
- Partly works2
| Device | In Home Assistant | In Apple Home | What they said | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SPC alarm system | Partly works | Partly in Home Occasional invalid SecuritySystemCurrentState errors, panel still usable | Related to alarm panels lacking home modeSaved copyThe problem I've got an SPC alarm system exposed through HomeKit that seem to render occasional errors in the log every now and then (attaching error message from the logs in the details section in this issue). I haven't been able to figure out why this happens, so I can't trigger/force the issue manually :/ ### What is version of Home Assistant Core has the issue? core-2021.3.4 ### What was the last working version of Home Assistant Core? _No response_ ### What type of installation are you running? Home Assistant OS ### Integration causing the issue HomeKit (or rather its HAP-python … Excerpt saved from GitHub on 2026-10-23. | Issue #48538 · 2021-03 |
| Vanderbilt SPC 4300 panel | Partly works Local | Alarm state not updating; workaround adding CL and OP SIA codesSaved copy… issue: 0.88.1 Last working Home Assistant release (if known): Operating environment (Hass.io/Docker/Windows/etc.): Raspbian Stretch Component/platform: spc Description of problem: alarm_control_panel.area_1 entity state is not updated when alarm is armed or disarmed without restarting the Home Assistant server. This is true both when arming through Home Assistant and through SPC Connect Other asynchronous events like binary_sensor states _do_ work without a restart. Problem-relevant `configuration.yaml` entries and (fill out even if it seems unimportant): [code] Traceback (if applicable): … Excerpt saved from GitHub on 2026-10-23. | Issue #21490 · 2019-02 |
Gathered from GitHub issues, pull requests, discussions and docs, and from r/homeassistant. These are individual reports, so check the linked thread and the date before you buy.
How it connects
Local push
Talks to the device on your network, and the device tells Home Assistant the moment something changes.
Details
| Installs (analytics) | 42 (0.01%) |
|---|---|
| Quality scale | Legacy |
| Added in | Home Assistant 0.47 |
| Set up in the UI | No, YAML |
In ReReHome
Whatever HomeKit Bridge shares reaches Apple Home as normal HomeKit accessories behind your Home Assistant bridge, so ReReHome shows and controls them like any other.
Bridges get their own settings page listing the accessories behind them.
