Zones and Automation
Project Overview Turn on door alarm alerts to the phone when not at home, and turn off door alarm alerts when at home. Receiving alerts outside of the home assistant's network requires some kind of remote access for your phone app. Nabu Casa is an easy and secure way, but there are other methods. The Panel This is from a dashboard. "Door Alarm Notify Only" is an input boolean. When this is on, doors being opened will trigger an automation to message users whenever a door sensor turns on. When it is off, no messages are generated. This is called Door Alarm Notify Only, as opposed to when the security alarm is engaged. (Code was removed from this blogger post.) "Smoke Alarm Notify Only" [clear] is not part of the automation. (When it is not clear, it uses an automation to send a notification.) "Door Ajar Notify" is an input boolean. When on, if a door sensor is open for more than 15 seconds, it generates an alert. (This is always on, but if it is generat