Home Security (Replacement for Smartthings SHM)

#1

1) Give a description of the problem
I am attempting to make a piston which handles my home security more efficiently then the SHM. I often get some false motion alerts due to animals etc when I utilize the SHM built into Smartthings. My idea was to utilize multiple triggers to initiate an intrusion alert (Like front door open and front entrance motion detector senses motion - therefore someone did just enter the house).

This will also trigger other things to occur, like a siren going off and an announcement that the police are on the way etc.

2) What is the expected behavior?
The piston does not appear to be triggering properly. I am not sure if I just need to make some simple modifications to make it work.

3) What is happening/not happening?
It seems to read that it is in the current SHM mode (away), but since the other triggers are not occurring (door contact open and motion sensor triggering motion) the piston ceases. When I go back and trigger the other contact and motion sensor the piston still will not fire.

Appreciate any assistance or recommendations to add additional things to the piston. I am still fairly new to WebCore!

4) Post a Green Snapshot of the pistonimage

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#2

Try changing the order of the IF statement - put line 23 as the first line…

IF
(motion sensor motion changes AND contact changed in the last 10 seconds)
AND
SHM status is armed/away
THEN
STUFF
End If

Keep in mind that SHM runs locally, so by changing the siren from being turned on in SHM to in WebCore, the siren will no longer trigger (in the rare chance) when your internet is out or there is a problem with the Samsung cloud.

#3

Or use
if front door opens followed by motion within 10seconds
And shm is armed away
Then
Do stuff
End if

#4

which siren are you using? I just got a ring + Chime Pro and was looking to see if I can use that as a siren.

#5

I am using a combination of Bigtalker and LANnouncer running on a tablet to make voice notifications and sirens.

#6

Thanks, I think that solved it. I got it to function properly earlier!

#7

This is a project for me. I just need to get a Fire tablet (that my daughter isn’t using) to set-up.

#8

Fire tablets will work nicely. All you need to do is add the Google Play store which isn’t too difficult. I am currently using 3 Fire Tablets throughout the house for text to speech and sound capabilities.

#9

I have one I’m testing on.

#10

How did you fix your problem…just curious working on close the the exact same pistion

#11

The following piston is currently working. I noticed I was having some problems with the trigger concerning the motion sensor. My issue was if the motion sensor was triggered from active -> inactive and back to active again once the door was opened, the piston was not firing correctly. I have a dog which would most likely be at a door if there was noise prior to any incident occurring so I had to modify it for any motion activity.

Even with that modification it still allows for a two factor security alert piston which will reduce the probability of getting false alerts from SHM alone (Which I was getting a lot of).

You can add more factors into your piston if you want. This is very basic at the moment. If you have any ideas on how to improve it I would love to hear them! (Still new to Webcore).

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