1) Give a description of the problem
Need some direction to start a new piston. I have mastered lighting control lol, but now I am getting into other areas. Starting with the front door.
2) What is the expected behavior?
A) I want to capture when the door is unlocked by code and use this to verify an arrival sensor before changing the home to “Home” mode and alarm to “Disarm”. I specifically want to ignore a manual unlock (we don’t use keys, so would only be if the lock was picked). I would also flash my foyer light twice in green to verify dis-armed status.
B) I want to set a local panic event when an incorrect code is entered three times (kids playing, someone being malicious/mischievous).
C) Provide notification of low battery.
Just looking for a starting point. I appreciate any direction you all could provide me.
Some commentary. I use the removal of 3 arrival sensors to verify the house is locked, respective lights are off and the alarm is armed. I however do NOT use an arrival sensor to open or disarm the house. My arrival is detected around the corner, where I do not have a visual of my front door. So I want to use my door lock code to disarm the house, but only if I recently arrived (say within 5 minutes). This would prevent someone from guessing a code while we are not home (no sensors detected) or worse, while we are sleeping (and sensors are present).
For the local panic event, I would flash my front lights in red and operate a Z-wave siren in the alcove above my front door. The front stoop would project this siren down the street, where I have neighbors who some of which keep their noses stuck in the blinds. This would be different from an actual alarm event.
Thanks
