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Sensors and Home Automation => Home automation => Topic started by: mparadis on March 12, 2015, 12:18:38 pm

Title: Key fob states versus home / away
Post by: mparadis on March 12, 2015, 12:18:38 pm

what are the differences between the key fob settings of arm / disarm / perimeter and the home / away settings?

Title: Re: Key fob states versus home / away
Post by: Fire69 on March 12, 2015, 04:45:58 pm

Keyfobs set the 'state' of your sensors and home/away just controls your notifications?

Title: Re: Key fob states versus home / away
Post by: mparadis on March 12, 2015, 04:54:29 pm

What does changing the "state" of my sensors actually change?

Title: Re: Key fob states versus home / away
Post by: Fire69 on March 12, 2015, 04:59:43 pm

Hm, didn't explain it very well I guess :)

The sensors themselves don't actually change (if I understand it correctly myself ofcourse....), it's just the keyfob that changes to arm/disarmed.
This state can be used in a rule (IF keyfob armed AND motion detected THEN siren on)
The home/away settings are (for now?) just used to manage your notifications from the app I think?

Title: Re: Key fob states versus home / away
Post by: mparadis on March 12, 2015, 05:23:21 pm

Ohh okay, now it makes total sense. Thanks!

Title: Re: Key fob states versus home / away
Post by: LGNilsson on March 17, 2015, 11:14:33 pm

Currently the key fob doesn't really do anything.
You can use it as a remote using the rules, but the idea is that the arm/disarm would be the away/home modes longer term.

Title: Re: Key fob states versus home / away
Post by: mparadis on March 19, 2015, 08:36:42 pm

Excellent that's what I was hoping for eventually.

Title: Re: Key fob states versus home / away
Post by: fillibar on March 19, 2015, 10:16:29 pm

Is the keyfob controlling the home/away setting something to do with rules?
So that really ANY item could trigger you to be home or away as you desire?
While a keyfob would certainly be handy for it I can think of other ways using switches or motion detectors or combinations thereof. I think it would just be "neat" to be able to switch between home and away as a rule outcome.

Title: Re: Key fob states versus home / away
Post by: G-Rex on March 20, 2015, 05:06:50 am

That is what exactly we intend to do.  :)
With the new feature we can use Almond Mode as a Trigger as well as Actions for the Rules. Any device can toggle the Almond Home/Away Mode.

Title: Re: Key fob states versus home / away
Post by: fillibar on March 20, 2015, 08:31:44 am

Nice.
Combining ease of use with additional features and complexity for those that want it is difficult, but Securifi seems to be trying very hard to meet that ideal.