Arm "Away" vs "Stay" Based on Switch?

[JDRoberts]

OK, with classic there are multiple ways to do it.

First make sure you understand the difference between the “home“ which is an SHM armed state and the “home“ which is a mode. Read the following FAQ (this is a clickable link)

FAQ: Armed/Disarmed states vs Away/Home modes confusion

Hello, I’m brand new to SmartThings, and I’m trying to configure Smart Home Monitor to alert not just on door open/close sensors and motion sensors, but also on certain vibration sensors when it is in the Armed state. I can’t find a way to do that. I can use Custom to make a vibration alert based on Away/Home/Night “modes”, but these appear to be totally separate from the Armed/Disarmed states. Am I missing something?

OK, so hopefully we are clear on modes versus armed states.

Now the following FAQ on creating complex rules should be helpful:

How to Get Started Creating Complex Rules in SmartThings

(This is a wiki post: feel free to edit it or add to it as needed. Also, I can’t take any screenshots since I can’t use the app at this time due to its incompatibility with voiceover, so feel free to add screenshots where they would be helpful.) At one point, one of the biggest advantages of using the SmartThings platform was the wide variety of devices that it supported. However, by the end of 2017 several competing platforms had caught up in that regard. Where SmartThings still holds a significant advantage over some of the other low-cost home automation solutions is in the ability to really build really complex rules in a fairly simple manner. You won’t have to be a programmer, but you may need the help of other community members to get the logic constructed just right. Also, you …

Also, you’ve been saying ‘open/close switch”, but don’t you mean an open/close sensor? It won’t really make much difference in terms of creating the automation, but I think it will help people visualize the use case a little more easily.