# Better Alerting **URL:** \ **Category:** SmartApps & Automations\ **Created:** [November 30, 2015, 3:52pm UTC](https://community.smartthings.com/t/better-alerting/30577 "2015-11-30T15:52:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Chetanh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/54ee81/32.png) [@Chetanh](https://community.smartthings.com/u/Chetanh)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2015, 3:52pm UTC](https://community.smartthings.com/t/better-alerting/30577/1 "2015-11-30T15:52:11Z")
Hello everyone, I am very new to SmartThings. Just bought and installed the hub, 2 motion and and 3 door sensors on Saturday. I have a couple of questions (newbie questions i guess) and was looking for home help. 1. The app will just send a notification when an intrusion is detected. How do folks here usually convert them to a loud continuous alarm like a regular home system which will play a sound continuously till it is manually acknowledged? 2. How do i stop the multipurose sensor from reporting temperature. It is useless for me now? 3. The main door sensor shows battery at 88% This is less than 48 hours from installation. I dont think this is normal. I had pulled the tab myself while installing it. Is something wrong with it? 4. The same multipurpose sensor (installed on a main door) false alerted me twice within 48 hours of installation. The others did not. Is the module defective? Haven’t had a false trigger yet. How is this usually handed? Thanks again for taking the time to reading my post. ---
**Author:** ![sidjohn1](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/smartthings/user_avatar/community.smartthings.com/sidjohn1/32/16652_2.png) [@sidjohn1](https://community.smartthings.com/u/sidjohn1)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2015, 4:21pm UTC](https://community.smartthings.com/t/better-alerting/30577/2 "2015-11-30T16:21:22Z")
#4 is a good reason not to do #1 just yet. False alerts with a siren can be really… really annoying. #2, short answer you don’t. Correct answer you edit the devicetype and remove temp reporting #3 Prob not, this is fairly normal. if its continuously dropping 10%/day that would be an issue.