Can you delay Siren Alarm after sensor trigger

[brumster (Paul)]

This might be worth a read:

Delay for Intrusion Alert in SHM - Success!

I had to bang my head against this for a while, but I successfully applied a 20-second delay before Smart Home Monitor will issue an intruder alert. It required tweaking a couple of SmartApps, as I explain below. But the result works. And I’m pretty proud of it–even if it is a Rube Goldberg sequence. Here is a basic summary for those of you equipped to handle it. (Specific implementation details are further below): (1) All of the Open/Close sensors are configured to trigger a Virtual Switch (“S1”) (2) S1 shuts off after 20 seconds (you could set any number of seconds) (3) When S1 turns off, it triggers another Virtual Switch (“S2”) (4) S2 activates motion on a Virtual Motion Sensor (5) SHM alarm monitors for motion on only the Virtual Motion Sensor (6) Both S2 and Virtual Motion Sens…