After you read JD and JKP’s links, here are a couple of other thoughts specific to your requests. If you have questions related to specific devices, searching the forum by model number will usually get you what you need. There’s always someone else who’s already tried it.
- Smart Home Monitor (SHM) is the built-in solution for a self-monitored alarm. There are caveats about reliability, dependency on your internet connection and ST’s operating status, etc. when compared to a “real” alarm system like the ADT ST hub, but for many of us the basic option provides sufficient peace of mind. Keep in mind that there are two apps, as JD’s link explains, and they have separate implementations of SHM. If you arm from one app, you can’t disarm in the other.
- Here’s a thread about the Orbit timer, which has at least basic functionality in ST. I don’t have one but I considered getting one so I read up on it; my sense is that the reliability of receiving commands is not great so people have written DTHs which send the command repeatedly to try and make sure it goes through.
- You need to prepare your devices before you connect them to ST. For Z-wave, remove them via your Iris hub before taking it offline, or use the General Exclude command in ST to clear their network settings before re-adding them. For Zigbee, perform a factory reset.
- If you connect your hub to Amazon Echo, you can have contact sensors trigger announcements via Alexa Routines.
- Here’s a way to get phone calls (via IFTTT) if SHM is triggered. The description is for a smoke alert but you can set up a similar action for intrusion detection.
- Here’s one (free) option for setting up SHM entry/exit delay using the Classic app. You can find others with a search.