Controlling SmartHome Monitor with a switch?

[Doug_Elliott]

I’m trying to do something I think should be simple… change the state of the SmartHome Monitor based upon the state of a smart switch and ring a chime when that happens. All of the tools I need to perform this seem to be included in the ‘Custom’ rule section of the SmartHome Monitor application. The only problem is that these events can only be triggered by motion sensors, open and close sensors, smoke alarms, presence sensors and a few other devices except for a switch! Advice, please?

I was able to create an automation where the switch controls the mode of the home. When on, the mode ‘Away’ and when off its ‘Home’. However, I cant seem to get use that change in mode to trigger a change the SmartHome Monitor to Armed (Home) and Disarmed respectively.

Is it feasible to change the device handler of the switch to an open and close sensor without completely screwing up its functionality?

Thanks for the guidance!

[JDRoberts]

I don’t know if you’d call it simple, but you can do it. You won’t need the button controller part of the following, but otherwise it’s the same approach. You can change the SHM alarm state inside a routine, And there’s a smart app that lets you tie a routine to a switch.

FAQ: use a button controller to turn on a virtual switch to run a routine to change SHM alarm state

You want to press a button on a minimote or other button controller and change the alarm status of smart home monitor. Fortunately, that one’s doable, although like many features in SmartThings, it’s not intuitive. :sunglasses: create a routine that sets the alarm status the way you want it. You will probably need two routines, one for arming and one for disarming, but that’s up to you. https://support.smartthings.com/hc/en-us/articles/205380034-Routines#What_To_Do_With_Routines Two) create a virtual switch. here’s the FAQ. https://community.smartthings.com/t/faq-creating-a-virtual-device/11282 Three) there is a smart app in the marketplace section of the official mobile app that can tie a routine to a switch. This has been around for a long time and is very popular. It Uses the…

Alternatively, there is a universal device type handler which lets you have a switch report as an open/close sensor, but I think that would actually be more complicated in this case. But it’s there if you need it.

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This has got to be the sickest DTH ever.... The uDTH Ever wished you could turn on a presence sensor with a switch?, or maybe take a lock command and send a motion event? Basically this bad boy accepts these commands: * on * off * open * close * lock * unlock and can turn them into these attribute states: * open * closed * present * not present * active * inactive The following capabilities are presented on the command side: * switch * door control * garage door control * lock The following devices are presented on the attribute side: * Contact * Motion * Presence * Door * Acceleration * Illuminance * Smoke * Water * Sound You wire up an instance of this device to two separate apps, and off you go. Add to your repo, and select the device MikeMaxwell : uDTH the repo is owner:…