kgj
May 1, 2016, 1:43am
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I was wondering if there was a way to set SmartThings to sound the alarm, not after one motion sensor detection but after two detections within a 30 second or 1 minute time period. For me, this would prevent a false alarm. For some reason I have false alarms with no one at home. I have no pets, and no one else can enter the home. The door sensors have not been triggered so I had no intruders. Any suggestions??
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what phone OS are you using? There may be some additional options, but they will vary depending on the OS.
kgj
May 1, 2016, 10:32pm
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Hi JD, thanks for all your help. The app by
kgj
May 1, 2016, 10:35pm
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Hi JD, thanks for all your help. I would like to try the app by Mike Maxwell. How do I install it on an Android device?
Start with this.
The original FAQ information in this thread refers to the original smartthings architecture, which was in place through the end of 2022 and a little beyond. Custom code was written in the groovy programming language and ran in the smartthings cloud.
As of May 2023, you can no longer add new Groovy DTH‘s or smartapps to your smartthings account. So if you came here because of a link in an old forum thread, or on another site, I’m afraid the Groovy information is no longer usable.
All of this was replaced by a new architecture. Cloud to cloud integrations use the smartthings API. Hub connected devices, mostly Zigbee and zwave, now use “Edge Drivers,” written in the LUA programming language. Here’s the official announcement on those:
The process for using a custom Edge Driver in the new …
Then if you have anymore questions, ask in the thread on that app.
I built this to solve a number of motion related issues.
–Reduction of false motion events in exterior applications (False Motion Reduction)
–Represent a group of detectors with a single virtual detector (Motion Aggregation)
–Enable a Motion Aggregation zone from various devices, switches, contacts ect (Triggered Activation)
This is a parent/child application (like Smart Lighting) where the motion zones are created and edited from the parent application.
When a new virtual zone is created, a virtual motion sensor is created for that zone. This virtual motion detector represents the states of the physical motion detectors that you configured for that zone.
You can then use that virtual zone device in any applications that accept motion devices.
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