Easiest way to get an alarm on my phone when sensor is tripped?

[marktheknife (Mark)]

@chowder007

No. My point is, if the function is something available in smart things, the fact that it can be done in this app most likely means it will work in the security system as well. Will be trying it when I get home.

A function that is available in one smartapp is not necessarily available in another.

Try it out and let us know.

Also, I’m still unsure that we’re understanding each other re: the difference between officially published smartapps that you can tap to install from the marketplace tab in the ST mobile app, and community developed code that you must add by logging into the Integrated Development Environment from a web browser. Here is an FAQ post about custom code.

[OBSOLETE] FAQ: An Overview of Using Custom Code in SmartThings (SmartThings Classic, Groovy Code)

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 …