robbieherr:
I just got the SmartThings ADT pack and I’m trying to figure out how to, if possible, individually arm and disarm certain sensors in the house for different modes. For example, while I’m home I’d like all door and window sensors on besides the dining room because I use that door often for the dog.
I’ve tried searching for answers here but nothing really addresses this and their support basically just suggests looking at the website for answers.
It is not possible for the ADT sensors that can trigger the ADT alerts. They are all treated as a single group. There’s only one page I know of that discusses that, it’s the one where it talks about how to arm and disarm in the SmartThings mobile app.
I’m just going to stick this here because it was really hard to find and it’s new information so it may be important for some people although I don’t know if it applies to your situation.
If you have the new ADT/SmartThings security panel, The arm/disarm concept for the ADT sensors works completely differently than smart home monitor does with the original smartthings hub. So that can make things even more confusing.
Assuming you have signed up for the ADT monitoring service, then…
The ADT panel has three armed states:
Disarm ( no alerts will be sent to ADT)
Arm Away ( events recognized by any of the ADT motion sensors or open/close sensors will be sent to ADT)
Arm Stay ( events recognized by the ADT motion sensors will be ignored, but events recognized by any of the ADT open/close…