I am leaving the house for a few days, and I just got some zwave motion sensors and door switches in the mail today. Threw 'em up real quick and paired them or whatnot.
I see that there is a Security feature under the Dashboard tab, which seems to do everything I want. But I am not able to actually test it since I’ve already left.
What I really want to know is… if i go to the My Home tab, then Things, I had originally set the Goodbye routine to turn the siren on. Does that actually mean the siren is making noise? I was thinking that on would mean it’s ready to make noise… but after seeing the Security tab under the Dashboard, I don’t understand which way is proper to set this siren. I’m hoping that if, under Things, siren is set to Off, the Security tab will override that setting. Don’t understand.
I have no idea. Just wanted to say something because I know people are reading this thread and wanted you to know.
Not sure anyone has this answer. I personally haven’t used this function of ST yet.
I would guess that it wouldn’t make noise however what Siren hardware do you have? Perhaps if you were more specific with your question someone could respond.
Just FYI, I have some more info about the operation of the sirens:
The siren device type response as switch (in addition to as a siren). The issue is, when you send it the “on()” command as a light switch, it responds by sounding the alarm. They would need to modify the SHM to send only the “strobe()” command.
So, it’s not really a fault of the siren, rather how the device type and SHM are written.
