Smartthings just does not listen

[marktheknife (Mark)]

@Aricsdaddy

Right now if a new Kichstarter offered a Home Automation system for Z-wave and Zigbee that fixed this big Smartthings shortcomings, I would probably back it in a heartbeat if it fixed these shortcomings.

Good luck with that. You can search for perpetual motion machines on kickstarter too, doesn’t mean they’ll deliver one to you anytime soon.

I gave up on becoming frustrated by this a long time ago. It’s just not worth it.

Try @arnb’s SHM delay smartapp if you haven’t already. It works great.

Delay SHM from using Motion Detectors when Armed(Away)

I have my lock integration set to automatically run my “Goodbye” routine when I lock the door. The Goodbye routine switches Smarthings Home Monitor to “Armed(Away)” which would trip if the motion detectors go off. Occasionally, as I leave, I guess my motion detector closer to the door still reads “motion” as I exit so when I lock the door, and Goodbye Runs, setting SMH to Armed(Away), the motion detector reading active trips SMH into thinking there is a problem (and then all my lights turn on and I get texts, etc.). I wish there was a way to delay reading motion detectors for a configurable or even a hard set amount of time before they are allowed to trip SMH when it is turned on, like your normal home alarms.