# Sound effect before alarm goes off (20 seconds)

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**Created:** [December 14, 2016, 11:18am UTC](https://community.smartthings.com/t/sound-effect-before-alarm-goes-off-20-seconds/68189 "2016-12-14T11:18:14Z")\
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**Author:** ![crasy88](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/smartthings/user_avatar/community.smartthings.com/crasy88/32/129819_2.png) [@crasy88](https://community.smartthings.com/u/crasy88)\
**Post date:** [January 13, 2017, 8:54am UTC](https://community.smartthings.com/t/sound-effect-before-alarm-goes-off-20-seconds/68189/8 "2017-01-13T08:54:24Z")

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I made it work with the Aeon GEN5 Z-WAVE PLUS INDOOR SIREN ZW080A17.

Therefor i used the instuctions located at:

> [@Delay for Intrusion Alert in SHM - Success!](https://community.smartthings.com/t/delay-for-intrusion-alert-in-shm-success/57981):
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> I had to bang my head against this for a while, but I successfully applied a 20-second delay before Smart Home Monitor will issue an intruder alert. It required tweaking a couple of SmartApps, as I explain below. But the result works. And I’m pretty proud of it–even if it is a Rube Goldberg sequence. Here is a basic summary for those of you equipped to handle it. (Specific implementation details are further below): (1) All of the Open/Close sensors are configured to trigger a Virtual Switch (“S1”) (2) S1 shuts off after 20 seconds (you could set any number of seconds) (3) When S1 turns off, it triggers another Virtual Switch (“S2”) (4) S2 activates motion on a Virtual Motion Sensor (5) SHM alarm monitors for motion on only the Virtual Motion Sensor (6) Both S2 and Virtual Motion Sens…

That makes the delay, and when S1 goes ON when the home is ARMED the beeping will start.

And it works perfectly. There´s a 1 ~ 1.5 second delay before the beepings start (using CoRe), which is perfect.  
If i disarm the alarm the beeping instantly stops, if i don’t remove the alarm you know what happens 🙂

- My speakers go:

[![](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/smartthings/original/3X/f/a/fa644be69c0dfd6b75775e57baddb9235450e867.jpeg "KRS-One - Sound of da Police (Official Video)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ZrAYxWPN6c)

Using tasker auto input → spotify on my 5 chromecast audio’s through the whole house.

- All alarms will ring;
- All lights go on
- All roller shutters go up
- The ledstrips blink blue / red
- The tablet calls me using tasker auto input → voipbuster
- Smartthings texting me + my wife.

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