Using Dashboard to set alarm, does not set Mode

[JDRoberts]

@arnb

On my system when setting the Smart Home Monitor from the Dashboard to Armed(Away), Armed(home) or Disarmed it seems that the related SH Routines in Automation do not execute, nor can I find a way to set this. This causes the Mode to become mismatched/disassociated with the Alarm State creating failures in any Apps or Pistons that rely on the Mode setting.

Am I missing something or is the way SmartThings functions?

It sounds like you may be confused about the difference between smart home monitor armed status and “mode.” That’s a common issue.

Read the following FAQ (this is a clickable link) and see if it clears up the confusion:

FAQ: Armed/Disarmed states vs Away/Home modes confusion

Hello, I’m brand new to SmartThings, and I’m trying to configure Smart Home Monitor to alert not just on door open/close sensors and motion sensors, but also on certain vibration sensors when it is in the Armed state. I can’t find a way to do that. I can use Custom to make a vibration alert based on Away/Home/Night “modes”, but these appear to be totally separate from the Armed/Disarmed states. Am I missing something?