Hi Forgive the long post but looking for some options and clarity on what might work for me: Currently have a “dumb” basic ADT alarm which we stopped paying for the monitoring for so is now just an interior siren. It also stopped working the other day because the sim in it expired and now they nee…

Available solutions vary by country. are you in the UK?

SmartThings is not fit for purpose as a security system unless you get one of the models specifically designed for that use. The other models are all cloud-based. There is no way, none, to change the armed status unless the SmartThings cloud is available. So, yes, you could come home and not be able…

Thanks, Yes in the UK. Ideally looking to avoid a monthly cost if possible and definately want to avoid Vodafone at all costs (many bad experiences with them). Having mulled it over thinking about just going down the smart camera route and not bothering with an actual alarm as such as think that s…

[image] Andy_Green: Out of interest, what is the benefit of using ST for managing home automation, over Alexa or IFTTT? Ah, that one’s easy: support for more complex rule sets. :sunglasses: ( The topic title is a clickable link) [image] How to Get Started Creating Complex R…

[image] Andy_Green: Having mulled it over thinking about just going down the smart camera route and not bothering with an actual alarm as such as think that satisfies my core requirements of initial deterent and notifications of potential miscreants lurking where they shouldnt be, although still…

Have you looked at Konnected to re use your old contacts and sensors if you have them? Then for reliability maybe look at HE?

Thanks for this. Yes been looking at the Ring doorbells and the flood lights. My only slight niggle with them is that they only record small clips and you have to pay for any storage. Also looked at the Netgear Arlo systems

im in uk, v2 hub using classic app i have a yale smart alarm system intergrated with smarthtings - arm/disarm using mobile presance (also has its own keypad for manual disarming) mobile pressance is set quite (1/2 mile circle) wide so that my phone has time to update location and disarm before i a…

Thanks Mark. I have just started looking at the Yale smart alarm system. Thinking that paired with the Yale cameras would cover all my bases for now and allow me to expand using ST etc… in the future

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I did look at the Konnected system but my current ADT system is wireless so dont think that works from what i understand?

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