security alarm activated

This block is part of the globals group and was last modified in core v15.0.0.

Home automation integration

security alarm activated object v15.0.0

Starts the flow when the security system's own alarm goes active.

In pins 2

device value v15.0.0
Only fire for this device. Leave empty to fire for every matching device.
room value v15.0.0
Only fire for devices in this room. Leave empty for every room.

Out pins 9 + flow

flow v15.0.0
device object v15.0.0
The full device: id, name, room, type, capabilities, current state.
device id value v15.0.0
Stable platform id, e.g. zigbee:0x00158d0007e1a2b3.
name value v15.0.0
The device's friendly name.
room value v15.0.0
The room the device is assigned to, empty if none.
type value v15.0.0
sensor, light, switch, climate, cover, lock or button.
capability value v15.0.0
Which capability changed, e.g. occupancy, contact, power.
value value v15.0.0
The new value.
previous value v15.0.0
The value before this change, empty on the first report.
at number v15.0.0
Unix seconds the device reported.

Start-of-flow trigger on the alarm capability, which is the CONTROLLER's alarm state (UniFi), distinct from the smoke/gas/leak sensor triggers. Fires when it transitions to active.

zigbee

zwave

matter

thread

smart home

home assistant

trigger

Smoke, water and intrusion alarms are the exception to every rule about damping down notifications. alarm raised goes straight to the thing that gets somebody out of bed, and the at pin gives the message a timestamp taken from the event rather than from whenever the flow got round to it.

Used in these guides

These documentation pages use or explain this block:

Trigger Reference

Version history

Introduced in v15.0.0.

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