Event triggers alarm

[cappa88]

Hi,

First of all, I want to thank you for your hard work on Alarmo! I've been using it with my Home Assistant setup, and it’s been incredibly helpful.

I wanted to offer a small suggestion, though I’m not sure if it would be feasible to implement. Currently, when activating the alarm, there’s a countdown period (N seconds to leave the house). I was wondering if it would be possible to introduce an option where the alarm could be triggered not by a timer, but by a specific event instead. For example, the alarm could arm itself when a door is closed, or N minutes after the door is closed, or even based on any other event.

I believe this additional flexibility could make Alarmo even more versatile. I understand that this might not be easy to implement, but I thought it might be a useful improvement to consider.

Thanks again for your hard work and dedication!

[AriaGen]

Under the sensor advanced settings, For example, If I close my front door during the arming timer countdown, it bypasses the rest of the timer and skips straight to armed.

[cappa88]

Thank you for your reply!

I understand that the arming timer can be bypassed if I close the door during the countdown. However, this approach still doesn’t fully address my use case. Even with the maximum arming delay of 5 minutes, I’m still constrained by a time limit to leave the house once I press the activation button. After I close the door, the alarm is immediately armed.

What I’m suggesting is slightly different. I would like the alarm to arm after a certain amount of time has passed with the door remaining closed, rather than arming immediately when the door is closed. This way, once I press the activation button, I would have as much time as I need to leave the house. If I need to re-enter within that time frame, I wouldn’t need to disarm and rearm the system. I could simply open the door to interrupt the arming process, and the timer would automatically restart once the door is closed again.

This would provide more flexibility, as I wouldn’t be forced to disarm the alarm for quick tasks like re-entering the house. I hope this explanation better clarifies my suggestion!

Thanks again for considering this.

[AriaGen]

Ohh okay, Sorry I must have mis-understood. What you're after then is more of a unlimited exit delay timer then.

May I suggest a possible tempary solution until the devs get back to you. Maybe a automation in HA, a input_boolean helper that you switch on, then the automation just awaits your door to close then pass the arm code through to the panel.

Like so?

`description: "" mode: single trigger:

• platform: state entity_id:
  • input_boolean.wait_for_door from: "off" to: "on" condition: [] action:
• wait_for_trigger:
  • type: not_opened platform: device device_id: 4b6b254449ee07fa7a64032528a5bf7f entity_id: b575342c08975b413cdea7227d0306da domain: binary_sensor continue_on_timeout: false
• action: alarm_control_panel.alarm_arm_away target: entity_id: alarm_control_panel.house_alarm data: code: "0000"```

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