How do you set your alarm with smarthings

[Michael_Wood]

im trying to set SharpTools to activate my house alarm it works with smarthings but not sure how to migrate to Sharptools i have tried rule engine but no joy any help would be appreciated

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[josh]

@Michael_Wood

to activate my house alarm it works with smarthings

How are you currently setting the alarm in SmartThings? Is it an alarm thing integration like from Konnected or another alarm hardware/service provider… or perhaps using the SmartThings Home Monitor (STHM)?

If it’s STHM, SmartThings doesn’t directly expose STHM as an integration, but there are some creative approaches the community has come up with to integrate STHM – particularly using Location Mode or Simulated Switches along with Automation Routines.

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