Actions

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System Actions
Custom Actions
Video Actions

In Actions, you can create actions that automate your system’s responses to certain events. For example, you can create an action that tells your system to turn the lights on in response to a fire alarm.

The actions available to you vary depending on your system.

System Actions

The System Actions tab enables you to create actions that activate favorites in response to system actions.

System actions are the most common events in a security system, such as arming and disarming.

To create an action in System Actions:

Go to Actions.
Tap System Actions in the top menu.
Select a favorite in the drop-down menu next to a system action. The selected favorite will activate when the corresponding system action occurs.

To delete an action, open the drop-down menu next to a system action, then select Select a Favorite. A favorite will no longer activate when the system action occurs.

Edits are saved automatically.

Custom Actions

Custom actions enable you to automatically activate favorites and control lights, doors, and outputs in response to certain events. Events in custom actions include system actions and zone activities.

System actions are the most common events in a security system, such as arming and disarming. Zones are your detection points, like doors, windows, doorbells, smoke detectors and glassbreak detectors.

To create a custom action:

Go to Actions.
Tap Custom Actions in the top menu.
Select the Plus icon.
Enter a name for the Custom Action.
Select System Actions or Zone in action type.
Select a system action if you selected System Actions. Then, skip to step 8.
Select a zone if you selected Zone. Then, select a zone state and an area state.
1. Zone State—The zone state determines the type of zone activity required to happen before the system responds.
2. Area State—The system will respond to zone activity only if the area where the zone is located is in the state you select.
Add favorites. The added favorites activate when an event occurs.
Add and configure lights, doors, and outputs. Refer to Configure Device Responses for more information.
Enter the duration and delay time (optional).
- Duration—The length of time the lights, doors, and outputs stay in their response conditions. For example, the porch light stays on for five minutes after the doorbell is rung. Duration time does not apply to favorites.
- Delay—The length of time the system waits to respond to an event. For example, the light turns off after the door has been closed for one minute.
Choose a schedule (optional). The system responds to events only during the days specified in the schedule. If you choose Custom, check the squares next to the days you want to include in the schedule.
Set the start and end times. The system responds to events only if they occur within the specified start and end time.

Configure Device Responses

When you create a custom action, you configure how lights, doors, and outputs respond to an event. For example, you can configure a light to turn on when the specified event occurs.

Lights

To turn the light on, tap ON. Lights with dimming capabilities will turn on to their maximum brightness.

To turn the light off, tap OFF.

To remove the light from the custom action, tap the Remove icon in the light’s tile.

Doors

To unlock the door, tap the Unlock icon.

To lock the door, tap the Lock icon.

To remove the door from the custom action, tap the Remove icon in the door’s tile.

Doors in custom actions include Z-Wave deadbolts and garage doors. If you add an access control door to a custom action, the unlock and lock icons will be greyed out and the door will not automatically lock or unlock in response to events.

Outputs

To turn the output on, tap ON.

To turn the output off, tap OFF.

To remove the output from the custom action, tap the Remove icon in the output’s tile.

Video Actions

Video actions enable you to automatically record video in response to certain events, including:

Event Type	Description
Alarm	The system went into alarm or an alarm was canceled.
Armed	One or more areas were armed or failed to arm.
Disarmed	One or more areas were disarmed or failed to disarm.
Zone Bypassed	A zone was bypassed.
Door Propped	A door was propped open.
Access Granted	A person gained access to an area via a keypad or reader.
Access Denied	A person requested to access an area via a keypad or reader but was denied.

To create a video action:

Go to Actions.
Tap Video Actions in the top menu.
Select an event type. The area or zone field appears depending on the event type you selected.
Select an area or zone. This determines where the event has to occur before the camera will record automatically.
Select a camera. The camera will automatically record in response when the selected event type occurs in the area or zone that you selected.
Tap Save.

To edit a video action, select the video action, make edits, then tap Save.

To delete a video action, select the video action, then tap Delete.