What is the difference in home mode and away mode
@Ronnie2 wrote:
What is the difference in home mode and away mode
Hello @Ronnie2 ,
Thatâs a good question. Of the 3 available alarm modes âDisarmedâ, âHomeâ, and âAwayâ, only two of them are Armed Alarm Modes capable of activating the alarm response & siren. The " Home" and " Away" Alarm Modes are the two armed modes.
Typically most people set up their " Home" Mode with all their door and window Contact sensors enabled to form a âprotective perimeter barrierâ around them while they are home inside. And they typically set up their âHomeâ Mode with their Motion sensors not enabled to allow their interior movements (which are still being detected) to NOT be used to trigger the alarm response & siren. That way, as long as you remain inside (not opening an exterior door and not opening a window) you are free to roam about without a Motion Sensor triggering the alarm response & siren.
When you depart the house and everyone is away, most people configure their âAwayâ Mode settings to have ALL Contact and Motion sensors enabled , thus detecting Intruders that trigger the âprotective barrierâ and/or cause movement Motion inside (if they gained entry by breaking a window instead of opening it and thus not activating the windowâs Contact sensor).
BUT, Ring designed the Modes so you can tailor both Armed Modes of âHomeâ and âAwayâ as you want. You can change your settings in each of the armed modes to have any combination of Contact or Motion sensors enabled, but you must have at least one sensor enabled. If you really wanted to, since âHomeâ and âAwayâ are essentially the same (just named differently for you to remember which is configured which way), you could have your Motion sensors used in âHomeâ mode and Motion sensors not used in âAwayâ mode, thus reversing their roles. So, Home and Away are both armed modes, named as such for your convenience in remembering how you set up your sensors in these modes.
To ** enable/disable which sensors** you prefer to have in each Armed Mode :
- Main Menu (the 3 horizontal line icon, upper-left-corner of dashboard) > then select âDevicesâ > Alarm Base Station > and then select the Contact or Motion sensor > Mode Settings > and toggle whether you want this sensor to trigger or not trigger the alarm in the âHomeâ and/or âAwayâ Modes > and finish by selecting âSaveâ upper-right-corner.
Also the " Placement" setting is important for your sensors. Once an armed Mode is activated, the âPlacementâ designation you set for each sensor will determine if the alarm will immediately go off or delay (for the time you set on the Entry/Exit delay).
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Contact Sensor âPlacementâ set at:
- âMain Doorâ: Uses delay Entry/Exit Time settings.
- âSecondary Doorâ or âWindowâ: No delay. Immediate.
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Motion Sensor âPlacementâ set at:
- âEntrywayâ: Uses delay Entry/Exit Time settings.
- âRoomâ: No delay. Immediate.
To set âPlacementâ for each sensor:
- Main Menu > âDevicesâ > Alarm Base Station > and then select the Contact or Motion sensor > select the blue âGearâ icon (upper-right-corner) > Placement > choose Placement designation > âSaveâ (upper-right-corner).
You set a Entry/Exit delay (most use the 30-seconds option) so you have sufficient time to arm/disarm as you exit/enter. On the entryways that you use, set Placement as âMain Doorâ (Contact sensors, and you can have as many âMain Doorsâ that you want to use, not limited to only one door). And any Motion sensors that can possibly detect movement at these entryways, should have their âPlacementâ set to âEntryway.â
To set Entry/Exit Delays for âHomeâ and âAwayâ Modes:
- Main Menu (the 3 horizontal line icon, upper-left-corner of dashboard) > Settings > at your Location select âModesâ > for Delay choices, pick âHomeâ and/or âAwayâ > scroll down to Entry Delay / Exit Delay and then select > Pick your desired time delay > âSaveâ (upper-right-corner).
I hope this information is helpful to you.