Alarm Feature Request

I had a previous system that spoke what door sensor was activated. I like this feature vs just a beep.

Ring Alarm App - When you add a Shared User there should be an option that can turn off the alarm event history for that user. Only the Admin should be able to see the history. Or a Guest User should be able to use the app also with the limited functions of only being able to use alarm and door lock codes when you activate it for them. That way you wouldn’t have to worry about anyone seeing event history. I think this needs to be addressed. I have 2 Ring alarm systems and only have one activated for monitoring because of this reason. I would add the monitoring if I could get users able to use app without seeing admin info.

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Another looked over feature. Option or Schedule to turn off motion sensor updates while the alarm system is not armed. Why would you need updates for this when the system is not armed?

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Please allow sensors to be configured as imediate or delayed seperately for both home and away modes. I want my landing motion sensor to be delayed in home and immediate in away. This way I can use it to warn me in am to disarm the system before I do something that triggers the alarm.

Can we get voice chirps? I want everyone in my house to know what door has been accessed. If an intruder comes in want to hear “Basement Door opened” or “Guest Window opened”.

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Also in addition to the request for in app pin code to disarm, if you ever add this please make it optional. I now use tasker and autoinput to automatically disarm my alarm in the morning. The requirement for a pin code would seriously hinder this. So either don’t do it, or if you do make it optional.

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Support for zwave devices to open and close garage doors, specifically the Iris GD00Z-1 that is common when moving over from ADT. Device adds to Ring but app only offers On/Off commands and No Open/Close

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Automatically turn off all/or selected motion detection on the cameras when the alarm is disabled. When the alarm is Armed, auto enable motion detection on the cameras.

Alternatively, auto disable the Motion Notifications for any selected cam when the alarm is disabled. When the alarm is Armed, auto enable the notifications.

This would apply to anyone who has the ring app installed for that system. It could also be selected who it applies to.

Thanks

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I’d love to have a quick way to turn the alarm base station audio on/off/change volume from the dashboard in the mobile app.

We have a pool and we use multiple door contact sensors along with the alarm base station sound as a secondary safety precaution when young kids are in the house.

Right now it takes 7 steps each time to toggle it on and off in the app:

  1. Hambuger menu
  2. Devices
  3. Alarm base station
  4. Base station
  5. Audio settings
  6. Slide volume up or down
  7. Save
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Hello.

I would like to request the ability to have the Ring Alarm base station to activate the Ring Floodlight Camera alarms. This would be a great way to extend the audible alarm. Add the ability for each Flood light camera not only light up during an event, but choose whether or nor to sound each cameras siren as well!

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Support the connection with Amazon Alexa for more features —

Currently, Alexa can react to the alarm mode (Away, Home, Disarmed). What I would like would be something like the following routine:

Smoke alarm activates and listener triggers Fire Alarm. Front Door unlocks, All Lights On., turn off HVAC/Thermostat

Another tie in would be: Front Door Locks manually, using inside physical lever, Alarm goes into Home mode.

Also, alarm triggered by intrusion: Front Door forced or opened during Away Mode, triggers entryway light.

Front Door Lock open with Disarm. When the system mode changes from Home to Disarm, unlock the Front Door (currently only Lock the door is an option).

I know that these features will work as I had them on my previous Z-Wave alarm system. I think that they would be a well-received set of features.

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Is there anyway to have a software alarm panel for the Ring Alarm?

I’d like to have a tablet mounted on the wall that acts much like the panel that comes with the Ring Alarm. It would be a basic keypad running on a fire tablet that can be used by lots of people in my office. I have an existing alarm and want to switch to Ring. My current alarm uses a tablet as a panel and we don’t want to go away from this as it is already built-in to our decor.

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I am new to this forum and appreciate that Ring wants to improve their product. I apologize if this has already been posted but after reading the last three pages I did not see a post with allowing scheduling of the alarm to arm at Home at a cetain time during the day. With my pervious alarm company, they had a program that allowed the alarm to come every night at a certain time (in my case it was 10pm). This would allow for “forgetful” people like me to make sure the alarm is always armed.

It’s been asked many times. Hopefully they will make it happen. I now use another app to let me do this. Together they allow mine to be set at different times. Even based on my location.

Yes but not a supported feature. I make 3 virtual switches in Smartthings, one for each arming state (Away, Home, Disarm) and I use 3 scenes in Smartthings for each switch on and the other 2 off. Alexa runs the correct scene associated with the arming state because Alexa and Ring have official support and so does Smartthings. I then use Actiontiles to monitor the Home virtual switch to show me if the alarm is armed (no sense in showing if it’s away since no one will be there to see the tablet).

If you then want to be able to control the alarm state you could link Simple Commands behind the scenes.

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I just got ring set up in the beginning of the month in a very similar way using actiontiles.

Currently I am launching ths ring app with a dedicated Tile. Which has caused false alarms due to the slow processing on the Fire HD tab.

However, I would love to have a button in action tiles that arms and disarms. Can you point me in the right direction of how to set up simple commands to do this??

Heres an image of my current action tiles to give others an Idea of how it can look.

I use Simple Commands. No problems with it so far. Wish that Ring would make it part of the app though.

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AGREED! I’ll have to dig into simple commands Ive never used it before.

It almost seems that Ring should consider creating a semi dedicated app just for their alarm users with some mega enhancements, automations and alexa integrations. The current app is way to Camera Centric and now that Ring is fully involved in the full scale home security its time to grow up the interface a bit.

Many of us coming from the antiquated Spectum/TWC Intelligent home are finding some major shortcomings in our new systems.

Please make it so I can set the alarm to away mode with my main door open. It’s daft that I have to make sure the door is closed first to start the away countdown, but can then open and close it without affecting arming. My basic wired alarm has no issue starting the arming countdown with my main door open.

Also if any sensors are bypassed please make it obvious in the app. You could have them all bypassed yet in the app it appears as if the system is fully armed.

For those who want auto arming I use an nfc tag which arms it when I go to bed, but it’s a bit clunky.

Also can you add more options to ifttt? I could have alarm arm when nest goes to away etc. I can’t get simple commands in uk.

See my other reply but simple Commands is much like IFTTT. To do what you want you will use IFTTT to post a webhook when the virtual switch is turned on or off and when SC sees that webhook post from IFTTT it will arm or disarm Ring.