# Any ideas about the Smoke Detector Flow?
**URL:** https://community.homey.app/t/any-ideas-about-the-smoke-detector-flow/107836
**Category:** Flows
**Tags:** advancedflow
**Created:** [April 8, 2024, 8:33am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/any-ideas-about-the-smoke-detector-flow/107836 "2024-04-08T08:33:39Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
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### Author:  [@weide43](https://community.homey.app/u/weide43)
#### Post date: [April 8, 2024, 8:33am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/any-ideas-about-the-smoke-detector-flow/107836/1 "2024-04-08T08:33:39Z")
Hi, I’m new here.
I had some trouble with the Heiman HS1SA-e smoke detectors and bought the FRIENT smoke detecors.
They’re working smooth.
I made this advanced flow.
Does anyone have some suggestions to make it better?
Flow 1 - activeren
Flow 2 - deactiveren
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### Author:  [@Rrrr](https://community.homey.app/u/Rrrr)
#### Post date: [April 8, 2024, 11:42am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/any-ideas-about-the-smoke-detector-flow/107836/2 "2024-04-08T11:42:05Z")
@weide43
Nice work! I have only 2 tips for you:
- Your card to set media volume is linked from a smoke detector. This causes unnecessary dependence, eg. what if that smoke detector battery is empty? So better create a link to the media volume from the 30s delay connector
- It is better to separate message notifications from your flows. In the below example I used Simple Log to log the message together with the flow name (“group”) and the urgency (“severity”). Once logged, it can sent a notification based on criteria.
- saves a lot of cards in your current flow
- easier to maintain
- can be reused with your other flows
- the log can be analyzed, filtered, exported separately
Also keep in mind that notifications are best sent out sequentially or you may cause skipping/overload (in some apps)
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### Author:  [@weide43](https://community.homey.app/u/weide43)
#### Post date: [April 8, 2024, 12:58pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/any-ideas-about-the-smoke-detector-flow/107836/3 "2024-04-08T12:58:45Z")
@Rrrr I followed your advice.
It’s a lot cleaner and now there’s 1 flow that can handling all the notifications 🙂
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### Author:  [@DirkG](https://community.homey.app/u/DirkG)
#### Post date: [April 8, 2024, 2:34pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/any-ideas-about-the-smoke-detector-flow/107836/4 "2024-04-08T14:34:26Z")
To reduce the number of flow cards, you can also simply use the following flow card:
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### Author:  [@weide43](https://community.homey.app/u/weide43)
#### Post date: [April 8, 2024, 6:39pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/any-ideas-about-the-smoke-detector-flow/107836/5 "2024-04-08T18:39:21Z")
@DirkG This is also a solution?
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### Author:  [@Peter\_Kawa](https://community.homey.app/u/Peter_Kawa)
#### Post date: [April 9, 2024, 12:54am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/any-ideas-about-the-smoke-detector-flow/107836/6 "2024-04-09T00:54:57Z")
Pls connect the SimpleLog card in parallels, instead of series.
In case the SimpleLog app malfunctions, the flow doesn’t complete the way it is now.
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### Author:  [@weide43](https://community.homey.app/u/weide43)
#### Post date: [April 9, 2024, 5:35am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/any-ideas-about-the-smoke-detector-flow/107836/7 "2024-04-09T05:35:30Z")
@Peter_Kawa You mean this?
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### Author:  [@DirkG](https://community.homey.app/u/DirkG)
#### Post date: [April 9, 2024, 1:01pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/any-ideas-about-the-smoke-detector-flow/107836/8 "2024-04-09T13:01:22Z")
Yes, but as Peter already mentioned, I would do it like the lower screen shot.
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### Author:  [@weide43](https://community.homey.app/u/weide43)
#### Post date: [April 9, 2024, 1:42pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/any-ideas-about-the-smoke-detector-flow/107836/9 "2024-04-09T13:42:48Z")
@DirkG Result
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### Author:  [@Peter\_Kawa](https://community.homey.app/u/Peter_Kawa)
#### Post date: [April 9, 2024, 1:55pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/any-ideas-about-the-smoke-detector-flow/107836/10 "2024-04-09T13:55:34Z")
Perfect.
Another hint: I’ve learned you (always) need to put a ‘stop casting’ card in front of the ‘cast something’ card.
Because when some cast is already going on at the same device, ‘Slaapkamer - Thuis’ here, it won’t start an other cast.
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### Author:  [@Rrrr](https://community.homey.app/u/Rrrr)
#### Post date: [April 9, 2024, 5:49pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/any-ideas-about-the-smoke-detector-flow/107836/11 "2024-04-09T17:49:01Z")
Progress here! Very nice.
One comment: you’re selecting twice the app group “Rookmelders” and Critical condition. There’s no need.
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### Author:  [@weide43](https://community.homey.app/u/weide43)
#### Post date: [April 9, 2024, 7:04pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/any-ideas-about-the-smoke-detector-flow/107836/12 "2024-04-09T19:04:11Z")
@Peter_Kawa @Rrrr
Thanks for the stop casting, I implemented also in the doorbell flow 🙂
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### Author:  [@Hielke\_de\_Jong](https://community.homey.app/u/Hielke_de_Jong)
#### Post date: [April 9, 2024, 7:25pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/any-ideas-about-the-smoke-detector-flow/107836/13 "2024-04-09T19:25:54Z")
You have tested the flow in a ‘real’ test (meaning let the smoke detectors detect smoke)?
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### Author:  [@weide43](https://community.homey.app/u/weide43)
#### Post date: [April 10, 2024, 6:19am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/any-ideas-about-the-smoke-detector-flow/107836/14 "2024-04-10T06:19:28Z")
I test it the first time with smoke but when creating not anymore. Only the flows are tested.
I will do it asap.
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### Author:  [@Hielke\_de\_Jong](https://community.homey.app/u/Hielke_de_Jong)
#### Post date: [April 10, 2024, 9:07am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/any-ideas-about-the-smoke-detector-flow/107836/15 "2024-04-10T09:07:24Z")
Reason I asked is only in ‘real’ test you can find out if every stepp you took is usefull. For instance: fun using the led of the Homey when testing but probably no one will see it when a loud alarm goes off in the house. But as being also a very new user; it is fun to add some things in a flow just beacause it can 😀
Also: will the cards Stop warning directly do anything in a real situation? You only shut off the alarms you started with Homey and the last 2 minutes (??)
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### Author:  [@weide43](https://community.homey.app/u/weide43)
#### Post date: [April 10, 2024, 4:48pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/any-ideas-about-the-smoke-detector-flow/107836/16 "2024-04-10T16:48:01Z")
I did a test today and everything works fine.
Did some changements to duration and deleted the LED option.
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### Author:  [@Hielke\_de\_Jong](https://community.homey.app/u/Hielke_de_Jong)
#### Post date: [April 10, 2024, 5:54pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/any-ideas-about-the-smoke-detector-flow/107836/17 "2024-04-10T17:54:09Z")
👍 hope you never need the flow.
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### Author:  [@The\_Cowman](https://community.homey.app/u/The_Cowman)
#### Post date: [April 16, 2024, 8:12pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/any-ideas-about-the-smoke-detector-flow/107836/18 "2024-04-16T20:12:44Z")
Hi @weide43, how do you get the ‘if’ “De Rookmelder van een apparaat is ingeschakeld?”
I only have those 4 options:
And only have the following tags:
so the “Alarm” tag is not available.
I’m curious which ‘If’ you have selected.
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### Author:  [@weide43](https://community.homey.app/u/weide43)
#### Post date: [April 17, 2024, 4:36am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/any-ideas-about-the-smoke-detector-flow/107836/19 "2024-04-17T04:36:22Z")
I think by settings “Experimenteren” - “Super user” on active
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### Author:  [@The\_Cowman](https://community.homey.app/u/The_Cowman)
#### Post date: [April 17, 2024, 6:10am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/any-ideas-about-the-smoke-detector-flow/107836/20 "2024-04-17T06:10:06Z")
Unfortunately, I’ve this setting already enabled.
I just tested by disabing and enabling again, but no difference.
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