Why does a contact alarm card offer me smoke alarm tags?

Questions & Help
1

Does anybody know why this contact alarm card offers me smoke alarm tags?

When I add a card like this:

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Then this:

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If I click on the tag, I get this:

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which means when I try to test my flow, the test condition seems to be only for smoke alarm as a trigger.

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What am I missing?

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Since the card supports multiple alarm types, but only one example text per token for the entire card, Athom has apparently chosen “Smoke Alarm” (etc). It’s just poorly named.

"alarm_true": {
  "title": "Any device's alarm turned on",
  "titleFormatted": "Any device's [[capability]] turned on",
  "token": {
    "capabilityName": {
      "title": "Alarm",
      "example": "Smoke Alarm"
    },
    "deviceName": {
      "title": "Device",
      "example": "Smoke Sensor"
    },
    "deviceZone": {
      "title": "Zone",
      "example": "Hallway"
    }
  },
  "args": {
    "capability": {
      "title": "Alarm",
      "__any": "Any Alarm"
    }
  }
}
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3

Thanks Robert, does that have any effect on how I can test the flow?

4

I think you can select which alarm it should test with?

5

Sadly not:

Test fail

6

That looks like the last “Then” card (“Resume Smart Schedule”) is just failing, regardless of whether you’re running a test or not.

7

You’re supposed to use the tags provided by the trigger card in the notification card. It will dynamically report the actual contact alarm name + zone.
When you test a flow, the timeline card shows your entered test data

Select these tags:

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Flow:

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8

Thanks for your replies.

I’ve added tags as I think you suggested @Peter_Kawa , but it still seems to just throw up Smoke alarm and the wrong zone

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9

It doesn’t work when testing. Because you “impersonate” the trigger card.
Just test it by operating the real contact sensors in the kitchen!