# Why does a contact alarm card offer me smoke alarm tags?
**URL:** https://community.homey.app/t/why-does-a-contact-alarm-card-offer-me-smoke-alarm-tags/144927
**Category:** Questions & Help
**Created:** [November 4, 2025, 9:24am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/why-does-a-contact-alarm-card-offer-me-smoke-alarm-tags/144927 "2025-11-04T09:24:28Z")
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### Author:  [@K\_S](https://community.homey.app/u/K_S)
#### Post date: [November 4, 2025, 9:24am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/why-does-a-contact-alarm-card-offer-me-smoke-alarm-tags/144927/1 "2025-11-04T09:24:28Z")
Does anybody know why this contact alarm card offers me smoke alarm tags?
When I add a card like this:
Then this:
If I click on the tag, I get this:
which means when I try to test my flow, the test condition seems to be only for smoke alarm as a trigger.
What am I missing?
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### Author:  [@robertklep](https://community.homey.app/u/robertklep)
#### Post date: [November 4, 2025, 9:43am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/why-does-a-contact-alarm-card-offer-me-smoke-alarm-tags/144927/2 "2025-11-04T09:43:46Z")
> [@K\_S](#):
>
> Does anybody know why this contact alarm card offers me smoke alarm tags?
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.
```auto
"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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### Author:  [@K\_S](https://community.homey.app/u/K_S)
#### Post date: [November 4, 2025, 1:47pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/why-does-a-contact-alarm-card-offer-me-smoke-alarm-tags/144927/3 "2025-11-04T13:47:48Z")
Thanks Robert, does that have any effect on how I can test the flow?
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### Author:  [@robertklep](https://community.homey.app/u/robertklep)
#### Post date: [November 4, 2025, 2:27pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/why-does-a-contact-alarm-card-offer-me-smoke-alarm-tags/144927/4 "2025-11-04T14:27:13Z")
I think you can select which alarm it should test with?
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### Author:  [@K\_S](https://community.homey.app/u/K_S)
#### Post date: [November 4, 2025, 2:39pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/why-does-a-contact-alarm-card-offer-me-smoke-alarm-tags/144927/5 "2025-11-04T14:39:02Z")
Sadly not:
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### Author:  [@robertklep](https://community.homey.app/u/robertklep)
#### Post date: [November 4, 2025, 2:46pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/why-does-a-contact-alarm-card-offer-me-smoke-alarm-tags/144927/6 "2025-11-04T14:46:17Z")
That looks like the last “Then” card (“Resume Smart Schedule”) is just failing, regardless of whether you’re running a test or not.
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### Author:  [@Peter\_Kawa](https://community.homey.app/u/Peter_Kawa)
#### Post date: [November 4, 2025, 5:44pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/why-does-a-contact-alarm-card-offer-me-smoke-alarm-tags/144927/7 "2025-11-04T17:44:39Z")
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:
Flow:
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### Author:  [@K\_S](https://community.homey.app/u/K_S)
#### Post date: [November 6, 2025, 2:49pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/why-does-a-contact-alarm-card-offer-me-smoke-alarm-tags/144927/8 "2025-11-06T14:49:28Z")
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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### Author:  [@Peter\_Kawa](https://community.homey.app/u/Peter_Kawa)
#### Post date: [November 6, 2025, 5:23pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/why-does-a-contact-alarm-card-offer-me-smoke-alarm-tags/144927/9 "2025-11-06T17:23:03Z")
It doesn’t work when testing. Because you “impersonate” the trigger card.
Just test it by operating the real contact sensors in the kitchen!