So what’s the difference here? Motion alarm triggers when motion is detected, that I understand, but what triggers “when zone is active”? Because I’ve experienced that it sometimes triggers with a bit of delay. It seems that it triggers within a time range after the zone became active, where motion…

When any motion sensor in a zone detects motion, or when any contact sensor in a zone raises an alarm, the zone becomes active at once. Without any delay.

[image] Rmb: any motion sensor in a zone detects motion, or when any contact sensor And many other devices also support “zone activity” often these devices also have an option to exclude from zone activity…

Please share your knowledge, what type of devices you know to contribute to zone activity also.

Well, it is a matter of wording, but I don’t consider this as generic device types. :grin: This link also only mentions motion and contact sensors. How to get label to reflect actual alarm? - #6 by Peter_Kawa Of course, individual exceptions are always possible.

You can also create virtual devices and assign them as sensors. That way they can also trigger zone activity

@SubZane Can you show the flow? When you use the WHEN card “The zone became active” there is no delay. However when you use the WHEN card “The zone has been active for X minutes” there is a delay of X minutes, you can configure yourself. It also means an alarm shall be active for at least X minu…

[image] Rmb: When you use the WHEN card “The zone became active” there is no delay. That is correct [image] Rmb: However when you use the WHEN card “The zone has been active for X minutes” there is a delay of X minutes, you can configure yourself. Yup [image] Rmb: It also means a…

[image] FKey: The zone will be active as soon as an alarm is active. I think you are right :wink:

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