Routines Automation Question

[tdeprenda]

Having issues getting a routine to trigger properly. At 6;30 am I would like to arm my outdoor cameras only. I have one for the front and one for the driveway. I have set Arm Home to record and notify for Outdoor Cameras while the other 2 indoor cameras (living room and basement) are set to motion detection off. I have created an automation to change mode at 6:30 am to Arm Home. At 11 pm the automation changes the mode to Arm Away which arms all the cameras. The question I have is what do you need to have enabled? All Modes? Or should Arm Home just have Arm Home enabled? And Arm Away and Standby not checked? The "By default Automations will be Always enabled when you enter any mode. All other automations will be disabled when entering this mode." is confusing to me. Thanks!

[StephenB]

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@tdeprenda wrote:

I have created an automation to change mode at 6:30 am to Arm Home. At 11 pm the automation changes the mode to Arm Away which arms all the cameras. The question I have is what do you need to have enabled? All Modes? Or should Arm Home just have Arm Home enabled? 

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The answer depends on whether you ever want to disable the schedule.

For instance, if you want "standby" to disable the schedule,  you'd need only enable the automations in "Arm Home" and "Arm Away".  Then the system would stay in "standby" until you manually set the mode to something else.

Another (probably more common) situation is when you want to disable the schedule when you are away (keeping all cameras armed 24x7 until you return).  If that is what you would like, then if would be better to have both "Arm Away" and "Arm Home" arm all the cameras, and modify "Standby" to  do what "Arm Home" does now.  Then have the schedule automations switch between "Arm Home" and  "Standby", and only be enabled in those two modes.  If you set it up that way, then when you manually switch to "Arm Away", the cameras will remain armed until you manually switch them to a different mode when you return home.