OVERVIEW
The Blue by ADT Security Rules engine helps you automate your security and smart home devices (Z-Wave). You can schedule your lights to turn on or off, lock your doors, close the garage door and adjust your thermostat! Create a custom rule to arm your security system by days of the week when you leave for work. You can even add customized Push notifications about your rule to know when your rule has run!
RULES COMPONENTS
WHEN THIS HAPPENS..
Add Triggers
- Triggers are very important for creating your Rule. You can set a trigger most commonly by Time of Day, Sunrise or Sunset. Also, you can set a trigger from a device action or system armed state.
UNDER THESE CONDITIONS...
Add Conditions
- Set conditions so your rule only happens during a Time Range, Daytime, Nighttime, Days of the Week or when your system is armed, disarmed or alarming.
MY SYSTEM SHOULD...
Add Actions
- Actions are the most important part of your Rule. This is what you want your Rule to do! You also can have more than one action, for example arm my system away and send me a notification when my system was armed.
TIP - Create a Rule name to describe what your rule is for. Rule name "Arm its work time" would arm my security system away every Monday through Friday at 7 AM. The trigger would be set to 7 AM, condition added of Weekdays, and action of arms away.
ADD OR EDIT RULES
Start automating your security and smart home devices by adding a Rule from the apps or web portal. Launch your app, go into settings and select Rules. Now you can select + to add a new Rule. If you have already created a Rule, just select your Rule name and you can edit it at anytime from anywhere!
- Run this rule - Run this rule is a feature to test the actions configured with your rule. After you have added or made edits to a rule you can select Run this rule the current actions on the rule will be executed.
TURN ON OR OFF A RULE
Schedules change but your rules do not have to be removed when your schedule changes. You can turn off a rule and turn it back on again when it is the right time for you from your app!
- How-to: Open your app, go into settings > Rules > Rule name and change the Active toggle to on or off and save your change!
REMOVE A RULE
Open your app, go into settings, select Rules and select the Rule name you want to remove and select Remove Rule. On iOS when on your Rules list you can swipe left on a rule name and select Remove also to remove a rule. Android users while on the Rules list can long press on a rule name to remove a rule.
