Alexa guard mode integration - started working by itself?

Third party integrations
1

Hi,

My HA is setup to turn off lights, etc, when I leave the house and turn some on based on the time of day when I return. It also controls my thermostat.

Recently, I noticed that I was getting an alert on my phone stating that guarde mode was being turned off/on in conjunction with my entering/leaving the house.

I’ve not setup any automation to do that, and it doesn’t work all the time – so it may be an alexa thing? I’m not sure what/why this is happening. I do have the alexa integration but mostly use it to show what’s being played. Any thoughts on what may be happening?

Thanks,
Reza

2

Do you have geofencing setup on the Alexa app on your phone? I have mine setup and a routine set to enable/disable guard mode when we leave. I’ve never heard of it doing it on its own though.

3

I tried to create a routing using the geofence to enable guard mode and it says;
Secure Action Aren’t Supported with location-based routines

How did you get around this?

Thanks,
Scott

4

Using NodeRed and the Alexa-Remote2 nodes. The location-based routine in Alexa turns on an input_boolean and that triggers the flow to turn on/off a Guard mode routine. It’s cludegy, but works. (So, location routine -> input_boolean -> NodeRed -> routine).

5

I’m not sure why it started working by itself but I think it had to do with the integration with my alarm? In any case, this is the code I use. Reza_home is a Boolean that is tied to a geofence

#Turn ON alarm guard when leaving house #
#############################################

  • id: guard_on_when_leaving_house
    alias: Alexa Guard On When Leaving House
    trigger:
    platform: state
    entity_id: input_boolean.reza_home
    to: ‘off’
    action:
    • service: alarm_control_panel.alarm_arm_away
      data:
      entity_id: alarm_control_panel.alexa_guard_c2c06