Help with abode alarm triggering automation

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To follow up… I got it to work with this config:

- id: abode_alarm_trigered
  alias: ALARM - abode alarm triggered
  initial_state: 'on'
  trigger:
    platform: event
    event_type: abode_alarm
  action:
  - service: notify.notify
    data:
      message: HOME ALARM TRIGGERED
  - service: switch.turn_on
    entity_id: switch.garage_tp, switch.deck_lights, group.night_lights

@micque … I think you were spot on that I had my trigger indented too far.

FYI, I could never get it to work with this as the trigger (regardless of the indentation):

platform: state
entity_id: alarm_control_panel.abode_alarm
to: 'triggered'

While I was testing and had the alarm triggered, the state for the alarm_control_panel.abode_alarm entity always showed the armed state (home or away) and never went into a “triggered” state.

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