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Monday, February 21st, 2022 3:22 AM

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Chime/Notification for Sensor Closed

I just got my system and am loving it!

One issue I have is that there is no notification beep when an entry sensor (door/window) is closed.

You get the beep beep when you open... but dead silence when closing up.

Every alarm system I have ever seen has one beep type for open and one beep type for close (number of beeps, tone of beeps, etc). It gives confirmation that the sensor is functioning and that the thing you just closed is, in fact, closed.

I figure this shouldn't be a huge undertaking. Just a small change in the code.

Possibly add a checkbox in the settings, in case some people don't want that notification.

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2 years ago

Yes please!!

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2 years ago

Yes, please!! With small kids and an indoor-only cat, there's significant peace-of-mind in knowing that a door has been closed. Also, since there are no notifications, spoken audio, or chimes to indicate which door opened - then we don't know which door to check.

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2 years ago

Count me in to those who definitely would like to hear a (slightly different) chime when closed.

Funny - today’s SimpliSafe newsletter says: 

If you set an Entry Sensor to “disabled,” it won’t trigger your alarm — but you’ll still hear a chime when it’s opened or closed!

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@howgee​ As soon as I saw what you said about the sensor being in disabled mode. I went and tested. Not sure what they are talking about. It is already set to disabled when the alarm is off.

When I changed the setting to disabled for home and away, it did nothing. Wonder what they were talking about.

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Apologies for the confusion. To clarify, yes, all sensors are Disabled in Off Mode by default.

 

And if a sensor is disabled in either Home or Away Mode, it will be completely dormant (there is no way to trigger the Entry Chime in either armed modes).

 

Finally, relating to this thread's topic, there is no way currently to set a chime for when the sensor is closed.

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New Simplisafe customer here... The system is obviously aware when a sensor change state, could it not just simply play the chime when state changes from open to closed? I do agree coming from multiple alarm systems in different house I do miss a chime tell me a door or window was closed. 

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10 months ago

Agreed! This a must feature and we are shocked to switch over to Simplesafe and to not have a close notification for sensors. It’s actually stressing me an out a bit not having it. 

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8 months ago

Currently the base station only chimes when a sensor is opened, I would like the ability to have a chime when a sensor closes too.

Note: This comment was created from a merged conversation originally titled Base Station chime when sensor closes

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Hi @peterdstuart​, 

Your post sounded similar to the request in this thread, so I merged it here. 

We have forwarded this idea to our dev team for their consideration. Once we hear any news from them, we'll post an update in this thread.

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Thanks Emily.  Disappointing to see that this was recommended over 2 year ago and has not been implemented.

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7 months ago

At ATT Digital Life my system would chime when a sensor closed. This was very useful.

Sometimes Simplisafe does not receive a closed message. I find out next time I arm the system but that may be hours latter. 

Note: This comment was created from a merged conversation originally titled Closed Entry Sensor chime

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I experience the same “Sometimes Simplisafe does not receive a closed message. I find out next time I arm the system but that may be hours latte” issue as well from time to time.  This feature request would be helpful.

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7 months ago

To expand on this, the ‘closed’ chime would need to 1) play a different sound (which probably goes without saying). 2) I’d also like the ability to send an alert notification if an entry sensor remained in the open state for greater than X minutes.  Whether this alert is enabled or not and the max time before alert would need to be configurable per device as some doors such as garage doors stay open for longer periods of time than a door like a front door.  3) To expand on this, in the phone app, the “Overview” tab should have a list of open entry sensors.  (It shows cameras and temperature plus a notification if errors are detected as it is today.)

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7 months ago

Great idea.

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7 months ago

Unfortunate that this request is over 2 years old.  I've taken advantage of the money back guarantee and moved on to another service that has this feature.

What service has this feature?

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7 months ago

yes! 

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4 months ago

SimpliSafe app developers should update the app to provide a timeline & of device history of all home devices, e.g., doors/windows opening and closing. This is very helpful for viewing which access points have been opened when the alarm is not armed. I would not have purchased a SimpliSafe system had I known this feature was not available in the app, since many competitors provide the feature.

Note: This comment was created from a merged conversation originally titled App is in need of a complete device history & timeline
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