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What rules and notifications are available for garage devices and gates?

Garage devices and gates have the ability to set rules that, when triggered, perform specific actions and send notifications when a rule is triggered.

Triggers and resulting actions

Garage door or gate opens/closes

This trigger can result in the following actions:

  • Turn on/off light
  • Send notifications (available for open/close)
  • Initiate video recording
Garage door or gate left open

This trigger can be set for when the garage door opener or gate is left open for a set amount of time and/or is left open when a Geo-Device leaves a Geo-Fence.

This trigger can result in the following action:

  • Send notification
Arm stay/away

Note: This trigger cannot be set up with a delay. It triggers regardless of whether the system is armed from the panel, keyfob, another rule, or from the Alarm.com app or Alarm.com customer website.

This trigger can result in the following action:

  • Close garage door or gate
Disarm

Note: This trigger cannot be set up with a delay. It triggers regardless of whether the system is armed from the panel, keyfob, another rule, or from the Alarm.com app or Alarm.com customer website.

This trigger can result in the following action:

  • Open garage door or gate

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