Get a phone call from Owl Home if Carbon Monoxide is detected
2 ready-made Owl Home and Phone Call (US only) Applets
Turn one on, or build your own. Owl Home can start an automation with "Carbon Monoxide detected", and IFTTT can then run "Call my phone" on Phone Call (US only).
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Ask ChatGPT to create Owl Home applets that respond to smoke, motion, or sound detection, right from your AI assistant, with IFTTT MCP.
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Create your own Owl Home and Phone Call (US only) workflow
Create custom workflows effortlessly by selecting triggers, queries, and actions. With IFTTT, it's simple: “If this” trigger happens, “then that” action follows. Streamline tasks and save time with automated workflows that work for you.
9 triggers, queries, and actions
Carbon Monoxide detected
Polling trigger
Polling Applets run after IFTTT reaches out to the trigger service and finds a new trigger event. These trigger checks occur every hour on Free, every 15 minutes on Starter, and every 5 minutes on Pro and Pro+.
The trigger fires when your Owl detector detects Carbon Monoxide(CO).
Leave IFTTT any voicemail
Polling trigger
Polling Applets run after IFTTT reaches out to the trigger service and finds a new trigger event. These trigger checks occur every hour on Free, every 15 minutes on Starter, and every 5 minutes on Pro and Pro+.
This Trigger fires every time you leave any voicemail at your IFTTT phone number.
Motion detected
Polling trigger
Polling Applets run after IFTTT reaches out to the trigger service and finds a new trigger event. These trigger checks occur every hour on Free, every 15 minutes on Starter, and every 5 minutes on Pro and Pro+.
The trigger fires when your Owl detector detects motion.
Smoke detected
Polling trigger
Polling Applets run after IFTTT reaches out to the trigger service and finds a new trigger event. These trigger checks occur every hour on Free, every 15 minutes on Starter, and every 5 minutes on Pro and Pro+.
The trigger fires when your Owl detector detects smoke.
Sound detected
Polling trigger
Polling Applets run after IFTTT reaches out to the trigger service and finds a new trigger event. These trigger checks occur every hour on Free, every 15 minutes on Starter, and every 5 minutes on Pro and Pro+.
The trigger fires when your Owl detector detects sounds
Battery
Query
A query lets your Applet retrieve extra data that isn't included in the trigger, so that your automation can include more complete or useful information.
This query returns your Owl device battery.
Humidity
Query
A query lets your Applet retrieve extra data that isn't included in the trigger, so that your automation can include more complete or useful information.
This query returns humidity information from your Owl deivce.
Temperature
Query
A query lets your Applet retrieve extra data that isn't included in the trigger, so that your automation can include more complete or useful information.
This query returns your Owl device temperature.
Call my phone
Action
An action is the task your Applet carries out after the trigger occurs. It defines what happens as the result of your automation and completes the workflow.
This Action will call your phone number and say a message.
Battery
Query
A query lets your Applet retrieve extra data that isn't included in the trigger, so that your automation can include more complete or useful information.
This query returns your Owl device battery.
Call my phone
Action
An action is the task your Applet carries out after the trigger occurs. It defines what happens as the result of your automation and completes the workflow.
This Action will call your phone number and say a message.
Carbon Monoxide detected
Polling trigger
Polling Applets run after IFTTT reaches out to the trigger service and finds a new trigger event. These trigger checks occur every hour on Free, every 15 minutes on Starter, and every 5 minutes on Pro and Pro+.
The trigger fires when your Owl detector detects Carbon Monoxide(CO).
Humidity
Query
A query lets your Applet retrieve extra data that isn't included in the trigger, so that your automation can include more complete or useful information.
This query returns humidity information from your Owl deivce.
Leave IFTTT any voicemail
Polling trigger
Polling Applets run after IFTTT reaches out to the trigger service and finds a new trigger event. These trigger checks occur every hour on Free, every 15 minutes on Starter, and every 5 minutes on Pro and Pro+.
This Trigger fires every time you leave any voicemail at your IFTTT phone number.
Motion detected
Polling trigger
Polling Applets run after IFTTT reaches out to the trigger service and finds a new trigger event. These trigger checks occur every hour on Free, every 15 minutes on Starter, and every 5 minutes on Pro and Pro+.
The trigger fires when your Owl detector detects motion.
Smoke detected
Polling trigger
Polling Applets run after IFTTT reaches out to the trigger service and finds a new trigger event. These trigger checks occur every hour on Free, every 15 minutes on Starter, and every 5 minutes on Pro and Pro+.
The trigger fires when your Owl detector detects smoke.
Sound detected
Polling trigger
Polling Applets run after IFTTT reaches out to the trigger service and finds a new trigger event. These trigger checks occur every hour on Free, every 15 minutes on Starter, and every 5 minutes on Pro and Pro+.
The trigger fires when your Owl detector detects sounds
Temperature
Query
A query lets your Applet retrieve extra data that isn't included in the trigger, so that your automation can include more complete or useful information.
This query returns your Owl device temperature.
Build an automation in seconds!
If
Select a trigger the automation will use
Carbon Monoxide detected
Leave IFTTT any voicemail
Motion detected
Smoke detected
Sound detected
Then
Select an action the automation will perform
Call my phone
You can add delays, queries, and more actions in the chat.
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How to connect to a Owl Home automation
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About Owl Home
Owl Home and IFTTT let you build automations around smoke, carbon monoxide, motion, and sound detection from your home safety system.
About Phone Call (US only)
Phone Call and IFTTT let you build automations that trigger when you leave a voicemail, or have IFTTT call your phone to deliver messages and alerts.