Motion detected

This Trigger fires when any or a specific motion sensor detects motion. Your Scout system must be in an Armed state.

About this trigger

Triggers, queries, and actions are the building blocks of Applets. Triggers tell an Applet to start, queries ask a question, and actions are its end result.

Developer info

Description: This Trigger fires when any or a specific motion sensor detects motion. Your Scout system must be in an Armed state.
API endpoint slug: scoutalarm.motion_detected

Trigger fields

Device ID Dropdown list

Label: Which motion sensor?
Slug: device_id
Required: true
Can have default value: false

Ingredients

AtDate and time motion was detected

Slug: at
Filter code: Scoutalarm.motionDetected.At
Type: Date with time (ISO8601)
Example: 2020-07-08T04:17:06.000+05:00

NameName of device.

Slug: name
Filter code: Scoutalarm.motionDetected.Name
Type: String
Example: Hallway Motion

Formatted textText shown in activity feed.

Slug: formatted_text
Filter code: Scoutalarm.motionDetected.FormattedText
Type: String
Example: Hallway Motion detected motion

ActionSensor trigger.

Slug: action
Filter code: Scoutalarm.motionDetected.Action
Type: String
Example: motion_start