How I set up the Night mode in the Aqara security system of the Hub M3 and how it failed.
I bought an Aqara Door and Window Sensor P2, attached it to our garden door and set it up in the Night mode.
Auto Arming/Disarming is Not Set.
The Hub M3 has a homekit connection with Apple Home and I can use the security system there.
In Apple Home I made a Good Night scene, which turns all the lights off and activates the Night Mode.
I made an automation which activates the Home Mode at 06:30 h.
For weeks all went smoothly, no problems.
Until yesterday.
My wife wanted to turn off the HomePod mini’s but made a mistake and said Hey Siri Good …
Siri, as helpful as she is, thought she ment to say Good Night, activated the Good Night scene, which in return activated the Night mode.
It is wintertime here so the garden door was closed but if it wasn’t, our local showband would have been marching around in our living room after 5 seconds.
I’ve solved it by making an Homekit+shortcut automation which will check if the garden door is closed.
The lesson I’ve learned here:
Setting up a smart home can be fun but keep in mind that automations can fail, mistakes can be made and people can react to your automations in ways you don’t always expect.
Hope you have enjoyed this story!
