Set Up Events

An event is how you tell Vera to do certain things in response to something happening. For more on this, see Automation.

To add an event, click the 'Scenes' tab, add a new scene, and click 'Add Event' to define what should trigger the scene.

Then choose the type of event. The most common options are: Sunset, sunrise, a sensor is tripped, and an armed sensor is tripped. For sensor tripped events, you will be asked to choose which sensor(s) should trigger the event.

You can then check off which users should be notified when the event occurs. These are the people you created on the users tab, and Vera will use the contact information (SMS text message and/or Email) you provided on that tab.

After you specify the options for the event, you can tell Vera what you want her to do when that event occurs, in exactly the same way you do when creating a scene. As explained in the scene instructions, you can tell Vera to do something with a device and then after a period of time, do something else, such as: "Turn on the garage light and 30 seconds later turn it off again."

To learn how to use events to set up a home security system, see Intro Security.