Garage Door -- Zone Type?

[broconne]

Hooked up some GRI Garage door contacts yesterday and so today, we had our first false alarm. Specifically an Exit Error.

I am trying to figure out what zone type I should use for the garage doors. When I look in the HAI manual, Garage Doors are mentioned as an example for X4 entry delay, which is what I had them set to. However, this explicitly states that it does not modify the exit delay (I have to admit it that seems peculiar since I am not sure why someones exit and entry times would not be roughly the same). I can set the exit delay to 180 seconds which is the max and that may help.. But to be honest, it could take longer than 3 minutes to get the kid in the car, pull out - make sure I am not running over any toys, and close the garage door.

What do other people do with Garage doors - it seems like I have it set to the wrong zone type?

I considered setting them up as auxiliary but I liked that as an entry/exit zone it would tell me on the keypad when they were open and wouldn't let me arm it in night mode without closing them (we have left them open all night by accident before).

 

[AnthonyZ]

You can also write a program to bypass the door, wait, restore.

 

[broconne]

You can also write a program to bypass the door, wait, restore.

Could you expand a little bit about what you mean?

Are you saying that I could have an automation block that whenever I enter an armed condition, sets a bypass on the garage doors (somehow?) and then after a time period removes that bypass?

 

[AnthonyZ]

Could you expand a little bit about what you mean?

Are you saying that I could have an automation block that whenever I enter an armed condition, sets a bypass on the garage doors (somehow?) and then after a time period removes that bypass?

When Arm away, bypass zone ___ and set flag ___ for, say, 3 minutes
when flag ___ off, restore zone ___

 

[Desert_AIP]

Here's mine

34.	WHEN OFF
	WHEN ARM AWAY
	WHEN ARM NIGHT
	WHEN ARM VACATION
			THEN PROGRAM  RESTORE ALL ZONES
			THEN SET Exit Countdown Timer TO 0
35.	WHEN ARM DAY
	WHEN ARM AWAY
	WHEN ARM VACATION
			THEN PROGRAM BYPASS Garage Entry Door
			THEN PROGRAM BYPASS Garage Door Bay 1&2
			THEN PROGRAM BYPASS Garage Motion
			THEN Exit Countdown Timer ON FOR 12 MINUTES
36.	WHEN Exit Countdown Timer OFF
		AND IF House Occupied Flag OFF
			THEN PROGRAM RESTORE Garage Entry Door
			THEN PROGRAM RESTORE Garage Motion
37.	WHEN Garage Door Bay 1&2 SECURE
	WHEN Exit Countdown Timer OFF
			THEN PROGRAM RESTORE Garage Door Bay 1&2

I have Auto Bypass on. This allows me to arm the system with a zone open (like the garage door).
But I don't want to arm the system with a window or other zone open, so line 34 restores all zones as soon as arming starts.
It's like not having auto bypass on, but you don't have to close up the house to arm the system. Higher WAF.
I have a separate code block that checks for open windows and gives me a voice warning.

Line 35 gives me an exit path, door to the garage, garage motion, and garage door. I have 12 minutes to get out of the garage and close the door.
If I need to come back inside, the door from the house to the garage is bypassed for the same period.
Line 36 restores the door to the garage and garage motion in AWAY/VACATION only. That way I can go in and out of the garage in DAY mode.

Line 37 restores the garage door at either the end of the 12 minutes, or once the door closes - whichever is first.
This allows the system to be armed as soon as possible after leaving.
It also arms the system whether or not the outer door is closed.
So if I forget to clse the door, the alarm will trip after the delay, and I'll get a call on my cell phoine to remind me to go home and close the door.

 

[broconne]

Anthony_Z and Desert_AIP,
Thanks for the ideas. I copied a modified version of Desert's automation blocks and it is working really well!

(Once I saw where to uncheck report bypass and restore to NextAlarm!)