Quiet Hours for Alerts

S.C.O.R.E. → Convenience → Device Control

Overview

Many smart home devices can send alerts for various events, but these notifications can disturb sleep. This capability helps by muting noncritical alerts during designated sleep hours, ensuring a peaceful environment while still keeping critical alerts active.

Benefits

• Improved sleep quality for residents by reducing unnecessary disturbances.
• Increased control over home capability notifications, allowing for a personalized experience.
• Enhanced safety as critical alerts remain active, ensuring timely responses to urgent situations.

Intent

The purpose of this capability is to provide a customizable alert system that respects the user’s sleep schedule. It achieves a balance between necessary home notifications and personal rest, promoting well-being in the home environment.

Preconditions

• Home Assistant configured and running.
• Presence detection system active to determine sleep hours.
• Defined sleep schedule set within Home Assistant.
• Home Assistant installed and configured.
• Integration available and authenticated: Zigbee2MQTT.
• Device installed and reachable: Motion Detection.

Actors

• Homeowner managing alert settings
• Family members affected by sleep disturbances
• Guests staying overnight

Trigger

The capability is triggered by the time of day, specifically when the defined sleep hours begin.

Workflow Diagram

flowchart TD
    A[Time Reached: Sleep Hours] -->|check| B{{Are Alerts Critical?}}
    B -->|Yes| C[Send Alert]
    C --> D[Alert Received]
    B -->|No| E[Mute Alert]
    E --> F[No Disturbance]

Workflow Description

1. Define Sleep Schedule

The homeowner sets specific sleep hours in the Home Assistant interface.

2. Activate Presence Detection

Home Assistant uses presence detection to confirm if someone is home during the defined sleep hours.

3. Check Alert Type

When an alert is triggered, the system checks if it is classified as critical or noncritical.

4. Mute or Send Alert

If the alert is noncritical and during sleep hours, it is muted; otherwise, it is sent to the homeowner.

5. Log Alert Activity

All alerts, whether sent or muted, are logged for review in the Home Assistant dashboard.

Postconditions

After the capability completes, noncritical alerts are muted during sleep hours, allowing residents to sleep undisturbed while critical alerts remain active.

Optional Enhancements

• Integrate with smart lighting to create a visual alert system for critical notifications.
• Allow customization of alert types that can bypass the mute setting.
• Implement a snooze feature for alerts that can be temporarily delayed during sleep hours.

Recommended Components

Source Examples

• Home Assistant (platform)