Hi Wayne, thank you for your reply. Yes I am indeed, I have 2 C420 cameras loaded on and the H200 hub which came with my doorbell. Both are fully updated. The only action available in automation is to disable/enable privacy mode, which is useful for other actions, but not to scare a burgular away. Since we can play the alarm sound on the C420 manually, why can it not be done via an automation or a shortcut that can be used to make the alarm system fully functional. Cheers Mike

Hi Wayne, It does, if you go into the app, click on a C420 camera, go to its options, click on 'Alarm', enable it, go to alarm sound, it lets you play the 3 different options. Surely it wouldn't be that difficult to add this as an option? I was really hoping to use this as a replacement for my Yale Smart Alarm which has started playing up, but the hub being the only source of sound is not ideal, nor is it loud enough. It looks like others have requested similar features back in 2022: https://community.tp-link.com/en/smart-home/forum/topic/588194 This request is for the ability to manually turn on the alarm, but this could also be tied into a shortcut or automation? I find this whole IoT realm really frustrating, the products are usually very good, but miss a few basic things which would complete them.