I thought that you could set up a scenario where it takes a photo and sends it when a contact opens, even without the alarm being armed. This cannot be done. For example, I wanted it to send me a photo every time someone enters through the front door, without arming the alarm. In the end, it's useless because the alarm has to be violated and triggered for this to happen. I don't understand the usefulness of the scenarios, since if the PIR sees you when it's armed, it will send a photo anyway. That's why I'm deducting one star from my rating. Otherwise, it's a very good product, but overpriced