# Chirp Platform

## Chirp Wireless Docs

- [Chirp — Home Automation Platform](https://docs.chirpwireless.io/readme.md): See home sensors and cameras together, build useful automations, and receive alerts with Chirp and Lens.
- [First Steps](https://docs.chirpwireless.io/first-steps.md): Get started with Chirp — what you need and the LoRaWAN setup flow that takes you from unboxing to live sensor data.
- [Finding Your Way Around](https://docs.chirpwireless.io/first-steps/finding-your-way-around.md): Tour the Chirp interface — left menu, profile options, notification bell, home screen — find where everything lives.
- [Connect Your First Sensor](https://docs.chirpwireless.io/first-steps/connect-your-first-sensor.md): Hands-on guide to pair a gateway, register a LoRaWAN sensor, build a room dashboard, and set your first home alarm.
- [Applications](https://docs.chirpwireless.io/applications.md): Not sure what you can automate at home? Open Solutions, install a ready-made setup in a few clicks, then order the devices it lists and switch to real sensors.
- [What Are Solutions and Applications in Chirp?](https://docs.chirpwireless.io/applications/solutions-explained.md): Learn what a solution, an application, and a use case are in Chirp and how they differ: a solution is the template, your application the result.
- [Exploring Ready-Made Solutions](https://docs.chirpwireless.io/applications/exploring-ready-made-solutions.md): Look through the Chirp solutions catalog and preview a live dashboard, practice sensors, automations, and alerts before you install anything.
- [Installing a Ready-Made Solution](https://docs.chirpwireless.io/applications/installing-a-ready-made-solution.md): Press Use this solution, then Install solution to get practice sensors, running automations, alerts, and a dashboard in your account. Fixes included.
- [From Practice Sensors to Real Ones](https://docs.chirpwireless.io/applications/from-practice-sensors-to-real-ones.md): Replace the practice sensors in your installed setup with your own Chirp devices using Swap connection. Dashboards, automations, and alerts keep working.
- [Creating an Application](https://docs.chirpwireless.io/applications/creating-an-application.md): Build your own Chirp application from scratch: name it, add a note for your household, edit it later, or create one while adding a sensor.
- [Organizing Content](https://docs.chirpwireless.io/applications/organizing-content.md): Choose the Application field for devices, dashboards, automations, and alerts so the Content tab lists them together. Learn what Default and the counts mean.
- [Using Application Dashboards](https://docs.chirpwireless.io/applications/using-application-dashboards.md): See all the dashboards of a Chirp application in one spot, change them on the dashboard page, and learn what the empty and error messages mean.
- [Deleting an Application](https://docs.chirpwireless.io/applications/deleting-an-application.md): Remove a Chirp application you no longer need, and save the sensors, dashboards, and alerts you want to keep before you confirm.
- [Overview](https://docs.chirpwireless.io/overview.md): Read your home at a glance — device and gateway status cards, notifications, and self-refreshing live readings.
- [Dashboards](https://docs.chirpwireless.io/dashboards.md): See your whole smart home at a glance — overview, custom dashboards, widgets, maps, and live sensor data.
- [Building a Dashboard](https://docs.chirpwireless.io/dashboards/building-a-dashboard.md): Create, rename, and delete a personalized Chirp dashboard with its own name, icon, and folder.
- [Adding Widgets](https://docs.chirpwireless.io/dashboards/adding-widgets.md): Add Chirp dashboard widgets for live sensor data, charts, controls, maps, images, text, and embedded pages.
- [Last Data Widget](https://docs.chirpwireless.io/dashboards/adding-widgets/last-data-widget.md): Show the latest value from one or more sensors as a number, gauge, or ring — is the door open, how warm is the room?
- [Value Display](https://docs.chirpwireless.io/dashboards/adding-widgets/last-data-widget/number.md): Show a sensor's latest reading as a number, text, or on/off with the Value display in the Chirp Last Data widget.
- [Doughnut Display](https://docs.chirpwireless.io/dashboards/adding-widgets/last-data-widget/doughnut.md): Show a reading as a filling ring with the number in the middle — perfect for a tank, battery, or humidity level.
- [Pie Display](https://docs.chirpwireless.io/dashboards/adding-widgets/last-data-widget/pie.md): Show a reading as a bold filled circle that fills as the value rises — a chunkier take on the ring gauge.
- [Tube Display](https://docs.chirpwireless.io/dashboards/adding-widgets/last-data-widget/tube.md): Show a level as a filling cylinder, like a real tank — watch the salt, fuel, or rain barrel run low or rise too high.
- [Gauge Display](https://docs.chirpwireless.io/dashboards/adding-widgets/last-data-widget/gauge.md): Put a reading on a horizontal track with a sliding marker and colored bands, so you spot the moment it crosses a limit.
- [Radial Gauge Display](https://docs.chirpwireless.io/dashboards/adding-widgets/last-data-widget/radial-gauge.md): Show a Chirp reading on a round dial with the Radial Gauge — a needle, a sweep angle you choose, and colored zones.
- [Control Widget](https://docs.chirpwireless.io/dashboards/adding-widgets/control-widget.md): Add a Control widget to a Chirp dashboard — a switch, button, slider, or input that operates a device from one tap.
- [Switch](https://docs.chirpwireless.io/dashboards/adding-widgets/control-widget/switch.md): Add a Switch Control to a Chirp dashboard to flip a home device on or off — a lamp, plug, or relay — with one tap.
- [Button](https://docs.chirpwireless.io/dashboards/adding-widgets/control-widget/button.md): Add a Button Control to a Chirp dashboard to run a one-tap device action — restart, run a scene, open — with a press.
- [Simple Slider](https://docs.chirpwireless.io/dashboards/adding-widgets/control-widget/slider-simple.md): Add a Simple Slider to a Chirp dashboard — a horizontal slider that sets a value like brightness by sliding.
- [Circular Slider](https://docs.chirpwireless.io/dashboards/adding-widgets/control-widget/slider-circular.md): Add a Circular Slider to a Chirp dashboard — a round dial that sets a value like color temperature by turning it.
- [Vertical Slider](https://docs.chirpwireless.io/dashboards/adding-widgets/control-widget/slider-vertical.md): Add a Vertical Slider to a Chirp dashboard — an upright slider that sets a value like a level you raise or lower.
- [Input](https://docs.chirpwireless.io/dashboards/adding-widgets/control-widget/input.md): Add an Input Control to a Chirp dashboard to send an exact value, like a thermostat target or color temperature.
- [Chart Widget](https://docs.chirpwireless.io/dashboards/adding-widgets/chart-widget.md): Graph a reading's history over the hour, day, week, or month with color bands and a live current value.
- [Line Chart](https://docs.chirpwireless.io/dashboards/adding-widgets/chart-widget/line-chart.md): Set up a Chirp Line chart to follow a sensor trend with a current reading, average, and colored ranges.
- [Bar Chart](https://docs.chirpwireless.io/dashboards/adding-widgets/chart-widget/bar-chart.md): Build a Chirp Bar chart and show the exact sensor value on every bar for easier report-by-report comparison.
- [Text Widget](https://docs.chirpwireless.io/dashboards/adding-widgets/text-widget.md): Add a household note, sensor list, or automation list to a Chirp dashboard using the Text widget.
- [Image Widget](https://docs.chirpwireless.io/dashboards/adding-widgets/image-widget.md): Pin live sensor readings onto your own photo or floor plan, each colored by its conditions, with multi-layer views.
- [Map Widget](https://docs.chirpwireless.io/dashboards/adding-widgets/map-widget.md): Show a GPS device's live position on an outdoor map with one reading on the marker and route history by date.
- [iFrame Widget](https://docs.chirpwireless.io/dashboards/adding-widgets/iframe-widget.md): Drop a live web page — a weather map, live traffic, or your calendar — onto a Chirp dashboard with the iFrame Widget.
- [Digital Building Twin](https://docs.chirpwireless.io/dashboards/adding-widgets/digital-building-twin.md): Build a 3D model of your home and watch it light up with live sensor colors and readings, right on your dashboard.
- [Editor Tour](https://docs.chirpwireless.io/dashboards/adding-widgets/digital-building-twin/editor-tour.md): A quick walk around the 3D home editor — the toolbar, Scene panel, settings, floor buttons, and saving.
- [Drawing Your Home](https://docs.chirpwireless.io/dashboards/adding-widgets/digital-building-twin/drawing-your-building.md): Draw walls, doors, windows, and fences for your 3D home model in a flat 2D or full 3D view.
- [Importing a Floor Plan](https://docs.chirpwireless.io/dashboards/adding-widgets/digital-building-twin/importing-a-dxf-plan.md): Turn a DXF floor plan into walls for your 3D home — set the source unit and preview before importing.
- [Tracing from the Map](https://docs.chirpwireless.io/dashboards/adding-widgets/digital-building-twin/tracing-from-the-map.md): Click your home's outline on a satellite map to turn it into walls and save its real-world location.
- [Floors and Levels](https://docs.chirpwireless.io/dashboards/adding-widgets/digital-building-twin/floors-and-levels.md): Add upstairs, downstairs, and basement levels to your 3D home and switch between stacked and solo floor views.
- [Placing Objects](https://docs.chirpwireless.io/dashboards/adding-widgets/digital-building-twin/placing-objects.md): Drop furniture and objects into your 3D home, turn them as you place, and adjust position, scale, and rotation.
- [Object Library](https://docs.chirpwireless.io/dashboards/adding-widgets/digital-building-twin/object-catalog.md): Browse the 60-plus 3D objects for your home model — furniture, kitchen, bathroom, appliances, and outdoor items.
- [Connecting Sensors and Colors](https://docs.chirpwireless.io/dashboards/adding-widgets/digital-building-twin/binding-sensors-and-colors.md): Link a sensor reading to objects in your 3D home and set color rules so the door, room, or basement reacts live.
- [Pins and Live Readings](https://docs.chirpwireless.io/dashboards/adding-widgets/digital-building-twin/drop-pins-and-live-values.md): Pin a sensor's exact value into your 3D home, colored by its status, and show or hide every pin at once.
- [GPS Anchoring](https://docs.chirpwireless.io/dashboards/adding-widgets/digital-building-twin/gps-anchoring.md): Tie your 3D home model to real latitude and longitude, automatically from a map trace or by hand.
- [Conditions](https://docs.chirpwireless.io/dashboards/adding-widgets/conditions.md): Set per-metric color rules so a reading turns green, yellow, or red — green for comfortable, red for check it now.
- [Organizing Your Views](https://docs.chirpwireless.io/dashboards/organizing-your-views.md): Group dashboards into folders and drag-and-drop them so the views you use most sit right at the top.
- [Maps and Device Placement](https://docs.chirpwireless.io/dashboards/maps-and-device-placement.md): See where each sensor sits in your home on an interactive map and assign a room to put it on the map.
- [Tracking What Matters](https://docs.chirpwireless.io/dashboards/tracking-what-matters.md): Follow your car's recorded locations on a Chirp dashboard and keep its history together when you replace the GPS tracker.
- [Live Home Data](https://docs.chirpwireless.io/dashboards/live-home-data.md): How live sensor updates reach your screen, what the Live Data indicators mean, and what to check if data is missing.
- [Sharing Your Dashboard](https://docs.chirpwireless.io/dashboards/sharing-your-dashboard.md): Share a Chirp dashboard with a password-protected link — choose View or Control, then copy, regenerate, or revoke it.
- [Connectors](https://docs.chirpwireless.io/connectors.md): See how connections link your home sensors to Chirp over LoRaWAN, MQTT or a vehicle tracker — or use pretend sensors before any hardware arrives.
- [Setting Up a Connection](https://docs.chirpwireless.io/connectors/setting-up-a-connection.md): Create an LNS connection for LoRaWAN sensors, a Tracker connection for your vehicle, or an Emulator connection to start with no hardware.
- [LNS Connector](https://docs.chirpwireless.io/connectors/lns-connector.md): The LNS connector links your LoRaWAN sensors to Chirp's built-in network server — nothing to install.
- [What is LoRaWAN?](https://docs.chirpwireless.io/connectors/lns-connector/what-is-lorawan.md): Learn why LoRaWAN reaches every corner of your home and runs sensors for years on a single battery.
- [LoRaWAN Frequencies](https://docs.chirpwireless.io/connectors/lns-connector/lorawan-frequencies.md): Find the right LoRaWAN frequency band for your country before registering a sensor in Chirp.
- [Built-in Network Server](https://docs.chirpwireless.io/connectors/lns-connector/built-in-lns.md): Chirp's built-in LoRaWAN network server handles sensor authentication and delivery for you automatically.
- [Tracker Connector](https://docs.chirpwireless.io/connectors/tracker-connector.md): Connect a cellular GPS vehicle tracker to Chirp — OBD2, CAN bus, and standalone trackers, 2,000+ preconfigured models.
- [MQTT Connector](https://docs.chirpwireless.io/connectors/mqtt-connector.md): Bring Zigbee sensors, smart plugs, and DIY hardware into your home with the MQTT connector.
- [What MQTT is](https://docs.chirpwireless.io/connectors/mqtt-connector/what-is-mqtt.md): A friendly intro to MQTT brokers, topics, and JSON payloads — the messaging behind the smart home.
- [Cloud MQTT](https://docs.chirpwireless.io/connectors/mqtt-connector/cloud-mqtt.md): The simplest MQTT path — Chirp hosts the broker, you paste the credentials into Zigbee2MQTT and go.
- [Topics and Device Routing](https://docs.chirpwireless.io/connectors/mqtt-connector/topics-and-device-routing.md): Configure Chirp MQTT topic segments, payload identifiers, topic-value extraction and measurement mapping, with examples and validation.
- [Setting up Zigbee2MQTT](https://docs.chirpwireless.io/connectors/mqtt-connector/zigbee2mqtt.md): Install Zigbee2MQTT to bridge your Zigbee bulbs and sensors into Chirp through the MQTT connector.
- [Troubleshooting](https://docs.chirpwireless.io/connectors/mqtt-connector/troubleshooting.md): Fix MQTT data that isn't reaching Chirp — empty Logs, topic mismatches, and devices that won't publish.
- [Emulator Connector](https://docs.chirpwireless.io/connectors/emulator-connector.md): Try Chirp before your sensors arrive — pretend sensors that make up their own readings, so your dashboards and alerts are ready on day one.
- [Devices](https://docs.chirpwireless.io/devices.md): Learn how Chirp digital twins keep your car or home device's readings together when you replace its tracker or sensor.
- [Adding Sensors](https://docs.chirpwireless.io/devices/adding-sensors.md): Register a LoRaWAN, tracker, MQTT or pretend sensor in Chirp and map its readings, step by step.
- [LoRaWAN Devices](https://docs.chirpwireless.io/devices/lorawan-devices.md): Connect LoRaWAN sensors to Chirp digital twins: device profiles, keys, decoding, measurement mapping, commands and replacement.
- [MQTT Devices](https://docs.chirpwireless.io/devices/mqtt-devices.md): Connect MQTT equipment to Chirp digital twins, configure device routing, map readings, check history and replace hardware.
- [Pretend Sensors](https://docs.chirpwireless.io/devices/pretend-sensors.md): Make a pretend sensor in Chirp that invents its own readings, so your dashboards and alerts are ready before the real one arrives.
- [Data Templates](https://docs.chirpwireless.io/devices/data-templates.md): Create and manage the metrics that give readings from different home sensors consistent names, units, and data types in Chirp.
- [What Your Device Is Sending](https://docs.chirpwireless.io/devices/what-your-device-is-sending.md): See exactly what your sensor is reporting and in what form, and why the name Chirp shows you isn't the name inside the device's own messages.
- [Sensor Details](https://docs.chirpwireless.io/devices/sensor-details.md): Replace a car tracker or home sensor while keeping its digital device, reconnect measurements, and review retained readings.
- [Connection Diagnostics](https://docs.chirpwireless.io/devices/connection-diagnostics.md): Added a sensor but no readings appear? Read the Connection tab and get your data flowing.
- [Rooms](https://docs.chirpwireless.io/devices/rooms.md): Make Chirp devices easy to recognize by room using clear names, photos, applications, and dashboards.
- [Favorite Devices](https://docs.chirpwireless.io/devices/favorite-devices.md): Star the devices and gateways you check most in Chirp — saved and shown right on their cards for quick access.
- [Controlling Your Devices](https://docs.chirpwireless.io/devices/commands.md): Control your devices from Chirp — turn things on or off, dim lights, or just ask the AI Assistant to do it for you.
- [Setting up a command](https://docs.chirpwireless.io/devices/commands/creating-commands.md): Set up a device command in Chirp — name it, pick the device, add inputs like brightness, and test before you save.
- [Making sure it worked](https://docs.chirpwireless.io/devices/commands/verification.md): Tell Chirp how to confirm a command really worked — skip the check, wait for the next reading, or ask the device.
- [Sending a command](https://docs.chirpwireless.io/devices/commands/executing-commands.md): Send a command from the States tab in Chirp, fill in any values, and see whether it worked in your activity history.
- [Example: Switching a Lamp](https://docs.chirpwireless.io/devices/commands/lamp-example.md): Set up on and off commands for a smart lamp from start to finish, and have Chirp confirm the lamp really switched.
- [Tested Device Guides](https://docs.chirpwireless.io/devices/tested-device-guides.md): Hands-on walkthroughs for specific sensors and bulbs we paired end-to-end with Chirp at home.
- [Zigbee Devices](https://docs.chirpwireless.io/devices/tested-device-guides/zigbee.md): Zigbee bulbs and sensors we paired through a Zigbee2MQTT hub — pairing quirks and payload details.
- [Paulmann 50064 Light Bulb](https://docs.chirpwireless.io/devices/tested-device-guides/zigbee/paulmann-50064-light-bulb.md): Pair, register, and map the Paulmann 50064 tunable-white Zigbee bulb in Chirp, with all the quirks.
- [Cameras](https://docs.chirpwireless.io/lens.md): Keep the home cameras you own, see them together in Chirp, use motion in your automations, and store recordings in your own cloud.
- [Installing Twin](https://docs.chirpwireless.io/lens/installing-twin.md): Set up a local Twin Docker container for each home camera and keep its settings between restarts.
- [Connecting a Camera](https://docs.chirpwireless.io/lens/connecting-a-camera.md): Link your home camera to Twin, then pair that Twin with the correct Chirp organization.
- [Provider Camera Sources](https://docs.chirpwireless.io/lens/connecting-cloud-camera-sources.md): Bring a supported account-based home camera into Chirp Lens through Twin, including Wyze, Ring, Roborock, and HomeKit setup.
- [Managing Cameras](https://docs.chirpwireless.io/lens/managing-cameras.md): Find a home camera, change its name, restore its Twin connection, or remove it from Chirp Lens.
- [RTSP Camera URLs](https://docs.chirpwireless.io/lens/rtsp-camera-urls.md): Find your camera brand’s RTSP address, local login requirements, and stream options to bring home camera feeds into Chirp Lens.
- [Watching Live Video](https://docs.chirpwireless.io/lens/watching-live-video.md): Check home cameras together in Chirp Lens and use supported sound or camera movement controls.
- [Videowalls](https://docs.chirpwireless.io/lens/videowalls.md): Save a home camera videowall in Chirp Lens, choose its feeds, and arrange a convenient view of the places you check most often.
- [Motion Zones](https://docs.chirpwireless.io/lens/motion-zones.md): Focus home-camera motion detection on a doorway or gate instead of everything in the picture.
- [Camera Rules and Alerts](https://docs.chirpwireless.io/lens/camera-rules-and-alerts.md): Make a Chirp rule respond to camera motion and use an alarm definition for the household notification.
- [Local Recordings](https://docs.chirpwireless.io/lens/local-recordings.md): Save and review home-camera clips on the computer running Twin, with limits to manage disk use.
- [Back Up Recordings to the Cloud](https://docs.chirpwireless.io/lens/cloud-archive.md): Send a copy of your home camera recordings to your own Amazon S3, Google Cloud, or Walrus account and watch them again from Chirp.
- [Storage Connectors](https://docs.chirpwireless.io/lens/storage-connectors.md): Set up an Amazon S3, Google Cloud Storage, or Walrus storage connector for Chirp Lens recordings, with every form field explained.
- [Access and Troubleshooting](https://docs.chirpwireless.io/lens/access-and-troubleshooting.md): Check household camera access, reconnect Twin, and fix common Lens setup or viewing problems.
- [Gateways](https://docs.chirpwireless.io/gateways.md): Gateways bring your sensors into Chirp — choose between a LoRaWAN gateway and a Zigbee2MQTT hub.
- [LoRaWAN Gateways](https://docs.chirpwireless.io/gateways/lorawan-gateways.md): One small LoRaWAN gateway covers a whole home — learn how it works and how coverage spreads.
- [Setting Up a LoRaWAN Gateway](https://docs.chirpwireless.io/gateways/lorawan-gateways/setting-up-a-lorawan-gateway.md): Register your home gateway in Chirp, download its security certificate, and get it online in minutes.
- [Checking LoRaWAN Gateway Health](https://docs.chirpwireless.io/gateways/lorawan-gateways/checking-lorawan-gateway-health.md): Check whether your home gateway is online, see its uptime, and know when a dip is worth a look.
- [Compatible LoRaWAN Gateways](https://docs.chirpwireless.io/gateways/lorawan-gateways/compatible-lorawan-gateways.md): What to look for when buying a LoRaWAN gateway for your home — Basics Station, band, and placement.
- [Zigbee2MQTT Hubs](https://docs.chirpwireless.io/gateways/zigbee2mqtt-hubs.md): A Zigbee2MQTT hub — a small computer plus a coordinator — brings your Zigbee devices into Chirp.
- [Sonoff ZBDongle-E Coordinator](https://docs.chirpwireless.io/gateways/zigbee2mqtt-hubs/sonoff-zbdongle-e-coordinator.md): Plug in the Sonoff ZBDongle-E, confirm Linux sees it, and get ready to run your Zigbee2MQTT hub.
- [Chirp Hub](https://docs.chirpwireless.io/chirp-hub.md): Chirp Hub is a free app that runs your home cameras, Zigbee and LoRaWAN, on a Raspberry Pi or on your regular PC.
- [Download and Install](https://docs.chirpwireless.io/chirp-hub/download-and-install.md): Download Chirp Hub for Windows, Mac, Linux or a Raspberry Pi, install it, and get past the warning on first launch.
- [Raspberry Pi Smart Home Hub](https://docs.chirpwireless.io/chirp-hub/raspberry-pi.md): Use a Raspberry Pi as a cheap, always-on home hub for cameras, Zigbee and Thread, and a LoRaWAN gateway if you like.
- [Shopping List](https://docs.chirpwireless.io/chirp-hub/raspberry-pi/shopping-list.md): What to buy for a Raspberry Pi home hub: the Pi and its basics, then only the extras you want, cameras to LoRaWAN.
- [Assemble the Hardware](https://docs.chirpwireless.io/chirp-hub/raspberry-pi/hardware.md): Put your Raspberry Pi home hub together, plug in radios and cameras, and fit the LoRaWAN card only if you want one.
- [Set Up the Raspberry Pi](https://docs.chirpwireless.io/chirp-hub/raspberry-pi/setup.md): Set up a Raspberry Pi for Chirp Hub. Put Ubuntu on the microSD card, run one setup script, then install Chirp Hub.
- [Raspberry Pi LoRaWAN Gateway](https://docs.chirpwireless.io/chirp-hub/raspberry-pi/lorawan-gateway.md): Build your own home LoRaWAN gateway from a Raspberry Pi and a RAK5146 card, and connect it to Chirp from Chirp Hub.
- [Troubleshooting](https://docs.chirpwireless.io/chirp-hub/raspberry-pi/troubleshooting.md): Fix a Raspberry Pi hub that isn't working, from a LoRaWAN card the setup script can't find to Zigbee that won't start.
- [Windows, Mac and Linux](https://docs.chirpwireless.io/chirp-hub/computer.md): Run Chirp Hub on a Windows, Mac or Linux computer at home to record many cameras and, on Linux, run Zigbee too.
- [Cameras](https://docs.chirpwireless.io/chirp-hub/cameras.md): Find the IP cameras in your home with Chirp Hub and start a recorder for each one, ready to connect to Chirp Lens.
- [Zigbee](https://docs.chirpwireless.io/chirp-hub/zigbee.md): Start a Zigbee network with Chirp Hub, pair the plugs, bulbs and sensors around your home, and open Zigbee2MQTT.
- [Thread](https://docs.chirpwireless.io/chirp-hub/thread.md): Add a Thread radio to Chirp Hub on a Raspberry Pi for your Matter devices, and see why Thread needs its own USB radio.
- [Alarm](https://docs.chirpwireless.io/alarm.md): See how Chirp turns sensor readings into home alerts, with an Inbox, alarm rules, and contact settings.
- [Set Up a Home Alert](https://docs.chirpwireless.io/alarm/set-up-a-home-alert.md): Create an alarm definition that sets severity, channels, schedule, and message for a home alert.
- [Escalation Chains](https://docs.chirpwireless.io/alarm/escalation-chains.md): Build a step-by-step chain so an unresolved home alert reaches more people until someone responds.
- [Notification Severity](https://docs.chirpwireless.io/alarm/notification-severity.md): Set the five severity levels and choose how often each one re-sends a reminder while an alarm stays active.
- [Check and Clear Alerts](https://docs.chirpwireless.io/alarm/check-and-clear-alerts.md): Review what fired in your Inbox, filter by severity or status, and resolve home alerts to stop escalation.
- [Manage Contact Methods](https://docs.chirpwireless.io/alarm/manage-contact-methods.md): Add and verify email and SMS contacts, then choose which channels deliver your home alerts.
- [Chirp Alerts App](https://docs.chirpwireless.io/alarm/chirp-alerts-app.md): Get Chirp alerts on your phone with the IoT Alerts app — critical alarms ring until you respond.
- [Getting Started](https://docs.chirpwireless.io/alarm/chirp-alerts-app/getting-started.md): Install IoT Alerts, pick Home Use, sign in to Chirp, and get your phone ready for alerts.
- [Alert Behavior](https://docs.chirpwireless.io/alarm/chirp-alerts-app/alert-behavior.md): Which alerts ring through on silent and which arrive quietly — set by the severity you choose.
- [Managing Alerts](https://docs.chirpwireless.io/alarm/chirp-alerts-app/managing-alerts.md): View, resolve, and quiet your home alerts from the app's Inbox and Alert Definitions tabs.
- [Rules engine](https://docs.chirpwireless.io/rules-engine.md): Let your home act on its own — automations that watch your sensors and respond, from an alert to flipping a switch.
- [Triggers](https://docs.chirpwireless.io/rules-engine/triggers.md): Understand how a trigger watches your home sensors, detects a condition, and starts an automation that can alert you or operate a device.
- [Trigger Timing](https://docs.chirpwireless.io/rules-engine/triggers/trigger-timing.md): Choose when a Chirp trigger reacts, learn what interrupts its wait, and decide when an active condition returns to normal.
- [Use a Trigger with Multiple Devices](https://docs.chirpwireless.io/rules-engine/triggers/multiple-devices.md): Watch several home devices with one Chirp trigger, keep their waits separate, and use a shared reading when the condition needs it.
- [Your First Automation](https://docs.chirpwireless.io/rules-engine/your-first-automation.md): A ten-minute tutorial to build your first automation — a basement humidity alert, from blank canvas to working rule.
- [Create an Automation](https://docs.chirpwireless.io/rules-engine/your-first-automation/create-an-automation.md): Open the editor, name an automation, choose a Sensor reading or Trigger condition start, and save the first version.
- [Add Conditions and Branches](https://docs.chirpwireless.io/rules-engine/your-first-automation/add-conditions-and-branches.md): Add a Script Task and a gateway so your automation classifies a reading and sends it down the right path.
- [Send Alerts and Run Actions](https://docs.chirpwireless.io/rules-engine/your-first-automation/trigger-alarms-and-actions.md): Add a Set Alarm node and a motivation message so your automation notifies you when the basement gets too humid.
- [Going Deeper](https://docs.chirpwireless.io/rules-engine/going-deeper.md): Build Chirp automations with saved triggers, several devices, enriched readings, expressions, and controlled deployment.
- [Data Enrichment and Expressions](https://docs.chirpwireless.io/rules-engine/going-deeper/data-enrichment-and-expressions.md): Combine readings from several sensors, transform them with CEL, and handle offline sensors with a fallback path.
- [Publish and Run](https://docs.chirpwireless.io/rules-engine/going-deeper/publish-and-run-an-automation.md): Take an automation live — build it, deploy the artifact, stop it when needed, and read the Artifacts tab.
- [Managing Automations](https://docs.chirpwireless.io/rules-engine/managing-automations.md): Stay in control of your automations — version history, editing locks, trash, and easy recovery when you need it.
- [View, Edit, and Locks](https://docs.chirpwireless.io/rules-engine/managing-automations/view-edit-and-locks.md): See how view and edit modes work, how locks stop household members clashing, and how autosave protects you.
- [History, Restore, and Recovery](https://docs.chirpwireless.io/rules-engine/managing-automations/history-restore-and-recovery.md): Browse every saved version of an automation, name your milestones, and roll back to a known-good version anytime.
- [Trash and Restore](https://docs.chirpwireless.io/rules-engine/managing-automations/trash-and-restore.md): Deleted an automation by mistake? It waits in the Trash — find it, bring it back, and learn how long it's kept.
- [Examples](https://docs.chirpwireless.io/rules-engine/examples.md): Ready-to-adapt smart home automation ideas for comfort, energy, and safety — copy a pattern and make it your own.
- [Home Comfort and Energy](https://docs.chirpwireless.io/rules-engine/examples/home-comfort-and-energy.md): Build automations that keep rooms comfortable — temperature zones, garden moisture, and wine cellar climate alerts.
- [Safety and Alerting](https://docs.chirpwireless.io/rules-engine/examples/safety-and-alerting.md): Catch trouble fast with leak, door, garage, and freezer automations that alert the moment something looks wrong.
- [Reference](https://docs.chirpwireless.io/rules-engine/reference.md): Look up how nodes, CEL expressions, the visual editor, and build errors work when building home automations.
- [Rules Page and Tabs](https://docs.chirpwireless.io/rules-engine/reference/rules-page-and-tabs.md): A tour of the Rules page — Rules, Triggers, Artifacts, and Trash, plus the actions on each automation row.
- [Visual Editor](https://docs.chirpwireless.io/rules-engine/reference/visual-editor.md): Find your way around the automation editor — the header bar, canvas, node palette, and properties sidebar.
- [Debugging Automations](https://docs.chirpwireless.io/rules-engine/reference/debugging-automations.md): Step through an automation with debug mode — feed it a test reading, set breakpoints, and watch the values change.
- [Automation Node Guide](https://docs.chirpwireless.io/rules-engine/reference/automation-node-guide.md): Every automation node — Gateway, Script Task, Set Alarm, Execute Command, Enrichment — its fields and runtime behavior.
- [When an Automation Runs a Command](https://docs.chirpwireless.io/rules-engine/reference/automation-runs-a-command.md): Let a Chirp automation act on its own — the Execute Command step sends a device a command when conditions are met.
- [CEL for Home Automations](https://docs.chirpwireless.io/rules-engine/reference/cel-for-home-automations.md): A friendly CEL guide for home rules — sensor variables, comparisons, math, text, and building clear alarm messages.
- [Fixing Builds and Runtime Stops](https://docs.chirpwireless.io/rules-engine/reference/fixing-builds-and-runtime-stops.md): Decode build errors, understand deploy and stop, and recover an automation that the system force-stopped.
- [AI Assistant](https://docs.chirpwireless.io/ai-assistant.md): An experienced integrator by your side for your smart home. Let Chirp’s AI Assistant add sensors, build automations, and configure alerts.
- [Talking to Your Home](https://docs.chirpwireless.io/ai-assistant/talking-to-your-home.md): Ask the Chirp AI Assistant about your home — live readings, history, and charts — plus tips for the best answers.
- [Let the Assistant Set It Up](https://docs.chirpwireless.io/ai-assistant/let-ai-set-it-up.md): Tell Chirp’s AI Assistant what you want your home to do, and let it add sensors, build automations, and configure alerts with you.
- [What It Knows](https://docs.chirpwireless.io/ai-assistant/what-it-knows.md): How Chirp’s AI Assistant uses your home setup, device information, and guides to add sensors, build automations, and answer questions.
- [Your Chats and Your Own AI](https://docs.chirpwireless.io/ai-assistant/chats-and-your-own-ai.md): Start a new chat, find past conversations, see how many requests you have left, and connect your own AI key in Chirp.
- [Your Privacy](https://docs.chirpwireless.io/ai-assistant/your-privacy.md): Understand what Chirp saves in AI conversations, what reaches a model provider, and how to request deletion or account closure.
- [Use Chirp from Your Tesla](https://docs.chirpwireless.io/ai-assistant/tesla-grok.md): Ask Grok about your Chirp home from your Tesla. Check whether the iron is on, turn its smart plug off, and ask about room readings or home alerts.
- [Records & Reports](https://docs.chirpwireless.io/reports.md): Track who has access to your Chirp home, and keep your sensors' join codes safe in an encrypted vault.
- [Activity Log](https://docs.chirpwireless.io/reports/audit-trail.md): See and filter every membership change in your Chirp home — invites, joins, permission updates, and removals.
- [Key Vault](https://docs.chirpwireless.io/reports/key-vault.md): Store your sensors' DevEUI and AppKey codes in an encrypted vault in your Chirp home — no more hunting for stickers.
- [API](https://docs.chirpwireless.io/api.md): Get programmatic access to your home's sensor data for scripts, spreadsheets, and smart-home integrations.
- [REST API](https://docs.chirpwireless.io/api/public-rest-api.md): Connect your scripts and tools to Chirp over HTTPS with a scoped API key — manage sensors, dashboards, and automations.
- [gRPC API](https://docs.chirpwireless.io/api/grpc-api.md): Learn when the advanced gRPC interface is worth it over REST for typed, on-premise Chirp integrations.
- [MCP Server](https://docs.chirpwireless.io/api/mcp-server.md): Connect your favorite AI app straight to your Chirp home with MCP — sign in, no API key needed.
- [Authentication & API Keys](https://docs.chirpwireless.io/api/authentication-and-api-keys.md): Authenticate Chirp API requests with an API key, its allowed scopes, and the required matching X-Organization-Id header.
- [Examples](https://docs.chirpwireless.io/api/examples.md): Make an authenticated Chirp REST request with curl, an API key, and its home identifier to list accessible devices.
- [Settings](https://docs.chirpwireless.io/settings.md): Manage your profile, sensor rooms and locations, and API keys from the Chirp Settings section.
- [Profile](https://docs.chirpwireless.io/settings/profile-settings.md): Update the name and photo other household members see, and review your account email in Chirp.
- [Rooms and Locations](https://docs.chirpwireless.io/settings/locations.md): Organize sensors by room and area to mirror your home, making dashboards and readings easier to find.
- [API Keys](https://docs.chirpwireless.io/settings/api-keys.md): Create scoped API keys to connect Chirp to your scripts and tools, and revoke or rotate them anytime.
- [Help](https://docs.chirpwireless.io/get-help.md): Reach the Chirp support team — fill out the built-in contact form with your subject, email, and details.
- [Account](https://docs.chirpwireless.io/account.md): Manage household members, your subscription, and home settings from the user menu in Chirp.
- [Subscription](https://docs.chirpwireless.io/account/subscription.md): Pick a Chirp plan, see what each tier includes, upgrade or manage billing, and top up SMS credits — all in one place.
- [Household Members](https://docs.chirpwireless.io/account/users-and-permissions.md): Set per-section access for every household member so each person sees only what matters to them.
- [Inviting Members](https://docs.chirpwireless.io/account/inviting-members.md): Invite people to your Chirp home and pick which sensors, dashboards, and automations they can use.
- [Accepting Invitations](https://docs.chirpwireless.io/account/accepting-invitations.md): Join someone's Chirp home from the email link, and learn how membership and ownership invitations differ.
- [Managing Access](https://docs.chirpwireless.io/account/managing-access.md): Update what each household member can see and do, or remove someone from your Chirp home.
- [Home Settings](https://docs.chirpwireless.io/account/organization-settings.md): Rename your Chirp home or hand ownership to someone else, available only to the home owner.
- [Switching Homes](https://docs.chirpwireless.io/account/switching-organizations.md): Move between multiple Chirp homes, like your house and a cabin, without signing out.
- [Changelog](https://docs.chirpwireless.io/changelog.md): Chirp changelog — Flight Log entries for every release, with feature highlights and links to the matching guides.