Best Door Sensors For Hubitat

Csteele august 16 2019 4 41am 16.

Best door sensors for hubitat.

It also has a tamper proof switch which will trigger a z wave signal when the sensor s cover is. Play music sounds based on an event eg when someone arrives trigger weather traffic reports jokes fun facts sing songs stories get calendar events create. Aeotec recessed door sensor 7 zw187 a contact sensor z wave recessed door sensor 7 aeotec siren. I have migrated over to the dome z wave sensors and i m pretty happy with that.

In both cases you ll want contact sensors for windows and doors that would be likely entry points. Aeotec smart energy. I needed to purchase a couple of iris repeaters to make them work with my hubitat. Make alexa announcements based on any hubitat event.

But hubitat s elevation hub offers a level of privacy unparalleled by its larger competitors. Creates virtual echo devices for every physical device. The door sensors do the same thing. I bought a nyse sensor to work with this due to the longer battery life and after pairing the gocontrol with hubitat it says garage door unknown.

When you re away sensors generally operate by detecting the opening and or closing of a window or door which kicks off an alert and sensors connect with an automation platform such as hubitat elevation. My theory is that there was more room in the st hub for a larger antenna. Aeotec recessed door sensor gen 5. I stress the word theory as i don t know for sure.

Big thanks to cwwilson08 for motivating me to work on the port which ended up running great on hubitat current features. Monoprice z wave plus pir multi sensor 15902 using zooz 4 in 1 sensor monoprice z wave plus recessed door window sensor 15268 using generic z wave contact sensor monoprice z wave plus shock detector and acceleration sensor 15269 custom driver monoprice z wave plus smart plug and repeater with 2 usb ports 27481 using zooz power switch. But for a problem free zigbee motion sensor that is also very fast and responsive i like the centralite iris sylvania and a few others. My visonic sensors worked great with my st hub.

For that reason i wouldn t recommend them unless you re ok with that. Generic z wave contact sensor. This z wave plus door window sensor mounts to a door or window detects when it is opened or closed and sends a z wave trigger signal to the network.