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The Yolink works nice. Easy setup. The outdoor gate sensor has a nice case. Just wish it had screw holes to mount. I will probably mount in my existing box and use my existing gate contacts. Thanks for the tip.

@DennisC,Got it thanks!

@dwengrovitz@paulbates @DennisCHey guys. My starter kit came to day. Thanks for the tip. I have reviewed the quick setup. This is new to me. Before I get folks telling me "you did not need to load all that"... Do I need to load the app? I figure this is the only way to to setup WiFi. I found the Poligot plugin; but waiting to install it. Looking for tips on setting this up. Thanks in advance!

Thanks @DennisC. I have ordered it and have a weekend project!

@dwengrovitz Thanks for the YOLink tip. I ordered the starter kit last night as suggested. 1/4 mile range; impressive. 5 year batter; nice. I will work on the Ring Gate sensor on the side. There is a uTube video on how to connect it to Home Assistant. Just for the record, I have ordered all sorts of Zwave stuff on eBay. Most of the Zwave stuff works as expected. The only thing that I have given up on is "The Button". I like going outside the box. Thanks @DennisC. I have ordered it and have a weekend project!

@paulbatesI will try this. I have an outlet under the eve which is line of sight to the gate. My bathroom is 15 feet from my south gate sensor. There is a 1/8 inch glass window in it. In the bathroom is a Insteon lamp module and a insteon wall switch. The sensor is mounted in a thin plastic weather tight box 4 feet from the window. Sometimes I may get 5 or 6 heart beats a week, but not often.

A couple of years back I set up 2 Insteon Contact sensors (2843-222) in weather tight boxes to monitor my 2 gates. They seem very intermittent. They work and don't work. I get heart beats every few weeks. I have dual band insteon modules in the house about 20 feet away that should pick up their signal. I have been looking for an alternative solution and found these. https://www.lowes.com/pd/Ring-Pre-Sale-Ring-Alarm-Outdoor-Contact-Sensor/5005824673?user=shopping&feed=yes&srsltid=AfmBOopmSVTYsEsUk-P-iszna3iiuBYXmubzUYcXiUaw0BlRxyGL-zvL_Q8&gQT=1 This is a Zwave device. I have many Zwave devices. I setup the Polisy to register this device, and it did. Polisy picked up 7 entities. Unfortunately non of them pick up any activity. The device seems to be working. It has a tamper LED which seems to work. I am testing this device 10 feet away from the Polisy. Has anyone tried this? Maybe some idea on a different gate sensor?

Oh my. Just for laughs I put my Pushover email address into Blue Iris and it works! Received text and image! Let me see how this works out... Thanks @paulbates How long before they shut me down?

For years I have been sending SMS text messages with and without images from ISY, Polisy and Blue Iris. UD devices gave up the ghost sending SMS messages over a year ago. Not sure why Blue Iris kept on working as I am using the same email server setting for both. I set up UD notifications and Pushover to take up the slack on UD devices. Blue Iris kept on running fine. Well that was until a few weeks ago. I am with T mobile and while I have SMS working it is spotty , d e l a y e d and took a lot of work. So the question is, is there anyway to send messages with pictures. I realize this is kinda a cross platform issue. I have the Blue Iris Polygot plug in running. It can take up for SMS and shove everything out on UD Notifications. However no pictures and I can't use the AI of Blue Iris to filter out junk. I can and do use email. It does work but is unreliable as I get over 500 emails a day. So if it is important I won't know to later on that day. I was thinking of setting up Pushover in Blue Iris. This would get the urgency problem fixed, but no pictures. Looking for good ideas to send pictures in a timely manor.

@Techman @Geddy Thanks guys. Another project!

@Techman I am using a USB Dongle. Zooz S2 stick 700. It is not a board. I have 2 of these. I have 2 Polisy. Both came configured the same way. Only 1 Polisy is online. My firmware and UI are at the same level. So I am thinking you are thinking; I need a Zmatter board?

@techman I am at Z-Wave level 700 on Polisy. Z-Wave is working fine. I just wanted to back it up because instructions said I should back it up.

I just did the 5.8.4 update. Everything is Okay or so I think. Z-wave is working fine. One of the steps to do the upgrade is to do a Z-Wave backup. I can't figure out how. Am I looking in the wrong spot? No backup option here. From system tab I see this. Also if I click on version it is well.. Nothing to see here.

@gviliunas Not exactly what I was hoping to hear. I guess I can finally stop hitting my head on my desk. I retrofitted a TrigerLink with a button a while back and while it does not look bad; it doesn't look good. https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0989V53JX/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&th=1 Thanks so much for responding!

@gviliunas I have been following a post from about 4 years ago about "The Button". I have the same model and make as you have. I have got it to appear on my installed devices. I have entered the 5 values you suggest. I have made a program looking at the scene. It all looks good but does not work. I have added and removed this button about 6 times.. I have cleared it memory many times. I get the same entries all the time. I just can't figure out what I am missing. I can see the button communicating on the event viewer. Thank you