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Update on the Z Wave Ring Outdoor Contact Sensor ver 2. It is as Z Wave as they come. I put a Zooz 700 dongle in my Home Assistant. Then I added the Ring contact sensor. The only difference was Home Assistant asked for the PIN which is printed on the device and Polisy did not. So if you have these laying around you can put them to use with Home Assistant. Maybe someone will come up with a Polyglot plugin for Ring?
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Just for the record, I found out why these Insteon open/ close sensors (2483-222) are so flaky. The batteries were dead. But let me explain. I put lithium energizer batteries in, in January. They were dead in March. I figured the cold took them out. So I put Duracell batteries in, in March. They were dead in June; go figure. So maybe they were struggling to communicate with my Polisy putting the batteries under extra load?
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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.
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@DennisC,Got it thanks!
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@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!
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Thanks @DennisC. I have ordered it and have a weekend project!
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@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!
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@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.
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CPrince started following Z-Wave Backup? , Ring Alarm Outdoor Contact Sensor 2 Zwave and Alternate to SMS Text Messages with Images
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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?
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Alternate to SMS Text Messages with Images
CPrince replied to CPrince's topic in IoX Program Support
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.
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@Techman @Geddy Thanks guys. Another project!
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@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?
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@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.
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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.