Door lock status and control via bedside keypad

[WetCoastWillie]

I have a 8 button keypad in a bedside switch, when I recently added a Z-Wave door lock I wanted to be able to see the status and control the door lock via a button on the keypad.

 

I was able to accomplish this by the following (I know this will seem simple to some... but for those of us who are just staring out I will share how I accomplished this in hopes to inspire )

 

First step was create a scene I called "Front Door Lock" and added the keypad (button H) as a controller and added the z-wave lock.

 

Next step was to create 4 programs:

 

Unocked Status
If
       Status  'Front Door Lock' is Unlocked

Then
       Set Scene 'Front Door Lock / Front Door Lock' On

Else
  - No Actions - (To add one, press 'Action')

 

Locked Status
If
       Status  'Front Door Lock' is Locked

Then
       Set Scene 'Front Door Lock / Front Door Lock' Off

Else
  - No Actions - (To add one, press 'Action')

 

These two control the light on the keypad...

Next

 

Door Locked
If
       Control 'Master Bedroom KPD.H' is switched Off

Then
       Set 'Front Door Lock' Lock

Else
  - No Actions - (To add one, press 'Action')

 

Door Unlocked
If
       Control 'Master Bedroom KPD.H' is switched On

Then
       Set 'Front Door Lock' Unlock

Else
  - No Actions - (To add one, press 'Action')

 

These two control the lock...

 

Now, when I go to bed and have forgotten to lock the door I will see button H lit up on the keypad... push the button and the door locks

 

Ps. I thought I read somewhere that cross platform (Insteon/Z-wave) scene control was not supported but that must have been in an earlier version.

[Xathros]

WetCoastWillie-

 

To simplify, you can combine your first 2 programs into one:

Unocked Status
If
       Status  'Front Door Lock' is Unlocked

Then
       Set Scene 'Front Door Lock / Front Door Lock' On

Else
      Set Scene 'Front Door Lock / Front Door Lock' Off

 

Then, you can combine your second two programs into one:

Door Locked
If
       Control 'Master Bedroom KPD.H' is switched Off
      and Control 'Master Bedroom KPD.H' is NOT switched On

Then
       Set 'Front Door Lock' Lock

Else
       Set 'Front Door Lock' Unlock

 

Note: you need the programs because Insteon/ZWave scenes do not yet work. If they did, having both the KPL Button and Lock set as controllers of a scene would have eliminated the need for all of the programs.

 

-Xathros

[WetCoastWillie]

Thanks...

 

I'm still not 100% sure on the usage of the else statement, I have found that it doesn't always do what i "think" it should be doing... so for clarity I separate the commands.

 

I'll give this a try

[MustangChris04]

At this time is it possible to have a Zwave lock as responder in a scene or do we still need to create a program to do so?

 

I added my lock to a scene but I didn't see a way to choose if the scene should lock or unlock the lock. 

 

Thanks,

Chris