Be Sense motion inactive not working

kewashi · January 4, 2022, 5:26pm

I have a BeSense motion sensor installed and it is working great, but the zwave report for inactive state isn't being picked up by the device driver. I checked the documentation and it says "inactive" sends a notificationType = 7 and event 8, which I see is being sent in the logs as shown below:

dev:8112022-01-04 09:14:58.996 am debugNotificationReport(v1AlarmType: 0, v1AlarmLevel: 0, notificationStatus: 255, notificationType: 7, event: 8, sequence: false, eventParametersLength: 0, eventParameter: , sequenceNumber: 0)

The active is being picked up just fine. Is there a base Zwave driver code I can use to modify to make this work? I could write one from scratch but I am rusty at doing that stuff and it seems unnecessary if I can find a device driver to modify. Is the code for the Basic driver available?

[EDIT]
I found the original ST code for this driver here:

github.com

krlaframboise/SmartThings/blob/master/devicetypes/krlaframboise/besense-motion-sensor-zwave-plus.src/besense-motion-sensor-zwave-plus.groovy

/**
 *  BeSense Motion Sensor ZWave Plus v1.0.3
 *  (Model: IX30/IX32)
 *
 *  Author: 
 *    Kevin LaFramboise (krlaframboise)
 *
 *  URL to documentation: 
 *    
 *
 *  Changelog:
 *
 *    1.0.3 (03/14/2020)
 *      - Fixed bug with enum settings that was caused by a change ST made in the new mobile app.
 *
 *    1.0.2 (07/30/2018)
*    	- Added support for new mobile app.
 *
 *    1.0.1 (07/04/2018)
 *      - Initial Release

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So I suppose now I just need to update it to work with HE - correct?

csteele · January 4, 2022, 5:33pm

Strange that it hasn't already been ported in almost 2 years.

kewashi · January 4, 2022, 5:36pm

There is a BeSense motion sensor driver listed among the supported devices but the driver does not appear to properly handle inactive events.

csteele · January 4, 2022, 5:51pm

I think you're referring to the internal driver, and of course there's no access to that source. My comment was that I was surprised that everything ever created for ST hasn't already been ported in the Community at least once.

swade · January 4, 2022, 7:36pm

I have a couple of BeSense Motion Sensors and I do get inactive status.

Here are my settings. I also have the devices jumper set so it triggers every 5 second.

kewashi · January 4, 2022, 8:30pm

Okay thanks @swade - I think this means my sensor is just faulty because my settings are identical. It might be misbehaving because I hacked the battery compartment to use a 5V power source from an old power brick.

BossMan · October 12, 2022, 1:28am

Hi @kewashi and @swade Apologies for digging this up from the grave, but I have question.

I'm thinking about buying these sensors. Are they fast compared to Zigbee Philips Hue motion sensors? Just curious. If you don't know, no problem, but I've heard others complain about Z-wave motion sensors speed vs Zigbee.

aaiyar · October 12, 2022, 1:39am

Modern zwave+ motion sensors on a robust zwave mesh are fast and responsive.

I have two Fibaro ZW5 motion sensors and a Dome motion sensor; all three are as fast as my Hue and Aqara motion sensors.

BossMan · March 1, 2023, 4:21pm

@aaiyar Thanks for the reply!