Connecting August Lock Pro

As regards tiles. My device type is "August Pro Z-Wave Lock" which works for me, Make sure you pick the "lock" template and not the "door control" and it should work fine. ( waynespringer79 was kind enough to help me with this.)

Also, a note on my experiences with this lock since there seem to be 2 threads on the topic.
I had found that the lock only worked for a short period of time and then failed to respond but can be woken up with the August wifi app.
A lot of people seem to think it needed a repeater because the Zwave signal strength was too low.
I started out thinking, yes the signal might be low and that I might need a repeater. So, I activated a Zwave light switch, which is just 3 feet from the lock but the thing still sleeps.

Now, I am becoming very confident that this issue is more to do with hibernating for battery preservation than signal strength. From my reading it looks like a beaming device is needed to keep it awake, I have ordered a Leviton switch with beaming capability. I will replace the switch I have that is close to the door with this one, probably Wednesday or Thursday. I hope/expect that this will solve the problem and will report back.
This is the beaming link https://community.hubitat.com/t/august-lock-struggles/14077/51
A repeater should also work as long as it is a beaming repeater.

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