Danalock V3 zwave lock

[csteele]

Locks are certainly at the complicated end of the ZWave device spectrum. They are part of a class of device known as a Barrier device.. They are built to keep the outside on the outside and the inside safe on the inside. Garage Door Openers are in the same Barrier Class.

Barrier Class devices MUST Join Securely. Must. If they don't Join securely, they are required to NOT Work.

On the Device Info page for the device, scroll down and look here:

Notice the "zwaveSecurePairingComplete: true " line. Required.

Hubitat has an option for limiting Secure Joins. Truthfully you really only want your barrier devices to run securely. There's overhead to a secure communications which translates to 'slower.' Noticeably slower, noticeably higher load on the Hub.

On to Joining... (join is the ZWave word, pair is the Zigbee word for the same thing... great huh? )

There's two components of the ZWave specification that is almost specifically for Locks (barrier devices)

• Whisper Join
• Beaming

Whisper was created to reduce the possibility that someone sitting out on the street could capture your Lock's security codes. They decided that dropping the transmit power way down was the method. This forces the distance between the lock and the hub DURING JOIN to be inches, not feet. It is an OPTIONAL component. Not every lock does this, especially newer ones.

Beaming is a mechanism to work WITH the battery of your locks. Most AC powered devices support Beaming, but if you have a concern, look up your device at the ZWave Alliance. All manufacturers MUST submit a Conformance Report and they are available to all of us. Beaming is always spelled out, yes or no. Beaming is also Optional.

Here's an example of a GE/Jasco wall socket/outlet. Beaming is supported.
https://products.z-wavealliance.org/products/2732/embedpics

A Beaming capable repeating device will assist the Hub by being the device that waits for the battery driven lock to wake up and hand off the hub's message.

Check your Lock at the ZWave Alliance, you probably see it supports beaming and therefore you will want to extend your lock's battery life by having a beamer within 8-10 ft. Like any repeater, it can be further away than the lock,

Secure Join
Whisper
Beaming

Those are the Keys to the Lock kingdom. I must suggest that the Locks be towards the end of your migration path. You want a good mesh and devices that have identified themselves to the Hub for beaming to get a simplified Join.

[ktd]

Most times my Danalock works fine but once in a while my auto lock rule downer work. I think I pinpointed it to when we open the lock, open and close the door quickly. I have made another rule that triggers in the first rule and activate a second lock if the door is closed and the lock is unlocked. In my first rule I have a delay of 10 sec when the door closes before the lock command are sent to the lock.
My guess is that the Danalock somehow isn’t communicating quick enough when it’s unlocked and get a lock command.
Is this anything anybody know something about?

[jiriK]

You have the same issue as me. I had Danalock Z-Wave connected via Hubitat first, now I am using Fibaro system. But it does not matter. There is a lack in communication directly in device. Sometimes Danalock is not reachable and the system must ask him to wake up. The state of lock / unlock is not reporting reliably. I was complaining to Danalock DE company that there are issues in their software, however later I have discovered that you can do with software everything but if you are not receiving right response from device you have no chance. I made workaround, and have a watch dog for controlling and checking status that but to be honest I would not recommended it for critical or sensitive using, Sometimes it happens that it is announced "locked" but the reality is different.

[ktd]

So far Ive only seen the issue when unlock, open the door and then close the door quickly. I might try a longer delay time than 10 seconds and see if that helps. My extra lock rule seem to have helped and its not triggered that many times so far.
If I see more issues I might contact Danalock. The few times Ive been in contact with them, it hasn't been a great experience though.

[jiriK]

Danalock is saying - it is locked and it is not. The basic issue. Danalock is not bad device however not perfect. The same with Hubitat. They closed the door to community or somebody who wants simple help them so I focused on Home Assistant.

[ktd]

Main issue I hade with the Danalock was that I mounted my Strips Guard wrong (really bad instructions). After contacting them and remounted my door sensor my Danalock works much better but far from 100%.
Ive made my RM like this and it works very well so far.

Most of the times I get no notifications since the lock locks at once but Ive seen both 2 and 3 times before the Danalock actuually locks.
But so far the lock has actaually locked my door even if it has been after a couple of tries.