How do I set a lock code to work only between certain times?

[norman]

I have a contractor who is working at my house right now. I would like to allow his lock code access between 7:30am and 6:30pm every day. When I had alarm.com I was able to set codes to work only on certain days or between certain times no problem. Here for the life of me I cannot find a way to do it. It allows between dates, it allows to unlock or lock, what I want is for a code to work only between certain times and on certain days. Help.

[csteele]

Lock code by time of day

This could be done with Rule Machine. You can use a Custom Action to create a lock code, or to remove one. So you could do some scheduling to create the code you want at the time you want, and remove it at some other time.

That thread is a couple years old and an older RuleMachine UI. The concepts still exist in RM v5:

This uses a Custom Command, which is tricky to find:

[Inge_Jones]

Can you use the predicate fields to make the rule only run at certain times and days? That's a new feature in the Rule Machine 5.

[rlithgow1]

@norman Lockshare from Hubitat Package Manager will do this easily for you. No rules needed.

[mcookie]

I used this feature of my Schlage WiFi lock all the time (cleaners, pet sitters) and would like to do it with my Z-Wave Schlage, but I'm worried about wearing out the flash and having a $200 brick...

Does anyone know the life cycle on the flash in the locks?

I guess I'm being paranoid because at even 10000 cycles before failure and 2 cycles a week, that's nearly 100 years. But who knows, deleting and adding a code might be a lot more than 2 cycles and the maximum wear might be a lot less than 10000...

FUD keeps me up at night.

[csteele]

What if it's 10x worse than you thought and the Lock only lasts 10 years?

Did you get good value at $20/year?

Consumer electronics devices still in use at 10 years is somewhat rare.

[mcookie]

@csteele

What if it's 10x worse than you thought and the Lock only lasts 10 years?

Did you get good value at $20/year?

At $20 a year, yes, that's OK.

I guess what I'm really worried about is it lasting only a couple of months... Remember the Tesla's burning through their flash with too much logging such that the car's computer died after less than two years? Same issue here, just a few dollars less, but still...

Like I said, FUD (fear, uncertainty, doubt). I was just wondering if someone with more hardware specific experience knew the orders of magnitude that I was looking at, if I go ahead and do this.

[rlithgow1]

I've had my locks several years. They ain't wearing out

[mcookie]

That's good to hear. Thanks.

[aaiyar]

@csteele

Consumer electronics devices still in use at 10 years is somewhat rare.

True. I bought Schlage zwave locks in 2014. In 2020 I replaced them with Yale zigbee locks.

But my worst replacement record is with thermostats:

2012: Honeywell WiFi thermostat
2012: ecobee Smart Si
2014: ecobee3
2019: Honeywell zwave+
2020: Vivint CT200
2020: Honeywell zwave+
2021: ecobee3lite
2022: GoControl zwave+

[danabw]

@aaiyar

But my worst replacement record is with thermostats:

That seems more like a personal issue...