I am tired of jumping through all of the hoops and all of the headaches associated with the Schlage BE469ZP lock and Hubitat. I give up. I recently installed the Kwikset Home Connect 620. Installation was quite simple. Including it into Hubitat was just as easy. It responds well to basic commands, which is all I wanted. If this lock performs well over the next few days, I am replacing my other two Schlage locks with the Kwikset 620.
I have had five of these for several years now. They're all working well.
Yes, you said that in a recent thread, and that convinced me to give it a try. Thanks.
Did you have to include with S2?
I’m having a similar experience with the BE469. It was a pain set up. It works for the most part. But I had to do all of the code configuration manually from the lock, those commands would never succeed from HE. Which means I can’t create automations like if child1 opens the lock…
it looks nice. But I wouldn’t buy it again.
Agreed.
I had an older Schlage Z-wave, mostly worked okay, but replaced it with the ZP- WORST decision ever. I hated it so much, I left Schalge entirely. Have 2 yale locks now, I Zigbee, 1 Z-wave, excellent locks.
I am also a disgruntled Schlage BE469ZP user. Poor product, very poorly supported by manufacturer.
So many firmware issues and idiosyncrasies. Hubitat even abandoned them as a supported device. Driver can’t set code length changes, LCM issues, bugs in LR mode, battery life issues, and a cheap membrane keypad you can’t see without the backlight but pressing the pad (to awaken the backlight) is taken as a first entry of a new code (explain that to guests).
I went (back) to Kwikset. Got a new 620 version. I wanted Schage keyway compatibility, so I found that Kwikset make a cylinder kit to give you Schlage keyway on a Kwikset lock. Yale does the same thing. So if you want common keying with mechanical locks it can be achieved.
My saga explained here and with the info on SC-1 (Schlage style keyway) cylinders for both Yale and Kwikset.
Schlage BE469 Issues (Again) JS vs. ZIP - Get Help / Devices - Hubitat
Bottom line, avoid Schlage Z-Wave products if you have an option.
Anything after 7.10 is solid
Because of pre 7.10 firmware. Native drivers are still onboard.
That’s a lock limitation and well known. Reset the lock, set code length, add to hubitat.
As far as I know, the current locks (even 700 chip series) don’t do long range. Did the box say they were certified for LR?
No worse than any others. I have 3 of them and replace batteries about every 8 or 9 months. (They get a lot of use)
Press the schlage button before the code.
As I said. I have 3 of them and they’re all solid.
I agreed they removed it from the compatibility list and I stated why. The built in drivers are still there and occasionally get updated.
Sweet!! I did not know this, and I now have both Kwikset and Yale locks.