Lack of supported zigbee smoke detectors

[smartsafety]

Did you get anywhere with these and integrating with Hubitat?

[PunchCardPgmr]

Yeah, I'd like to hear as well. The company was smart enough to make these plug in radio modules to accommodate either standard ! Guess that means they want you to be able to talk to their device without any proprietary monitoring device?

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They appear to be right up there with the best of the big names in the US. Wonder if they are rated by US certifications?

@James_be tell us more!

[AverageJoe90]

I tried getting hold of these, almost impossible unless your a retailer. I gave up in the end.

[coreystup]

Has anyone seen a bracket/spacer or something to mount the Firefighter "sidecar style" to a smoke alarm box? Drilling or adhesive is not always a favourite thing around here.

A lot of the reviews on Amazon say that the Firefighter didn't detect their alarms even when sitting right next to a detector. Anyone else had that experience? I've stayed away from these devices because of the negative reviews.

Ring also has a listener sensor as well. Anyone tried that? Its zwave. https://ring.com/products/alarm-smoke-co-listener

[aaiyar]

@coreystup

A lot of the reviews on Amazon say that the Firefighter didn't detect their alarms even when sitting right next to a detector. Anyone else had that experience?

Not with the z-wave plus version of the firefighter. I have it sitting right next to an interlinked smoke/CO detector, and it has never failed - either during a deliberate test, or an accidental alarm setoff while cooking.

[jlv]

@coreystup

A lot of the reviews on Amazon say that the Firefighter didn't detect their alarms even when sitting right next to a detector. Anyone else had that experience?

My Z-wave Plus FireFighter is installed 8" (center to center) from my detector and it works perfectly - especially when we triggered it accidentally.

Smoke alarms

As an update - this device really works well. We're having work done in our house (our kitchen remodel) and yesterday the dust from the re-nailing of the subfloor after the old tile was removed set off the new smoke alarms, which was picked up by the FF-ZWAVE5 and in turn set off my rules on Hubitat. The alert on my phone came under a second after the smoke alarms starting blaring, and Alexa announced things also. Although my wife was not pleased with Alexa saying "Fire! Fire! Run for the hil…

[smartsafety]

@AverageJoe90

I contacted their support and got this response

• Question: Do the ZWave and Zigbee modules integrate with Hubitat?
  Answer: Unfortunately not currently as we have not undertaken any projects to implement this.
  Comment: This is annoying, I guess they will undertake this integration work if enough people ask them for it?

• Question: Where can said modules be bought?
  Answer: Please google and you will be able to find the best deal.
  Comment: Also annoying, they can't even recommend a retailer, and even @AverageJoe90 said how hard this was to do, they should really work on this

• Question: Are they and other products rated by US Certifications?
  Answer: Our products are not certified for US market. Only to European Standards.

[AverageJoe90]

And this is pretty much the exact problem I had. I thought what’s the point if they aren’t going to be helpful.

[PunchCardPgmr]

@smartsafety

Question: Are they and other products rated by US Certifications?
Answer: Our products are not certified for US market. Only to European Standards.

Seemingly shortsighted as I would expect the Euro standards to be no less stringent so it wouldn't seem like it would cost them anything in design ....but who knows. Just surprising in this day and age that any large manufacturer would purposely exclude any of the top 4 markets.

Thanks for adding info to the story.