I was able to pair my waxman leaksmart and use the generic zigbee switch to control it.
The device off = closed on = open
With HSM how do I get the leak detection when triggered to close the leaksmart valve?
I can pick light alert but it's opposite of what I need.
I don't think you can turn switches off with an alert from HSM. However, the trigger is available in RM for HSM. If you set up a "Trigger" in rule machine, one of the triggered events is HSM Alert becoming "water".
You can use this to turn off the switch (close the valve).
Strange. I thought I recalled HSM automatically including water valves, but I guess I'm confusing it with water sensors. @bravenel could closing water valves be added to a future HSM update?
HSM already has a built in section for water, just like smoke or security. When you start HSM, go to the tile "configure hubitat safety monitor", about the 5th section down is water, and it works great. Both smoke and water can be armed independently. RM I guess also works, but I never went that route.
Yes... But can it turn off a switch? I don't think it can. That's why you also need a rule in RM to respond to the water alert.
This doesn't really make sense if you think about it. HSM would just turn into Rule Machine with options piled on, making it harder to understand, harder to document, harder to maintain. HSM's purpose is to alert you, not to manage the consequences. It's simple to create a trigger in RM that is fired by HSM reporting a water alert, and then it does whatever you need done.
I agree it's not hard. I think it's probably being viewed as expected or will more as former Iris and Wink users transition to HE. I'm not certain about Iris, but since Lowe's sold the Waxman valve as Iris, they probably did have a setting in the same app to close the valve. Wink does in their UI. I accept the building block concept and I'm comfortable with it, but it seems recent users are searching for more all in one app solutions.
Since any water sensor can be monitored, wouldn't any device with the capability "Valve" work the same for closing them? @mike.maxwell has the fingerprint for the Waxman valve and was going to write a driver for it. So from a usability standpoint, doesn't it make sense to just add the supported valves to close when an event occurs? It seems similar to turning on a light.
Iris would shut the valve on a water event, just looking to do the same with HE. I kinda ran out of tinker time yesterday, so I haven't set the trigger up yet. Would be nice if it was just a check mark in HSM to accomplish the same goal. I just thought because I needed to use the generic ZIGBEE switch driver it wasn't showing up in HMS.
Is there anyway to invert the way the HE controls the switch on = off or closed and off = on and open.
Then I could just control it like a light
We will add closing valves to the alert options for water sensors.
My bad, sorry it is rule machine that closes my valves
All set thanks Ryan780, set my trigger event for HSM water to close the valve.
I was also able to figure out the custom driver copy and paste for my leaksmart valve.
Hubitat is intimidating at first but it's really intuitive once you figure things out
This feature has been added to HSM, closing a valve on a water alert.
Note: This feature will be in the next release.
I thought I read that on the update change log, but it's not showing up on my HSM water menu. I look again next time I pull the laptop out.
It's not on my HSM, I have text alerts, siren alerts, and lights alerts nothing to shut a valve. Do I need to delete it and restart?
You said that your valve doesn't show as a valve. The driver has to have the valve capability for the function to show up there.
@bravenel I have valves on the Natural gas line. Could closing a valve be added to Smoke/CO?
Sure. Will do...
Many thanks
That's what I was thinking, but I was able to get the code for the valve from the forum and it show up as a valve now. Could it be because hubitat only officially support zwave water valves that why it's not show up?
No....both should show up. Have you gone back into the water section of HSM? You could try removing that piece and try to re-add it. You're sure that the device is showing up with the valve capability? What driver are you using?
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