Nope. It's just a trigger. But, I don't think it's going to accomplish what the OP needs.
@Randy: Did you install the Z-Wave Poller app?
Nope. It's just a trigger. But, I don't think it's going to accomplish what the OP needs.
@Randy: Did you install the Z-Wave Poller app?
It does not allow me to poll the locks. They are not in the drop down list. Only my kitchen light appears in Z-Wave Poller app
Hmmmm, that's weird. At this point, I'd reach out to support and see what they say. Sorry I couldn't be more help. It looks like the rule is correct, but maybe there is a bug in Dashboards? I'm not sure.
I'm gonna submit a ticket to support
Thanks very much for the help. Even though it's not working I know I was/am on the right path. I am completely green and am feeling my way through all of this.
Whatever you do donāt get those sensitive sensors. I bought 6 of them a year ago because I liked the idea of the 10 year battery life. 5 of the 6 stopped working completely and the 6th one constantly drops in and out. I just went with the new SmartThings door sensors and they have worked well the last 4 months.
So are your locks not locking/unlocking on the first command to them? I have this issue and have a rule that checks if they are locked only if Iām going away or sleep (ie only works if I have a trigger event and I want to do all locks, thus unlocking doesnāt work).
My problem is a zwave/Schlage issue which Iām still working with support on. Iām the meantime, I have determined the only way to remedy without really fixing it in Hubitat and have individual lock verification is a combo virtual lock driver for each lock and an app to keep states in sync and retry the locks if action wasnāt taken. This is required because when Iām sending a lock/unlock event, it doesnāt go through, so thereās no trigger or any action to key off of, thus the use of a virtual driver to always take the action and act until success on the real driver.
Itās pretty bad that I have had to come to this, but Iām giving support some more time to help me work though my setup (everything was ok on ST). If you think this would be helpful, Iāll share it. Itās not great and I worry about race conditions, but my testing appears ok (not actually using it though) and Iām sure sharing would help work out the bugs.
lol must be a common problem because I ended up in the same spot because my Kwikset locks weren't sending back status updates. Wrote a virtual lock driver (I call it Reliable Lock) that "wraps" around the real lock driver. When it receives a command to lock or unlock the door, it forwards it to the real lock, waits a few seconds, then does a refresh. Then I expose the "Reliable Lock" to Alexa and HomeBridge.
I haven't documented it as well as my other apps/drivers yet, but if anyone wants it, the code is here:
Very cool. Does it also get updates on the status of the real lock? That was a challenge.
I just hit eBay and bought some Iris gen2 contact sensors from people. They seem as bulletproof as the Gen1 are. But don't buy them all. I need some more for my other two properties
Yes it does. The trick was that in addition to the virtual lock driver, it also requires an app, because only an app can subscribe to the real lock's events.
I don't have time to write up full instructions right now, but basically:
I am totally interested in this but do not understand anything you are saying here. First of all, will this work with my locks not just Kwikset locks?
Itās a virtual driver that calls the native locks driver, so it should work for any lock. You then use the virtual device to lock/unlock vs your original device name.
I'm with you! I don't "get" it yet but it sounds good. In the mean time I made a rule such as shown above to "refresh" my lock every two hours. I'll see if that helps keep the dashboard tile functional and reporting proper state. Will report in tomorrow...
Almost a day later... the tile is still "fresh" and the lock is still reporting correct state. So far, so good. On the other hand, i wrote a similar rule to try to get my thermostat to behave, and it hasn't helped at all. But so far, so good with the lock!
Ok, I have published latest code, installation instructions, and started a thread. Hope this helps!
Double-check how you pasted it in. Line 47 of the driver only has a closing curly brace, so my guess is that you might be pasting in more of the contents of the github page, and not just the code?
I missed your updated post with instructions that even I can comprehend. I just installed Reliable Locks and it works a charm! Thank you for creating this and taking the time to spell out the installation process. It not only solved my issue but by doing this I have a better understanding of several aspects of HE and codes/drivers moving forward. You have made my day!
Excellent!