Magnetic Reed Switch Integration

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I am having trouble defining the hardware I need.

I have six magnetic reed switches installed on multiple doors around my house, All the wires are routed back to my data closet, so they are centrally located.

I need a device that will reads the "statuses" of the switches (i.e. OPEN or CLOSED), and reports them to my Hubitat (C7).

I am currently using my Zooz ZEN16 to monitor one of the switches. But this isn't optimal. I don't need the relay feature, and I need five more inputs.

I've poked around the forums here and I haven't figured out the right lingo to use.

Does anyone have an idea what device I need to integrate a six reed switches into my hub without the need for the relay feature?

All help is appreciated.

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Konnected Alarm Panel connects a wired alarm system to your smart home
Works great, I have my "wired" reed switches, motion sensors, smoke detectors, strobe and siren integrated to Hubitat using a Konnected board.

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All the ZEN16's can do three three switch inputs.
The latest ones don't necessarily have to operate a relay, I believe, and can be set to just report.
Anyway, you'd need two.

I use an Ecolink door (aka contact) sensor hooked up to a reed switch at my gate. They have screw terminals. But, you'd need six of them. Batteries last a lonnnng time.

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The zen16 could work for up to 3 each. But as suggested above Konnected is purpose built for this exact task.

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6 zones for 80 bucks, not bad.

But, assuming nothing else is there, what else would you need? A box of some type? Power supply?

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Looks like it takes a micro USB for power, so probably any old 5V usb supply would work. If you are replacing an old alarm panel it probably has a box already so you just mount that board in there and wire it up.

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Thank you all for the replies. All good info.

Looks like the solution is the Konnected Alarm Panel. (I agree, another ZEN16 would work too, but I don't need the added functionality of the relays.)

Thanks again for taking the time to respond everyone. MUCH appreciated.

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Shelly I4 has 4 inputs. It small and cheap. For yours application I will use low voltage (not line) version. Original device is WiFi but has a HE Driver. Now they may have ZWave version as well.