Porting SAGE Doorbell Sensor Driver help needed

lmosenk · August 16, 2019, 3:43pm

The DH is working. I am able to setup the RuleMachine to push notifications for my Front Doorbell and my Deck Doorbell. Thank you both for your help. I will keep the DH on the Github for anyone else who needs a copy.

Ryan780 · August 16, 2019, 3:44pm

Great to hear!! Glad I could help.

trunzoc · November 23, 2019, 5:09pm

I did some work on the driver from the OP. Someone else, that I can't seem to find to give proper credit, converted it to HE. I just added parameters to save custom names for each contact for logging purposes.

github.com

trunzoc/Hubitat/blob/master/Drivers/Sage_Doorbell/Sage_Doorbell.groovy

/**
 *  SAGE Doorbell Sensor
 *
 *  For device information and images, questions or to provide feedback on this device handler, 
 *  please visit: 
 *
 *      darwinsden.com/sage-doorbell
 *
 *  White wire: common
 *  Green wire: doorbell 1 / front
 *  Yellow wire: doorbell 2 / rear
 *
 * Factory reset:
 * Remove the plastic cover and the battery.
 * Press and hold the tiny RESET button (next to where the wires attach to the circuit board) while you reinstall the battery.
 * Continue holding RESET until the red LED blinks.
 *
 *  Copyright 2016 DarwinsDen.com
 *
 *  Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file except

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trunzoc · November 24, 2019, 5:57am

Thanks @HAL9000 , I moved it to a properly named directory. You can remove yours.

lmosenk · November 25, 2019, 12:33am

Thank you for updating the DH code. I updated the original GitHub link.

alexdelprete · February 14, 2020, 7:53pm

I'd like to thank @lmosenk and all the devs here: the driver contained in the latest HE firmware didn't work for me, this one does, and it's also more configurable.

I spent 3 days trying to make the sensor work, but the problem was not the cabling or the sensor, it was the driver. As soon as I changed to this one, it worked immediately and flawlessly. Finally my Aeotec Siren 6 is doing its job. I completely replaced my old traditional doorbell and its old chime, with a new videodoorbell and the Aeotec Siren 6. HE is doing its magic.

I'll tag @mike.maxwell to let him know about this, maybe he can take a look at the official driver and this one.

Thank you so much!

mike.maxwell · February 14, 2020, 8:05pm

the device and driver worked as intended when I built and tested it, so without a lot more info as to what didn't work, there's not much for me to go on here...

alexdelprete · February 14, 2020, 9:16pm

I read other users complaining that the default driver didn't work (@steve.maddigan):

What happens is that after the factory reset and the pairing, the first couple of rings were intercepted, then it stopped catching other ring events. I tried removing and inserting the battery from the sensor, but it still didn't work. If I factory reset and pair it again, it does the same thing, it works at the beginning, then it stops working.

What I noticed is that when it stops working these State Variables are shown under the device page. When it works they are not present. Also, I didn't understand what the "Configure" button does there.

Hope it helps Mike.

steve.maddigan · February 15, 2020, 3:26am

Yup it is true.

I didn’t install the sage doorbell until it was supported with in HE but I had purchased it based on this thread so I knew alternate drivers were out there.

I wasn’t sure if it was my wiring or not. I have a pretty old gear driven four chime door bell and I had to add a cct to pulse stretch the doorbell press so initially I thought it was my fault.

Connecting it directly to the transformer would get it working and by the time I reconnected it to the doorbell it would work once then nothing. I mean how hard can this wiring be?? It’s a doorbell !!

Anyway, tried the other driver and bingo.

Tried the built in driver again, hit config, worked a couple of times and nothing.

Went back to the other drive and we were good to go. I never looked back.

One of my biggest gripes with the internal apps and drivers is you don’t have any visibility. I’m not opening the can of worms again but just saying.

Same reason why I do not use HSM for my leak sensors. It don’t work after being disarmed once so I wrote my own rule to handle them.

Some day I will figure out how to write apps but that hasn’t happened yet.

alexdelprete · February 15, 2020, 6:38pm

Thanks for sharing your experience Steve, pretty much similar to mine. I spent 3 days because I thought it was the wiring, but it turned out it was the official driver.

mike.maxwell · February 15, 2020, 7:39pm

I'll have another look at this.

steve.maddigan · February 15, 2020, 8:01pm

Thank you sir.

tony3286 · February 15, 2020, 8:02pm

I've used both drivers with no issues with either. I switched to the present Hubitat native driver when it became available to stay with native Hubitat drivers when they are posted. I saw no difference with either driver. I do only have it connected to just one doorbell, my front doorbell and NOT any back. Hope that gives some incite to clearing up any issues.

alexdelprete · February 16, 2020, 1:52am

Thanks a lot Mike.

steve.maddigan · February 16, 2020, 3:43pm

Yes I only have the front doorbell connected as well.

tony3286 · February 16, 2020, 4:51pm

Did you try changing the "Device preferences" to 5 verses 10? Somewhere I read someone was having multiple ring issues and he change his to 5 ( which I've also done) to correct the problem.

alexdelprete · February 17, 2020, 7:30pm

The driver is working pretty good @lmosenk , but I see these errors every once in a while in HE's log:

I don't know if it's a serious error or not, nor if it only happens to me.

lmosenk · February 23, 2020, 3:00am

Hi @alexdelprete,

I am not certain of the source of the error. I am using the exact same code and have not seen any undue side effects.

JohnRob · February 23, 2020, 9:57pm

Has anyone been able to get a battery report from the Sage Doorbell sensor. I see drivers with the battery capability remarked out and the built in driver has no battery references.

Perhaps this device does not report battery?

John

ritchierich · February 23, 2020, 10:00pm

Pretty sure I have read it doesn’t provide battery reporting. I ended up hard wiring mine since I installed mine in the crawl space by my transformer.