Rboy apps - Port to Hubitat

[672southmain]

The BE469ZP seems to ignore the first command sent, even from the driver page.

[bcopeland]

@672southmain

seems to ignore the first command sent

This sounds like a slow beaming wakeup.. Could possibly introduce a NOP before to address this.. I’ll check into it.

[erktrek]

@bravenel

@erktrek

what I want and what is the best for the survival of HE are probably different things.

Ha, let me guess: open source and free.

I wanted to respond to this a little more fully - opensource isn't only beneficial to individual end-users, indeed even companies like Hubitat Inc benefit greatly from the use of such technologies right?

As a small business owner I admit that I am not quite sure how you could create a popular salable product and then build a sustainable model around it without helping your competitors.. especially the bigger ones. If all your code is available another company won't have to buy you out - just replicate in house and go from there.

[j715]

@bobbles

You will still have your hub working locally.

Yes, that is great. But sooner or later it will be a problem. No support for new devices, etc. I know the topic of pay services keep coming up and I'm glad they are looking into it. I just want them to be around for the long term. Not really up to totally changing platforms again.

[marktheknife]

@j715

I just want them to be around for the long term. Not really up to totally changing platforms again.

I’m sure anyone that’s here can agree on that .

[craigspree]

@scoob8000

the Schlage driver that exposes other settings

There are a few user-generated drivers that expose the other settings for the BE468 and BE469 from a while back. I used them when I first got my HE but am now using the built in drivers so I can't speak to if these still work. Maybe they will be worth a try for you.

Driver One:

Schlage BE468 Compatibility

I have one lock still on ST so it can be controlled via mobile app, the other door I have only ever gets unlocked at the lock itself, but those events need to be picked up by Hubitat for automating some lights. For that I am currently using the code below. Many of the functions do not work as I don't personally need them so I haven't bothered debugging (for example, code administration from the Hubitat web interface probably does not work) so it's quite bulky code for just picking up lock/unlock…

Driver Two:

Difficulty Pairing Schlage BE469 Lock

Of course.

I can't remember which of the two worked better for me. If you run into any issues I believe you can run the 'clean device' driver to clear everything out before switching back to the built in, or generic, lock drivers.

EDIT: These are for the non-plus versions of the lock. I may have missed it if you were talking about either the plus, or zigbee, variants of Schlage BE468/9 or other locks.

[mtate]

RBoy’s lock manager rocks! I paid for it on ST and i will happily pay for it again on HE when it becomes available. There, I said it!

[kjquas]

I've talked to many HE users and they all are still wanting this for Hubitiat. Really need the rental lock Automator. I've switched over everything to Habitat except that. I hate having two hubs. I like the lock manager for HE but for my rental properties, I need the full functionality of the Rboy rental lock autometer to sync calendars and automate thermostats on conditions. I reached out to them to ask about offering as a purchase for Habitat and this is what they responded : "Thank you for your email. We have reached out to Hubitat several times and they aren’t interested in allowing RBoy Apps on their platform. Unfortunately their policy prevents us from selling apps on their platform without an invitation.

You can reach out to their CEO Bruce on the Hubitat community forum and ask him to invite us to join their platform."

@bravenel

Is this possible?

[neonturbo]

I think this has been discussed to death. If you read through this thread, I don't think Hubitat is the holdup here.

[bravenel]

@kjquas

We have reached out to Hubitat several times and they aren’t interested in allowing RBoy Apps on their platform.

This is untrue. Rboy has not once contacted us about doing this. Don't know why. Our policy does prevent him from selling apps on our platform without first coming to an agreement with us about same, and we have done this with others... One is left with the impression that he doesn't want to do that.

[cwwilson08]

@kjquas

Is this possible?

I feel ya. I went down this road some time ago. Near as I could figure, regardless of what has or not happened in the past neither side wants to reach out to the other.

Stand still.

I would love to see some movement on this as well.

[Evilborg]

This topic has been beaten to death over the past 2 years. RBoy isn't interested in sharing money, which I was actually told by him seeing there isn't much to share in the first place, So there is that.

This thread ought to be closed.