Installed this today via HPM working with a Zooz Zen16 MultiRelay and a Aeotec SmartThings Sensor... working perfectly. Really appreciate the notifications!
@kahn-hubitat - Have you considered starting a new thread where you announce this release? I'd be happy to document the setup steps and virtual driver needed for it.
It took me a while to find this thread and your code, and knowing I could find it in HPM.
Maybe change the title to add [Release] to it? Maybe also change the category to: “Custom Apps and Drivers -> Custom Apps”? You should be able to do this, and I can help if you’d like me to.
Installed this great app and configured it as so;
Where the first is the Zooz MultiRelay child I'm using.
The second is the SmartThings Contact Sensor in garage mode I have on my garage door
And the last two are the virtual device I created in step1.
the problem I see, and I saw some mention of it, but not sure of a resolution.
If I hit the button to open it for example, it opens the garge and shows that the garage is now opened.
but if I open the garage , and it gets stuck or perhaps the switch does not fire, in a few seconds it still says open, even if the sensor does not report that.
example. I closed the garage, it started to close, detected something in the way, re-opened, and the title shows as closed. but the sensor and personally i see it as open.
I can't seem to find a garage door app that really works in this fashion. any suggestions?
Possible. but thats a moot issue, my Tilt sensor is working, and I can visually confirm the door is open or closed, and the sensor reports exactly what I am seeing. but if the sensor shows open because the obstruction blocked the garage and it returned to open. the app shows the door somehow is closed.
Ok, that is odd. I’d suggest trying something like the Fibaro Smart Implant, it’s a better solution for controlling garage doors and can be mounted directly to the motor and be powered by it.
I did a test. just to make sure that all Scenario are working.
I use the app to close the garage. I blocked the garage on perpose so it would auto retract back up.
example. if a kid left his toy, and the garage closed, and hit the toy, it would automatically detect the toy, and go back up. this is a safety feature built into all garage doors since prob the 1980's?
with that being said, the contact sensor or tilt sensor would obviously tell me the door is still open. but the App insists that the door is closed.
when I close the door with the app, it shows within seconds that the tile is green and door is closed, but the contact sensor has yet to register.
possibly i am being impatient, and have to wait a little longer and it will go back from green to red.
Try reducing the time out from 30 to 15 seconds and and see if that makes a difference? It’s never going to be instant, but a shorter timeout might help.
The one thing I wish this application could do is be able to flash lights or play sound as it closes. Other than that, the application works pretty good. I'm settled for 20 seconds before the door is determined to be closed.
Yeah, just some sort of automation notification that the door is closing. This is one of the big things when I switched over from MyQ. Just something where if it's an automated close, it notifies that it's going to close in a certain period of time. I did cobble something together but it's not graceful and it doesn't work under all conditions.
new version in git hub and package manager with following options.. it only kicks in if you use close from the virtual door not the actual relay.. also make sure to increase your timeout check based on how many light flashes and delays between each.