I have a question. Has anyone started to use the Ubiquiti Sensors and the Ubiquiti SuperLink? I want to use them, but I don't know if folks have begun integrating them with Hubitat.
Given that these are Bluetooth, any direct integration with current Hubitat hardware seems unlikely. Perhaps @snell can comment on whether these could be exposed via his Unifi integration.
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Superlink actually isn't bluetooth. Some of the new ones use the Superlink protocol which i think is a variation of LoRa or atleaselt behaves similarly.
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We are eagerly awaiting for an (updated) API to make the data from the new sensors available.
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You could use the Unifi Integration manager I setup for @snell integration to take a inbound websocket and we could do something with it. That said it probably isn't the most efficient way to do it. I wasn't even aware they were selling the door sensor yet.. Looks like that finally dropped.
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Yup. I was referring to the Protect sensors - pretty sure those are BTLE. I missed the Superlink reference in the original post.
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I actually dont have one yet, the website shows sold out at the moment. But i wouldnt mind buying one so I can try it out. I believe the sensors are Bluetooth not the superlink.
The older "All-In-One Sensor" works just fine if you have a device that can "bridge" it (which is required to work with the Unifi controller anyways). Many WiFi APs can act as that bridge (the Ubiquiti U6LR and U6 Mesh for example) although it is getting tougher to tell from their website which ones will or not, since they used to mention Bluetooth in their technical information or in the Management section on the Unifi Tech Specs site.
Newer SuperLink sensors will obviously require the SuperLink gateway.
All of these work with my existing Unifi Protect drivers, as I have had the All-In-One for years now and have an Environmental Sensor working over the SuperLink. The Protect API that Ubiquiti recently added (that Hubitat is using for their integration) can also provide data from the sensors, but that feature does not appear to be included in Hubitat (yet, as @bobbyD mentioned it I expect it fairly soon), and I stopped working on drivers for that API when they released theirs.
Edit:
Another example device, besides the All-In-One is the Floodlight (which I also have one of).
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Has any of the new software put out by UI included the new api @bobbyD was talking about? Im checking out the new alarm hub to take over all of my legacy wired alarm sensors and id love to bring them into hubitat as well.
Or @snell , will this work with your existing driver set? contact and motion sensors
Contact sensor and Environmental sensors work fine as far as I can tell (I have them). Motion sensor is... Well, it works to an extent (as far as Ubiquiti designed it as far as I can tell). There are some oddities and gaps in the information about it. I have raised it to Ubiquiti and am waiting for information. I have one of these also so I am interested in getting it working as well as possible.
It adds in as a child and does get motion events, but only via WebSocket and tied to the NVR (so it looks like the NVR was declaring a motion event at first until I made a workaround for it). It also has no inactive notice, nor any indication of a timeout. Plus some other oddities I am hoping they can either solve or provide info so I can make workarounds.
even wired ones through the alarm hub?
That doesn't look like it is released yet.
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So i am just going to throw this out there and ask the question.
So with superlink ubiquiti has the fallowing sensors
- Contact
- Motion
- Glass break
- Sirens
- environment Sensor that have Temp,Hum,Lux, water
It covers a good amount of functions which is great.
The question is if we already have most of this stuff deployed in our environment is there any reason to move to ubiquity, like responsiveness, or reliability. range. I am tryin go figure that if i should start to transition to it.
I have Samsung ADT Water sensors(Zigbee) that have worked for many years and worked fine. I also have 18 Ring Gen 2 contact sensors that have worked pretty well as well. As far as motion sensors go it is a variety of them. I am tring to rationalize the change to superlink sensors. I really want to, but i just have to ask what is this giving me.
Another concern i have is even though i am a huge fan of @snells's integrations, they can be a bit heavy on the hub as most LAN stuff is. I really wonder what the load would be with a bunch of superlink sensors attached to it talking to hubitat.
I'm looking also. Range and therefore reliability is my interest. I'm prepared to go yolink lora, but it looks like I'm stuck with availability from both lines.
I'd be more in the Unifi camp if their alarm panel was certified. Probably just a matter of time though.
Responsiveness and reliability are very important to me.
@Bago has many UniFi Superlink sensors deployed maybe he has some additional thoughts for your question. His post from another thread:
Range is great, no issues even in an outbuilding.
I did receive two defective motion sensors when first released (an early batch). They were DOA. Other than that, reliability has been great.
I have no issues with responsiveness, everything is immediate. With the motion sensors, you have to pay close attention to placement and orientation of the device to optimize responsiveness. The way that they are triggered took a bit to figure out with respect to my use case (i.e. smaller areas, hallways, etc.).
Currently I have everything except the glass breaks, which also operate as motions.
I am extremely happy with the integration.
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