Hi everybody, I added six Aqara window/door sensors to my SmartThings network, but noticed they were added as Switches that are On/Off instead of Sensors that are Open/Closed. It didn’t bother me until I set the security mode to Armed. Since they aren’t sensors they don’t trip the alarm. And of course clicking the On button for these “switches” doesn’t do anything.
I tried deleting them and adding them in as Aqara Window/Door Sensors but it either doesn’t ever detect them, or it adds them as Switches again.
You’re right. Once I installed the correct driver I was able to just swap it out! I didn’t even know about the Advanced section of the SmartThings web portal till today. That’s pretty awesome!
Appreciate this is an old thread but I am also having problems with my Aquara Open-Close door/window sensors not appearing in the Security section of Home Monitor.
I have changed the driver as identified by @Mariano_Colmenarejo above to Zigbee Contact MC but it makes no difference. When I go into Home Monitor and security it doesn’t show any sensors. If I try to add sensors it’s trying to get me to pair a new device.
Is this a misunderstanding on my part as to the way Home Monitor works or devices that are seen by it, or do I have to go through the process of creating a virtual switch for each sensor much like I did with my Heiman smoke detectors?
Many thanks
Just to check what you are doing. To add sensors you open Home Monitor and tap on the settings cog icon to bring up the Set up home monitor page. You then tap on Security (not the slider switch, the text) and you get options including Set up Armed (away) sensors or Set up Armed (stay) sensors. You choose one of those AMD you should see an option to Select open/closed sensors which is where your contact sensors should be listed for you to select.
I believe it will list the sensors that are using the contactSensor capability (I don’t know if there are other similar open/closed capabilities that are listed).
Many thanks @orangebucket I have followed your instructions and can now find the open close sensors listed. I must say the app is not particularly intuitive when it comes to certain areas.
I just have to work out how to trigger a warning from Alexa like I have set up with my smoke detectors. I get a verbal warning on all my echo devices that a smoke detector has gone off and where.
I was thinking about a bedtime routine when I turn off the kitchen lights last thing at night that warns me if a door is unlocked. (I have modified the aquara sensors to become a contact switch that works on the deadbolt of each external door mortice lock)
Many thanks @Andreas_Roedl . No I did not as the new driver applied immediately and @veonua commented above that it was not necessary.
Is there somewhere in the device properties that I can see the ID type and check its a ContactSensor?
The app title seems to suggest it is:
Now when the security is armed it alerts me when a window is opened!
