Automatically Connect/Disconnect

[h0ckeysk8er (Bruce Pinsky)]

@tarbear13689

i want to place a pressure mat (connected to smatthings) under my computer chair so whenever i sit down, my phone will disconnect from my hearing aids, my computer will connect to my hearing aids, vise versa, is there a way to do it?

While the below topic is several years old, the premise is the same; connect a contact sensor supported by ST to the pressure mat.

Which pressure mat to choose

The pressure mats generally don’t come with the radio piece that you need to integrate with SmartThings. So you can buy pretty much any pressure Mat you like and then attach it to a Z wave device, typically a contact sensor with dry contacts. The Following thread discusses how different people have done that: If you’re looking for just the Mat, united security is a popular brand. These mats are used by both stores and, for example, as doorbells for houseboats. So you’ll find them sold in a lot of different places. Some third parties will sell them through Amazon or Sears, but the prices vary a great deal, so shop around. Also read the descriptions carefully, as the sizes vary a lot. It’s pretty common to stick one underneath a welcome mat, but you want to be sure that where the …

How you connect/disconnect your hearing aids will depend on the capabilities of those devices.