DIY remote control for ZWAVE lock

[JDRoberts]

@Saleem_Mukhtar

Hello,

I would like to build a simple circuit that can lock and unlock a ZWAVE lock. How do I go about doing this.

I want the remote to directly control the lock without using a hub.
Saleem

Short answer: can’t be done unless you also build your own lock. That would be a huge security breech.

Locks which use the zwave security protocol (which is most of them) can only be unlocked remotely via the hub. There’s a required encryption key.

Why don’t you want to go through the hub? You can use a button controller to ask the hub to unlock the lock, and since the Securifi key fob is so cheap ($15), that should work well for most people.

It doesn’t matter that the lock is zwave and the fob is zigbee since the smartthings hub talks to both.

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