Just wanted to share that the Intermatic CA9000 Motion Detector works with SmartThings.
These are one of the cheapest motion detectors on the market (although they’re a bit old). There doesn’t seem to be any materials on this so I thought I would try it out.
Surprisingly, they work out the box with needing to make a new device type or fiddling with settings (other than switching the device type).
Pairing wasn’t too bad, but the instructions it comes with are pretty horrible.
You do need to login to your dashboard to switch this to a ‘zwave motion sensor’ rather than ‘zwave sensor’
There’s no sensitivity settings on the sensor; however there is a switch to set motion duration (pulse, 5 min, 10min, and 15 min).
After using it for a few days, I’ve noticed that sometimes it does not properly send a inactive or no-motion event back. Not sure if there’s a way to poll the sensor for an updated signal.
Other than that, so far it is very workable.
You can also find these on ebay for less if you’re buying a six pack. Otherwise, individuals ranges about $20-$30. A cheap solution if you need to scale your smarthome sensors.
On a side note, any one know of cheap door sensors that they like. I’m being lazy for digging through the forums for it.
As a recommendation, I would use rechargeable batteries in these. The sensors by default are not configured properly to optimize battery life, they drain pretty darn fast. I have one of mine plugged into a 9v ac adapter (about $5 on Amazon).
What SW version of the CA9000 do you have? I have the SW V1.65 33B and I cannot get this sucker to pair with the hub. It just blink a red LED and double tapping the activate button doesn’t cause it to sync…any ideas?
