I’ve lost track of how many Iris motion sensors I’ve bought (10+), but all have been successfully added and working perfectly. This is what I do:
EDIT: I updated/added steps starting at #11.
- In the phone app:
- “Connect New Device”
- Pull the plastic battery tab (or insert battery)
- Wait until it’s “found”, and then tap the back arrow (< SmartThings) after just a few seconds. Takes you back to Marketplace.
- Wait (a few seconds, but your mileage may vary) for the “Not Yet Configured” entry and tap on it.
- Do what ever I need to name it and place it in a Room. Walk through remaining steps. Done with phone app. Right now it’s just a “Thing”
- In the IDE:
- Go to the Room where the new device was added, and select it and click on Edit. Remember, it’s a “Thing”.
- Change Name* to “SmartSense Motion Sensor” and Type* to “SmartSense Motion Sensor” and click on Update.
- Done with the IDE at the moment.
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On the device and in the phone app: (UPDATED)
11.1 Repeat step 1 and 2 - Remove the battery
- Press and HOLD down the small button on the side of the device. You’ll feel a slight click.
- Reinsert the battery, and only release the button when the light turns blue. It will flash blue and then green.
- Done with the device.
15.1 Repeat step 4, except this time you won’t see any message for it being “found”, just go back to the Marketplace. - In the IDE again:
- Go to the device’s event log.
- You’ll first see the CONFIGURE command sent, and then battery, temperature, and motion events in no particular order.
- In the phone app again:
- Go to the device and hit Refresh". You’ll see that in the event log as well
Everything should be working as expected after all that. Seems like a lot, but not really considering no formal device type exists yet from ST. I did the same thing for the Iris open/close contact sensors.