Apologies to post this question without searching the forum thoroughly. My contractor just called and said the electrician will be in next week to install all the light fixtures etc. Part of what he’s installing will be smoke/carbon monoxide detectors.
I’d really like to be able to have these detectors integrate with Smartthings so if an alarm goes off I can get notifications and turn on lights etc.
Can someone please recommend a hardwired, inter-connected detector that will work for me? Much appreciated!
The only model that worked with interconnects was Halo, and sadly they’re out of business. If I was in your shoes, I would just get a listener for my dumb detectors:
@TheSmartestHouse
Does this require a custom DH? The product description on thesmartesthouse.com pages refer’s to Eric Maycock’s DH, but the product description on Amazon says that it’s supported natively. The Works with Smartthings page also seems to indicate it’s supported natively.
If you have Amazon Echo devices, Amazon is rolling out “Guard” - essentially Echo devices will listen for smoke alarms, glass shattering and send alerts. Not sure if it can integrate into SmartThings though.
it works natively as a “z-wave sound sensor”. But for some odd reason, SmartThings didn’t include smoke or CO detector capability in that device handler. So it won’t work with Smart Home Monitor with the default handler. You can do one of two things:
If the building code requires an interconnected detector, that one isn’t suitable. If this is in the US and it’s new construction or a major remodel, interconnected detectors are probably going to be required by the building code.
We finally finished the house and have moved in. I have the Ecolink Firefighter mounted and it successfully detects a smoke alarm when I press the test button on one of my smoke detectors.
Now, I’m trying to set up an automation that will turn on lights if the smoke detectors go off. I can’t find a condition in the automation that allows me to trigger off of the Ecolink Firefighter.
