I hate to ask this again, but today Rule Machine was gone from my iPhone and the IDE. So I thought CoRE was working but there is no beeping on entry when in home mode and away mode. Only when exiting. Can you please give me more info on setup of CoRe for the Smart Alarm. Example I could not find Play Text and the delayAlarm settings. Step by step would be great. Thanks again.
I’ve decided to purchase one of the Aeon Gen5 sirens.
To decide if I need the full functionality of this DH, can anyone tell me what the ‘stock’ Smartthings integration provides?
Can I take advantage of all different tones? I suppose there isn’t any disadvantage of using this custom DH and all it offers but want to make sure.
Thanks krlaframboise for providing this!
The only downside to using a custom DTH is that it prevents the device from running locally. That’s not an issue for most users because the only SmartApps that run locally are Smart Lighting and some parts of SHM.
The default DTH allows you to set the sound and volume in the device settings and it uses that sound and volume every time you turn it on. If that’s all you need it to do then there’s really no need to use a custom DTH.
This DTH allows SmartApps like SHM, Speaker Notify with Sound, SmartAlarm, CoRE, etc. to specify the sound and volume so that it doesn’t always do the same thing.
The main benefit of my DTH is the ability to use it as a door chime or for entry/exit beeping.
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@krlaframboise, Wonderful. The DH is installed. Eventually, it will get set up with SHM Security for the Alarm AND the SHM Custom for a ‘While Home, The Door Just Opened’ beep. Before that I’m working with the DH settings and its UI to get the Siren and the Beep that I’d like. Unfortunately, it’s not behaving as expected.
Current Beep Settings are: Sound 3, Volume 1, Repeat 3, Time Between 1000, Length of 100. When I tap the Beep button in the UI, I get inconsistent results. Here’s an example:
First tap, was a single three second tone. Second tap was a single 10 second tone. Third try was a single tone that I manually stopped by pressing the button on the siren after 30 seconds. Fourth try like the third. Fifth try a quick single beep (like I want) and then the non-stop continuous tone. Then, to kick me when I’m down, while walking away to pull myself together, it just chirped at me once.
Any thoughts?
Can you post screen shots of the settings screen?
Can you also change the logging option so that only “trace” is selected. (SmartThings still hasn’t fixed the device handler bug that prevents you from selecting more than one option).
Then can you open live logging from the IDE, press the beep button once, and post the live logging output?
Random question…are you hearing a hissing sound from the device after playing a sound?
Edit:
Does the “beep 1” button play 1 short beep?
Does the “beep 4” button play 3 short beeps close together?
Edit 2:
The status.smarthings.com website is currently showing “Degraded Performance” for Device Control, which would explain what you’re seeing, but I have no idea if that message is recent because everything is working fine for me.
The Live Logging data will give me a better idea of what’s going on.
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@krlaframboise, Thanks for the fast reply. Greatly appreciated.
*Hissing sound = No
*Beep 1, Short Beep = Sometimes. Always a single beep. Sometimes the correct short beep, other times a single beep for multiple seconds.
*Beep 4, 3 Short Beeps = Sometimes. Worked correctly a couple of times. Now, it’s mostly one 5-8 second beep followed by a second short beep.
*Trace Logging = I select it, and click done, and it shows ‘Trace’ correctly in the Settings screen, but after 'Done’ing my way all of the way out and then going back in, nothing is selected any more. (It does seem that Trace is holding even though it doesn’t show in Settings.)
The Live Logging looks correct. From tapping Beep once:
9f8091a7-a461-4ac7-b041-758969f22b4f 1:14:42 PM EDT: trace turnOff()
9f8091a7-a461-4ac7-b041-758969f22b4f 1:14:42 PM EDT: trace playBeep(3, 1, 3, 1000, 100)
9f8091a7-a461-4ac7-b041-758969f22b4f 1:14:42 PM EDT: trace playDefaultBeep()
9f8091a7-a461-4ac7-b041-758969f22b4f 1:14:42 PM EDT: trace beep()
However, that played a single approx. five second tone, followed by a single beep.
I didn’t know about the Degraded Performance issue (or the Status page for that matter - Thank you). As I spend more time on this, I think the Degraded Performance is likely having an effect with commands getting through, and for example, what should be a short beep turns into a long one.
If it’s sometimes working fine, I’m hoping that’s the problem and it will become more reliable once they fix the problem.
You might want to try changing the beep length setting to 0 to see if that makes a difference.
I reported that selection bug months ago and it’s a big problem affecting all device handlers so I’m amazed they haven’t fixed it yet.
Can you go into the settings screen in the mobile app, tap done, and then post the live logging output. If you don’t see any debug messages, try unchecking all the logging options and if that doesn’t work, try just checking the debug option.
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Still getting the similar inconsistent results even with Beep Setting to 0. The Status page still indicates Degraded Performance however.
After changing Log Type settings to Debug only, here is the Live Logging info:
9f8091a7-a461-4ac7-b041-758969f22b4f 9:31:52 PM: debug VersionReport(applicationSubVersion: 25, applicationVersion: 3, zWaveLibraryType: 3, zWaveProtocolSubVersion: 92, zWaveProtocolVersion: 3)
9f8091a7-a461-4ac7-b041-758969f22b4f 9:31:52 PM: debug ManufacturerSpecificReport(manufacturerId: 134, manufacturerName: AEON Labs, productId: 80, productTypeId: 260)
9f8091a7-a461-4ac7-b041-758969f22b4f 9:31:39 PM: trace updated()
9f8091a7-a461-4ac7-b041-758969f22b4f 9:31:39 PM: debug Secure Commands Disabled
9f8091a7-a461-4ac7-b041-758969f22b4f 9:31:39 PM: trace configure()
9f8091a7-a461-4ac7-b041-758969f22b4f 9:31:39 PM: debug Checking for Secure Command Support
9f8091a7-a461-4ac7-b041-758969f22b4f 9:31:39 PM: trace updated()
Thanks again for the support.
Can you remove the device and then hold the action button, which is located on the bottom on the device, for about 25 seconds to do a factory reset.
Then move the siren close to the hub and add it again, but when it’s looking for the device, press the action button multiple times.
That should get the device to pair securely because it’s currently not. The Aeon Labs Doorbell ignores an important setting when not paired securely so I had to add a workaround to the DTH.
If you’re able to get yours to pair securely and the beeping still doesn’t work right, I can rule that out as the problem.
I know removing the device is a pain so if you’d rather just wait to see if it’s being caused by the degraded performance issue, i completely understand.
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Ah, I understand looking at the log now about Secure Pairing. Thank you for the insight. Pressing and holding the Action button worked for the factory reset and ST remove. Unfortunately, now, it’s not connecting back to ST, and plugging the device in or pressing the Action button produces a very rapid clicking sound. Do you think there’s value in letting the battery drain and trying again in a few days or is it finished now?
When you plug it in, does the rapid clicking eventually stop? How loud is it?
I’m not sure if this will help, but try doing the factory reset again while it’s plugged in, but when holding the action button, continue holding it for a while after the siren turns on because the LED should eventually switch to a steady blink every few seconds.
When it’s plugged in, the clicking doesn’t stop. It’s quiet; about the volume of a normal conversation. Tried the plugged-in factory reset with the Action button held down. The siren doesn’t sound. Just continues clicking. Left it plugged in for 2+ minutes. I think that pretty much exhausts the options. I really appreciate the support.
A normal conversation is loud for something that shouldn’t be making sound. Some users have reported a low hissing sound that can be heard if you’re right next to it, but I think you’re the first to experience a clicking sound.
Does the light flash every few seconds after plugging it in or maybe after tapping the action button?
I think you might have been better off if I didn’t try to help, although if you weren’t being affected by that degraded performance problem, it’s possible that the inconsistent behavior you were seeing was caused by a defect.
It might not have been able to recover from the factory reset or the factory rest could have been a coincidence, but I doubt it. Waiting until the battery dies might reset it, but if it’s not doing anything, it will probably take a couple of days for the battery to die.
Another user that reported the device making that hissing sound ended up returning it and the replacement they received worked fine.
How long have you had the device?
Got the device Friday. This is the third day. Far better to force the defect to the surface now vs. coming across it while looking to secure the home. I’ve tried about five different products for a combo door beep during the day / alert siren at night and all have been underwhelming. I may try again with this product as it’s the closest to what’s needed. The best part of the experience has been coming across a really helpful community and cool smart apps and device type handlers.
It sounds like the one you have is dead so I think it would be worth returning it and seeing if a new one is more reliable.
If you do end up getting a replacement, try to get it to pair securely by moving it so that it’s the closest device to the hub and pressing the action button multiple times while pairing.
If you still have one of the other sirens, you should look into the Aeon Doorbell instead of trying to find a siren/door combo.
Aeon Doorbell
It’s about $50, and it’s poorly made device that makes a horrible doorbell, but you can load up to 100 mp3s files and play them back by track number. The mp3s can only be 20 seconds long and it’s not loud enough to scare anyone off, but it’s loud enough to hear through closed doors.
I wrote a DTH for it that allows you to play the tracks at various volumes from any SmartApp that supports the Music Player capability. It also allows you to use the device as a button so that you can use it to do something unrelated to playing a track.
I’d much rather wake up and hear a message stating that the backdoor was opened followed my motion was detected in a room, then have to listen to an ear piercing siren while I fumble around trying to find my phone so I can pull up SmartThings to figure out if it’s a false alarm.
I’ve added a siren like sound to the beginning of my security related tracks so that I’m awake by the time it starts talking.
Zipato Siren
If you want to stick with a siren, you should check out the Zipato Siren.
It’s about $80, but it comes with the built in sounds: Ambulance, Emergency, Fire, Police, Door, and Beep.
The first 4 are sirens, but the Door and Beep sounds both play 2 short tones and since they’re built in, they’re 100% reliable.
I wrote a DTH for it that allows you to use all the features from any SmartApp that supports sound.
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Great salesman! 
Yes, I will return the first one and try another. See what happens.
I will definitely take a look at the doorbell as my preference, very much as you described, is not for a Siren but a speaker with audio alerts of different types and volumes for different events. I took a look at a series of speakers that had different challenges:
- a couple of different wifi audio receivers plugged into an aux port: created a feedback loop resulting in a very quiet buzz that was complex to fix
- went to sleep when not in use and required a button push to wake up
- would default to bluetooth on restart or app launch requiring regular monitoring
- didn’t handle TTS well (possibly a STs problem)
- didn’t play anything that wasn’t in a local network on a powered up and ready DLNA server
- ugly, expensive, obtrusive
I have 70+ devices and the Aeon Doorbell is my favorite, but I didn’t want to recommend it without mentioning it’s flaws.
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The device is great, but you can’t use it for TTS like a speaker because it can only play the mp3 files that you’ve loaded onto it.
It also has a lot of quirks, but they’re documented on the Aeotec Aeon Labs Doorbell topic and there are workarounds for most of them.
I just ordered this siren and am looking forward to using this DTH. Im using CoRE, so I hope I can get this set up properly.
@krlaframboise Is it possible to setup your repo in ST instead of having to go to Git and copy/paste the code?