i know this is an old thread but does anyone know where i can buy the fibaro door/window sensor that has the temp connection? their new model does not seem to have that anymore.
How is your temperature probe holding up? I’m thinking about doing the same thing but it looks like the Fibaro link is no longer valid… Do you have another sensor you recommend?
Unfortunately that version of the Fibaro door sensor is no longer available and the new one does not accept an external temperature probe. You should be able to find the old model on eBay though. That’s what I did for my Freezer monitor.
I made two of those floating boxes, one for the hot tub and one for the pool skimmer. One I drilled out a little on the large size, the other I drilled a nearly exact fit hole for the probe, sealed both up with silicone gasket maker. The larger-holed box ended up leaking through the sealant and killed the sensor. I think the probe could wiggle around in the hole a little bit and eventually wore a hole in the sealant.
FWIW, I’ve found a great easy solution for monitoring multiple thermometers at once (including pool/spa sensors). For less than $100, I got the Ambient Weather TX-3107 floating pool sensor bundled with the WS-8482 wifi weather station. The sensor broadcasts about 200 feet from my pool to the weather station in my house, which then connects to wifi. Then there’s a 3rd party smart app which integrates Ambient Weather with Smartthings. I set it up on ActionTiles and now I can see my pool temperature on my dashboard. It’s great! Cheap! And pretty easy to set up!
My Fibaro died, so I cannot figure out another solution at this point. Anyone using a different sensor? I dont really have power to pull from, so it needs to be battery. I maybe can use a low voltage device.
Personally I went with the La Crosse solution (eg https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B06ZYJ5L5B) – it’s a probe (and a basic external temperature as a bonus) + wifi based hub reporting to lacrossealertsmobile.com. The latter can easily be hooked up via webhooks to other systems (Alexa+Google Assistant in my case). Had it outside measuring the tub temperature every ~5 minutes for the last 6 months.
In my case I just did Alexa/Google Home, but theoretically yes, you can simply hook whatever you want to that AlertsMobile API that powers their website and app, it’s a very simple JSON output. Having said that, it’s an “undocumented feature”, so who knows how long it’d last (beyond running strong for like 7+ years up till now…).
Yes, you’d have to do a pull (get) on the URL (API) to pull this info down when needed.
I did my implementation via a chatbot that hits a custom glitch.com app (was a good excuse to test them) – I pull temp, probe temp, humidity, timestamp, and calculate the delay in minutes off the latter. This way, whenever I ask for it, I get my Alexa and Google Home devices reply with {temp} outside, {probe} water, {humidity}% humidity, as of {delay}.
The URL I got off the mobile app you will install to enable the bridge - when you “register” it via the app, you will be given your unique bride id, so the URL will look something like this: laxservices/device_info.php?&limit=1&timezone=8&metric=0&deviceid=XYZ