Schlage FE599--some questions

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I will not be able to receive Lock Status Notifications from my Schlage FE199 smart lock using SmartThings. They say I would need to use Nexia or Iris v2 or Vera or Wink 2 or Linksys or Honeywell for full capability.

The basic features of lock and unlock with work fine with the stock ST device handler. However do note there is a bug in the FE599 firmware that will show it as unlocked after an automatic relock (feature) of this electronic lock.

You can use this Universal Enhanced Z-Wave device handler (requires access to RBoy Apps) which allows you to use the advanced features of this Schlage lock and also patches up that unlock firmware bug.

[RELEASE] Universal Enhanced Z-Wave Lock Driver for Schlage, Yale, Kwikset, IDLock, Popp, Danalock, August Pro, Keywe, Philia, Samsung

A “future proof” Universal Enhanced Z-Wave Lock driver This driver is enhanced to fix bugs in the stock ST ZWave Lock driver, include patches for bugs in lock firmwares and bring out additional features for Schalge, Yale, Kwikset, IDLock, Popp, Samsung, Delaney, August Pro, Danalock, KeyWe, Philia, Vivint, Locstar etc zwave locks (see below for a full list of models and features). This works with all ZWave locks and newer ZWave Plus locks (see below for a list of locks tested). It discovers/learns the lock features and automatically configures them. If a feature is not supported by the lock it will not show up or say Unsupported. You need SmartThings Smart Lock Guest Access (SLGA), Advanced Web UI or a SmartApp like Lock User Management (LUM), Rental Lock Automater (RLA) to program user …

As for lock status notifications, you can use CoRE to setup a rule to notify you when the lock is locked or unlocked. Infact if you have the patience you can do a heck of a lot more with this SmartApp including making unlock and lock code based notifications etc.

[RELEASE CANDIDATE] CoRE (Community's own Rule Engine)

UPDATE DEC 19 2017: If you are still using CoRE, please update to the latest version as soon as you can. Here’s what changed: v0.3.16e.20171219 - RC - Replaced recovery safety nets using unschedule() with a much more optimized method that does not affect ST as much as unschedule() does This is important as CoRE has been identified as a major choke point on a certain method that it uses (ST describes that as expensive in their documentation. As it turns out, it is. With ST’s help, CoRE is now able to recover from timeouts much faster and with a lot less resources than by using its own recovery safety net. You should also consider moving on to webCoRE instead, as CoRE is no longer actively maintained and only gets critical updates. Thank you Continuing in the BETA process of CoRE (mil…

However if you’re looking at using a ready made SmartApp for using advanced features like programming codes and being notified when someone used a code to unlock or lock the door and take actions etc you would want to consider an advanced SmartApp for that. There are a few options available, one very popular option is the Lock User Code Management SmartApp (requires access to RBoy Apps service) which works with the Stock Device Handler and has support for verifying that codes were programmed correctly:

[OBSOLETE] Lock User Management (LUM)

Lock User Management (LUM) is a reliable Lock Manager for remotely managing users and locks It works with the standard Z-Wave Lock/ZigBee device handler that comes with SmartThings and works with any lock that supports remote codes. It can be used to program user codes, be notified when user codes are used and also take actions when codes are used. For automatically generating user codes for rental properties check out Rental Lock Automater (RLA). Click here for a list of lock recommendations Click here for where to buy Z-Wave locks [File_015] [File_016] [File_008] [File_009] [File_017] [File_018] [File_019] [File_020] [File_021] [File_022] [File_023] [File_010] [File_011] [File_012] [File_013] [File_014] You can find installation instructions for LUM here Lock Code User Managemen…