Setting a contact sensor's value

[Leo_Forney]

Hi all! I was wondering how do you set the value of a contact sensor like “open” or “closed” from a smartapp?

[JDRoberts]

@Leo_Forney

Hi all! I was wondering how do you set the value of a contact sensor like “open” or “closed” from a smartapp?

You can’t. The sensor reports its value to the hub. Most sensors don’t accept any incoming commands except a request to report their status. Or reconfigure their timing parameters and sensitivity.

However…

You can use Mike Maxwell’s universal device type to have a switch appear to be an open/close sensor so you can create a virtual contact sensor that you can control, if that’s of any help.

[OBSOLETE] Universal Virtual Device Type and Translator

This has got to be the sickest DTH ever… The uDTH Ever wished you could turn on a presence sensor with a switch?, or maybe take a lock command and send a motion event? Basically this bad boy accepts these commands: on off open close lock unlock and can turn them into these attribute states: open closed present not present active inactive The following capabilities are presented on the command side: switch door control garage door control lock The following devices are presented on the attribute side: Contact Motion Presence Door Acceleration Illuminance Smoke Water Sound You wire up an instance of this device to two separate apps, and off you go. Add to your repo, and select the device MikeMaxwell : uDTH the repo is owner: MikeMaxwell name: dth [image] [image] [image…

[Leo_Forney]

thanks that is exactly what I was looking for!