[ST Edge] Driver for Ring Keypad 2nd Gen

If you are referring to using the Ring Gen 2 keypad to control a lock which is present in ST with its functions exposed then I dont see any reason why you couldnt do it using routines.

If you are referring to using this driver with your lock keypad, then I very much doubt it will work and you will need to find/request/write a suitable driver: Post Requests for Edge Drivers Here (community-created)

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With regard to setting the Ring Keypad security mode, can you add the capability to set the Armed modes? Iā€™ve scrapped usage of the Smart Home Monitor as it will not run locally on the hub. Thus, I need ability to set the Ring Keypad security mode/status via a routine. Can you add that in lieu of synching w SHM?

Welcome to the community Wade_M.

The driver available is pretty much ā€˜as isā€™ and will only be updated if ST break anything, or Ring add a new fingerprint (stated in the first post).

Iā€™m not a developer, so Iā€™m unsure how easy it would be to get the driver to act how you want, but it is available outside of @hmorstiā€™s channel in Github to download/fork, and depending on your coding capabilities, you could amend, and upload directly to your hub using the CLI. I didnt make amendments but this is how I have it installed as I was an early adopter (prior to the channel being available).

One final thing to mention, there are some limitations with this and other drivers on IoS devices for reasons unknown and with this driver you cannot see all the available controls, so its probably advisable to setup and configure using an Android device where possible.

Thanks SlySi

If Samsung Smart Things would provide a viable / locally executed Home Monitor solution we wouldnā€™t need so many workarounds. Iā€™m not a developer, but can hack myself into a corner pretty well.

I have to to give a shout out to @Buds_Smart_Home for his example of implementing the Ring2 Keypad w hmorsti Edge driver, Sharp Tools and TAustin vEdge. I was able to set the Ring keypad to ArmedAway mode in Sharp Tools and have eliminated the Smart Home Monitor all together. I also used vEdge switch as a ā€œstate machineā€ for the Alarm Mode, which brought all automation to local execution. Iā€™m hoping this provides a much more consistent and reliable arm/alert/disarm functionality w the RKP. Thanks to all for Edge work

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Has anyone tried an oem edge driver for this keypad? I just need it to hold more than 3 codes and trigger a routine to flip a switch.
I donā€™t care about the emergency services buttons or the armed and unarmed buttons.

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Iā€™ve been attempting to set up the automation for arming/disarming. But I get an error when I try to have the keypad device change the security mode itself. Does anyone have a screenshot of what their automation looks like?

What is the error? Whatā€™s in your Routine?

In the THEN for the Keypad Iā€™m setting Security Mode to Armed (Away) and toggle on exitDelay. If I have Security Mode it gives "There was a problem connecting. Try again later. If this problem continues contact us.

Iā€™ve worked around by creating virtual switches that toggle on and activate the specific security mode.

How can I activate the delayEntry when intrusion is detected? Do I have to have a routine to check if security is active and if any of the sensors are opened?

In my testing Iā€™ve come up with more questions.

If Iā€™m in the middle of the exit delay what if I want to cancel. Is there any way to end it?

What are the uses of the X and Check button besides panic combination?

Are the led colors set, can they be changed via the driver?

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Everyones setup is different and can be quite complex but for me, I have a routine, if security mode = Armed Stay (pre-condition), and when any sensor gets triggered, then turn on a virtual switch (turn off after 1 minute). This works with another routine, If the virtual switch is on, then start entry delay. I also have a routine that runs when the alarm is disarmed, and the virtual switch is set to off.

If you use a virtual switch, as described above then entering your PIN and selecting disarmed should cancel everything allowing you to stop exiting, or re-enter.

Its just an additional combination as you have found.

Ive not seen anywhere to change the colours, so I suspect this is not possible.

You might want to give thought to presence sensing. For me, I barely use the keypad, its just there in case its required, it sets itself and unsets itself using a combination of presence, inactive sensors, and time of day. The hardest part is finding which presence sensor works best for you ( ST APP, Alexa, keyfob, etcā€¦)

I tried using ring keypad 2 with smartthings but it was unreliable and I decided to return it to Amazon.

I added it to smartthings using mentioned edge driver and S2 properly but the status on ring keypad havenā€™t been updated instantly but with the delay of couple minutes and I had network icon shown red often.

The problems I had were:

  1. when I changed STHM status in smartthings app for instance from Disarm to Arm(Away) it worked instantly and status have also changed on keypad with the status icon changed. But when i tried to change it back from Armed(Away) to Disarm after that in STHM i saw that the status changed in the keypad driver, but it hasnā€™t immediately on the keypad itself. It got updated only after couple of minutes.
  2. when i tried to change the status from Disarm to Arm(Away) on keypad itself it changed fine and immediately for the first time, both in STHM, driver and keypad itself. But when i tried to type PIN and change it back to Disarm, I noticed that the STHM status and driver status get changed right away, but keypad status got stuck in Armed for some time, till it got updated after couple minutes.

To sum up, there seems to be some network communication problem between smartthings hub and keypad itself, as the status on the keypad doesnā€™t update right away and network icon is showing as red for.some.time.

I have tried to reset keypad couple.times and include it again, heal my z wave network but nothing seems to work.

Not sure if this is something wrong with my network or something temporary with smartthings but this doesnā€™t seem to be reliable to me.

@Buds_Smart_Home have you noticed such problems lately or is it still working properly for you ?

I have similar question , i cant figure out how to cancel the Exit Delay either ( im leaving but forgot something so have to cancel ). At the moment it counts down , sets to Armed and only then can i disarm. Entering the code , then pressing the Disarm only mutes the countdown music for a few seconds ( the countdown bar continues) ā€¦ so ill keep an eye here too. ( Cancelling the Entry Delay midway through is fine ā€¦ )

I followed @Buds_Smart_Home steps to the letter and it worked fine for me with Ring Keypad , Aerotec Hub and ST. I do wish there was a more straight forward method but it does work well ( i had to switch off some routines i had , plus the in built siren call when alarm mode is called ) but is great , outsideof my inability to cancel the exit mode. So to answer , i dont else any issueā€™s currently. Not sure that helps any.

I initially had delays with the network icon showing red. I first suspected that this was due to the fact that I added the keypad while in my studio and then later relocated the keypad to my kitchen/dining area on the first floor. I first tried to use the ST Z-Wave network utility to repair the Z-Wave network, however this was not productive. It appears that you tried this as well. I then relocated my Aeotec Z-Wave repeater near to my keypad and I deleted the keypad from ST and reinstalled it. After that I no longer experienced network issues.

I have had an occasion where I could not get the ā€˜Arm (stay)ā€™ to work using the keypad. When this happens I just enter my code and tap disarm. You then need to enter your code again and tap Arm-stay. The keypad should then activate the Arm-stay mode.

Hope this helps. :wink:

Yes. This seems to be a shortfall. I have had this happen before as well.

Actually I seldom use the keypad to arm and disarm my home. I have routines to manage this based on smart phone presence, or lack there of. If anyone is interested in my setup it is available on YouTube. As I mention in the video, using smart phone presence is iffy for a lot of ST users. It, however has been very reliable for me.

Thanks for your response ( and obviously all the work on documenting how to get this done !) . I cant use presence yet and wanted the keypad , as we have a dog and sometimes need full and sometimes partial etc. Ill try see if i can figure out how to get the cancel done based on what youve provided already , thanks !

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This is incorrect. I posted screenshots upthread of some of my setup that uses the delay functions and Iā€™m on iOS.

I went back upthread and looked and it seems like some people including Bud have very different options from what I do. This is really powerful driver and yā€™all are missing a lot! Iā€™m on an iPhone and my screens look like this:



(there are also Freeze, WaterLeak, and FreezeAndWater alarm types)


(also options for the Police, Fire, AlertMedical, and PanicCombination Buttons)

Thank you @hmorsti! Iā€™ve waited for years to find a keypad that works with ST. Also I have a door chime again after Zooz wonā€™t support theirs. This is great!

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