How about more universally available things and cameras? Especially for Canadians, go into any Best Buy or similar and next to nothing on the shelf works with Smartthings, unless you include Nest (which is still a damn hack)
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Any chance that we will get Smartthings device and smart app support for the Lennox iComfort WiFi thermostat? I know others have mentioned it before but donāt recall seeing any updates.
Thanks
I would love to have a zwave device that sends my garage door a open / close signal, much like my garage door remote openers do, rather than having to wire it to the existing garage door.
Perhaps something that sends the open close signal to the receiver on the garage door motor, that would be identical to the one that is sent by the little remote I keep in my car.
A plug into the wall style of zwave open/close sensor would be great for the garage doors, as batteries die quickly in the freezing vermont winter conditions.
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Power Loss Sensor
I have a GFCI outlet that Iād like to have monitored. When it trips off Iād like to know it. I found a suggestion in here to use the smartthings motion sensor powered by usb and when it changes power state to battery backup that is your triggerā¦ But, unfortunately, that was only the old/original model of motion sensor. The new ones donāt seem to have a USB port. I thought that the Aeon MultiSensor would do it - it has a USB port but you canāt plug in a cable to power it AND have the batteries in place - so that option is out. It seems Aeon Siren has a built-in battery backup but I donāt see any events notifying you of a power source change - it seems it is a pretty locked down device.
I guess I never imagined that this would be so hard to find. Any ideas?
Thanks!
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mount a door close sensor by the outlet. they have an actuator that is sensitive when the GFI trips it is a hard trip that will set off the motion sensor in the door closer.
So just the sensor part, not the magnet (other half)? It would normally be open but when the circuit pops it would send out a pulse and momentarily close the door? Or are you thinking some sort of vibration detection (I think Iāve seen something like that with the door knocker smartapp)?
I never would have thought of this style of approach - thanks a lot!
Isnāt it āGFCIā? āGFIā is, perhaps, a regional term? Or maybe āGFCIā is? Just curious.
jsut the sensor it as an accelerometer in it. If you have a SmartSense one on a door look in its Device handler screen and you will notice some numbers to the right. move the door and it will change very sensitive. Mine changes with a slight breeze from the HVAC when it kicks in. You can use that change when the GFI trips to send you a message
I must have a different one. When it installed it used the SmartSense Open/Close sensor device type. I tried changing the device type to the other choices (to see if it was the wrong handler) but that didnāt add any extra data, unfortunately. I think it must be a different/older model.
Data
endpointId: 01
manufacturer: CentraLite
model: 3300-S
Raw Description 01 0104 0402 00 07 0000 0001 0003 0402 0500 0020 0B05 01 0019
Current States
temperature: 67
battery: 66
contact: closed
This is solved with a linear garage door control unit + a linear auxiliary switch.
model: 3321-S is the one called the Multipurpose Sensor and it seems to have the extra abilities you were referring to - went on a Best Buy run. However, it doesnāt seem very sensitive to me. If I have it sitting on a surface (glass coffee table or laptop area by keyboard I can pound on the surface fairly hard without having it notice anything. Also, it seems extremely slow/unreliable to report the magnet moving in and out of position.
I swear it wasnāt showing up on live logging even though I could see the status changing in the app, tooā¦ Perhaps there is some system level issues delaying response - Iāll try again later.
This is one of those ātheory and practiceā situations.
In theory, a GFCI (ground fault circuit interrupter) is like a circuit breaker for the entire circuit, and tripping it would protect other devices along the same circuit. While again, in theory, the GFI (ground fault interrupter) would only cut the power to the one device that was plugged into that receptacle.
In practice, though, most electricians will tell you the two terms mean the same thing, and you can find a device which is clearly a GFCI device labeled GFI by the manufacturer. (Although not usually the other way around.)
I believe current NEC code just uses GFCI. But you do see a lot of state laws and local housing codes written āGFCI/GFI.ā Which is probably why so many electricianās references say theyāre the same thing.
Theyāre not, quite, but both serve the same purpose ā ā to keep a person from being electrocuted. 
Thanks!! It did seem odd. I could only find GFCI outlets at places like Home Depot, etc.
Thanks for the background!
I am one of many people who own an Emerson Sensi smart Thermostat. Could you please get smartthings integration going on this?
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Iād like to see support for some more heating items:
Z-Wave Eurotronic Comet Heating Thermostat http://www.vesternet.com/z-wave-eurotronic-comet-heating-thermostat
Z-Wave Eurotronic StellaZ Radiator Thermostat http://www.vesternet.com/z-wave-stellaz-radiator-thermostat
Z-Wave Heatit Thermostat http://www.vesternet.com/z-wave-heatit-thermostat-white
Z-Wave Secure SRT323 Room Thermostat http://www.vesternet.com/z-wave-secure-srt323-room-thermostat-with-lcd-display
I realise that some of these work with community device handlers, but support seems mostly incomplete or hacky.
Cheers,
Chris.
they may work just fine with the standard ZWave thermostat device handler
I would like to see LG Music Flow speakers added - they work like sonos and HH Greg had them on sale for $50-$120 per speakerā¦ cleaned out the local stores who only had 1-2 of each model.
Chamberlin Garage door opener would be a nice to have as well, though Iāve read some of the work around thingsā¦
Ring doorbell
And Schlage connect locks
we have those already.
The locks can only locked and unlocked. A
Why canāt I set up codes and alarm settings. Set temp codes or schedules. Thatās what I would like to see.
I can not find the Ring doorbell as a device to add