Yes, I found out and read it. Thanks. But I don’t know of any button on the August controller other than the one that I initially pressed in order to connected to the Wi-Fi network. I did not press any button to make it discoverable. I followed the directions in the August website on connecting to a Smartthings hub. Guess I’ll just have to investigate this some more today. And I’m not sure it really matters, just wanted to have everything connected to the hub if possible. Thanks for your help.
You should be able to go into the lock settings -> z wave settings in the August app and choose to remove the z wave device association from the lock.
I had the same thing happen to me today when I installed my new lock. I had the rboy DTH installed already but it didn’t show in smartthings. Really, the August app didn’t show it connected either until I backed out and tried to reconnect. Doing a device exclusion and removing it from the hub on the August app freed it up and the second try worked flawlessly.
For anyone having problems keeping the lock connected, You might make sure you have the latest firmware, as earlier firmware has several z wave related bugs. The firmware version on my locks is 87cfe2db-1.59.0-1.8.15
Usually, You will be prompted to update it when you connect to the lock via Bluetooth (assuming you have internet access), but I have heard a few reports that a call to August support was required.
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Is there a way to get the lock to connect to WiFi without the connect bridge? I saw that Apple TV can do this via homekit.
No. The lock itself doesn’t have a WiFi radio.
Much cleaner than rBoy’s. Thank you!
No problem. I haven’t had any issues with it so far. Hopefully it works for you.
How this lock compares against Danalock in terms of smartthings integration? What extra features has, given almost double price?
The HomeKit compatibility is through Bluetooth (very limited range), not through WiFi. I don’t love having the “wall wart” connect plugged in near my front door where I have one lock installed. I have a second one on the perimeter of my house that gets great WiFi, but is not near my AppleTV. I keep an iPad in a room near the lock, just so I can see its status when if I’m away. It really would be a much more elegant solution if the lock itself had WiFi built in and didn’t need the Connect.
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I don’t think battery tech is good enough for this yet. Always on WiFi needs too much power.
Thats a good point and probably why they made their design decision. Having said that, there are plenty of devices that have wifi or z-wave and are battery powered. My Hunter Douglas shades (although with a lot more batteries), motion and water leak/moisture sensors (intermittent polling).
Z-wave radios use a lot less power than WiFi.
I’m looking for a way to add doorsense as a sensor in Smartthings?. Does anyone know if this device handler will do the trick? I dont want to pay 99$ or so for Rboys app, just for doorsense to be visible.
Yes… it is the entire point of that device handler.
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There should be a new August integration by CES 2020 so it is possible that the August sensor may be included. So stay tuned…
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It works perfectly! THANK YOU!
It generally works, but i have found it often forgets to send one or more of the zwave reports, especially if the lock is unlocked, opened, closed, and relocked within a few seconds.
I found that was the case with the official device handler as well. It isn’t 100% reliable as part of routines/automations. I have the August app around to lock/unlock as well, when Smartthings fails to do it.