When are "Hard Wired" Smoke detectors going to be supported by Smart Things

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mine works fine too.
so that is two sensors now working.

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forgot to sayā€¦

with Kidde smoke detectors in the UK you need to use the smk23ru
http://www.kiddesafetyeurope.co.uk/Documents/DS_SMK23U_SMK23RU_2015.pdf

in the USA I guess it is this relayā€¦

you wire the relay to the door sensor which has the external triggers and use the code above depending on your choice of door sensor.

On the Fibaro you can add the temperature sensor and this also works. What I havenā€™t looked at it rapid increase in temperature causing an alarmā€¦ but then a thermometer like this is not meant to be a heat sensing alarm so I donā€™t want to enter that territory and set people up with false expectations!
So all the Fibaro will do is tell you how hot it is and if necessary that it is very hot in the room!!!

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FYI, the RemoteLyncs are on sale at Home Depot for $59, down from $99. They also have a review of 3.2 out of 5. Personally I have 2 Leeoā€™s, and really like them. I use IFTTT with them to tell me the current forecast. They are $50 at Best Buy.

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Not to dig up a dead horse, but whatā€™s everyone doing in regards to wire smoke detectors? Iā€™m in the middle of a major renovation and will be adding smoke detectors to my house. It looks like the most feasible option is the Nest Protect wired version. Has anyone come up with something better or more tightly integrated to ST?

Cheers!

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This is still not available in my area and there is no current ST integration but there is now a wired ZigBee smoke detector available. Halo and Halo+. Only a matter of time before someone creates a DTH. Maybe Iā€™ll give it a try if I have the time.

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So it looks like my Loweā€™s has the hardwired version of the Halo for $129. Iā€™ve got a $50 off $250 coupon so it would bring them down to $105 each. Temptingā€¦

Iā€™m assuming that the Nest Protect integrates into ST via an API and does not actually support zigbee or zwave?

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Nest Protect uses Thread (similar to ZigBee IP) which is not compatible with ST. However they do have an API and a DTH has been written to support it. I do believe that some of the Nest Protect features (such as motion detection) are blocked from the API.

It does also appear that you can use Halo with other wired smoke detectors unlike Nest (i.e. one goes off they all do) but if you want ST integration today I would go with Nest

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There are some work around ways to integrate the Halo. If you were to use a roost battery which has an Ifttt channel then what you could do is when the roost detects that the Halo has gone off it could trigger lights such as the lifx to flash red or orange. The Halo is not only a smoke detector but also carbon monoxide. I know that Halo has plans to integrate with different platforms. It currently is integrated with Lowes Iris. However I think something as critical as smoke detection should be left as a sand alone platform given the history with ST.

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In all integration cases, iris, ST, IFTTT, the Halo smoke/carbon monoxide detectors would always work on their own. Integration allows for retrieving that information and using it to empower your smart home.

Deeper integration would perhaps allow for silencing false alarms or setting the alarms off, but they would still work on their own, but that is up to the DTH.

Seeing weather, air quality, battery level and knowing when the alarm goes off are all important things integration would offer.

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I donā€™t trust ST to keep a door locked.

Do you really want your smoke detectors on the system?

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Iā€™m not sure how having them on the system could make them any less safer. They will go off in case of fire or CO. SmartThings canā€™t change that.

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I used a Leeo Smoke Alert to integrate my non Z-Wave smoke detectors with SmartThings.