FortrezZ Mimolite unexpectedly opened door

Matt_Baker_Nz
Tue, 07 Mar 2017 04:09:36 +0000
General Discussion

Earlier this week my garage door (controlled by a mimolite) opened unexpectedly (more details and a screenshot of the event logs at https://medium.com/@mbaker/my-iot-garage-door-opened-when-i-wasnt-home-9c9c9cbc6e17). My wife came home to an open door and due to an earlier notification from SmartThings I checked the logs - sure enough there was an on event that occurred immediately after three ping commands being sent to the device (all four events within the same second). I did contact support at the time and they were helpful but were not able to offer a definitive answer to whether the ping commands were related to the opening.

I’m curious if anyone else has had similar issues with devices unexpectedly turning on, has any suggestions on how to mitigate this in the future (an automated close command if the door is open for more than x minutes? I have small children so don’t like the idea of that), or can recommend an alternative device for remote door opening.

Thanks!

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