Using The Smartthings Multipurpose Sensor For Garage Door

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Using the smartthings multipurpose sensor for garage door.

Using classic smartthings app. So i logged into the website and updated the type to smartsense garage door multi. At 20 as of the time of writing the tiny samsung smartthings multipurpose sensor zigbee does a lot for very little. As you can see from the photo i don t have the space to install the smaller piece inside the area between the.

Have it stuck to the top of the garage door. I have a smartthings multipurpose sensor on my garage door and an lfm 20 z wave switch attached to the door opener. To my knowledge the new app doesn t have that capability yet without adding your own smartapp. Is it possible to create a notification if my garage door has been left open for 30 minutes.

Just using the samsung multi purpose sensor. But the reason i wanted to use the multipurpose sensor is because we. After that it is always showing open. I set it up with the options do you want to use this sensor on a garage door set on and three axis reporting options set to disabled.

Any advice on which piece would be better suited to which side. When it goes up it sets open and when it goes down it changes to closed. The switch is in virtual momentary pushbutton mode. Need some suggestions on good placement for this st multipurpose sensor on my door.

Overall there are loads of smartthings garage door sensor options available. As you can see i ll have to attach one piece on moulding that isn t even and obviously a piece on the door. It asks is this a garage door. I put a smartthings multipurpose sensor on the top of the garage door with the straight line to the right.

I added the multipurpose sensor but there was no option to change this to garage door mode. I ve tried to do the same thing in the new app too. You say yes and it does the rest for the device type. For basic sensing a tilt sensor is more than enough.

Garage door sensor for smartthings. The following instructions apply only to the smartthings multipurpose sensor. This is our latest generation of multipurpose sensor. I am using the new smartthings app and have a simple open close sensor on my garage door.

Today i can say alexa turn on the garage door opener and it will momentary press and the door will move to the opposite of the position it s in open closed. Its main purpose is as a contact sensor so you can easily stick these slim. Depending on your needs you may select a tilt sensor contact sensor or even a multi purpose sensor. Also i noticed that this sensor is always reporting incorrect temperature right now it is showing 808.

It works in harmony with the tilt sensor on the gocontrol garage door opener. Can anyone please help.