New Outdoor Zwave Sensor

[mbg0333]

So I got an early Christmas present, an outdoor Zwave motion sensor:

https://www.thesmartesthouse.com/pro...y-or-usb-power

But I need some ideas on what I could do with it.


All my lights inside and out are Zwave enabled.

I originally thought about adding it as one of the requirements to get the garage to open automatically.

Life 360 + Motion + maybe wifi phone connection.


Any cool ideas?

[Rupp]

How well is this sensor working with HS3?

[racerfern]

Cool! Let us know how you like it. I have lighting under the eaves that are z-wave along with the front door light. Right now, if the door opens after a certain time they go to full bright. If the doorbell rings, it goes to full bright. However, I've considered putting a motion sensor so the lights brighten BEFORE someone is actually standing at the front door.

Did it add without any drama?

[logbuilder]

If I had one, I would put place it so that anyone coming down my driveway would alert me. Not sure what the distance is on these, but I do know that z-wave plus is much improved over older version.

[silverton38]

Does it have Group 2 control. It would be nice for the motion to control the Z-wave device directly?

[racerfern]

Does it have Group 2 control. It would be nice for the motion to control the Z-wave device directly?

I get the impression that HS is not keen on Associations since they came out with linking devices. Not direct control but directly through HS without the need for an event.

[silverton38]

I am using linking and group 2 associations with WD200+ switches. That is the only way to get them to be perfectly in sink as if they were 3 way switches. The slave uses the Group 2 association to control the load switch. It is much nicer looking then three way switches. The difference is amazing and I believe Homeseer has designed the WD200+ to work with group 2 associations.

When I used only 'linking' there was a noticeable delay with the switches and I also noticed problems with the devices turning themselves on and off because of this delay; I was able solve it when I added Group 2 associations. It was real easy; I just add group 2 to the slave switch and it sends the information directly to the load switch instead of going through the HS3 server.

[mbg0333]

I ordered this one since it can be powered with USB and therefore hopefully allow more finite control of sensitivity.

I am hoping to add it to my system tonight and see how that goes.

Just cant decide where to use...

I currently have it configure to use my front door arlo to trigger the light but this may be better.

OR maybe detect driveway motion.

[silverton38]

USB is nice. Batteries go when you need them them the most.

[mbg0333]

Added just fine.

Show 4 devices one of which is battery which shows 0% even though I have it USB powered.

It has a Power Management Notification that reports all kinds of events related to Power.

It has a big red light to indicate motion detected and physcal adjustment for sensitivity on the sensor itself.

Now to just decide what to do with it....

[kriz83]

I am looking for some battery powered motion sensors to reduce the number of false positives of motion detection on my security cameras. How well do these work ? Do you get false positives during the day ?