With HS3, you can enable ("set") and disable ("remove") door lock user codes with events. This is particularly handy for scheduling access for house cleaners and other regular unattended visitors or guests. The example below includes 2 events; one for setting the user code and one for removing the user code. Each event is triggered by a time and day.
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Mark! Cool feature!
I had replicated the webpage button sequence in script for HS2. I had to use HTTP GET/POSTs.
This seems MUCH more secure and reliable!
--DanTasker, to a person who does Homeautomation...is like walking up to a Crack Treatment facility with a truck full of 3lb bags of crack. Then for each person that walks in and out smack them in the face with an open bag.
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I would love that functionality as well
I loaded up the Z-Wave plugin in the Object Explorer in VS and I dont see anything off-hand that would allow you to do this. It might be worth an email to Mark/Rich directly to see if it is possible.
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Originally posted by rmasonjr View PostI would love that functionality as well
I loaded up the Z-Wave plugin in the Object Explorer in VS and I dont see anything off-hand that would allow you to do this. It might be worth an email to Mark/Rich directly to see if it is possible.
<fingers crossed>
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Originally posted by rmasonjr View PostI would love that functionality as well
I loaded up the Z-Wave plugin in the Object Explorer in VS and I dont see anything off-hand that would allow you to do this. It might be worth an email to Mark/Rich directly to see if it is possible.
<fingers crossed>
Unfortunately, my door lock is a Yale, with a ZIGBEE interface. Apparently, no one has written a plug-in for Zigbee, let alone any scripting or events.
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One thing that has confused me about HS is why this is even necessary. In Vera I could schedule door lock codes - eg "Tony" has code "123456" from 2:00pm on 23/7/20 until 10:00am 28/7/20, or of course they could be permanent.
But with HS you can only have permanent codes.
Was that Vera doing something smart (which would be mindboggling LOL), or is HS not making use of the functionality? Curious
Manually editing events isn't the same as simply adding a code in with a limited lifespan.
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Originally posted by Tillsy View PostOne thing that has confused me about HS is why this is even necessary. In Vera I could schedule door lock codes - eg "Tony" has code "123456" from 2:00pm on 23/7/20 until 10:00am 28/7/20, or of course they could be permanent.
But with HS you can only have permanent codes.
Was that Vera doing something smart (which would be mindboggling LOL), or is HS not making use of the functionality? Curious
Manually editing events isn't the same as simply adding a code in with a limited lifespan.
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Originally posted by TC1 View Post
Same here, I came from Vera also and remember being able to create codes that worked on a schedule. I'm running Schlage locks and have all the technical documentation on them, they don't have schedule/time capability built-in so it was something Vera was doing behind the scenes. Which is amazing considering it ran on an OEM router platform with limited memory.
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Originally posted by TC1 View Post
Same here, I came from Vera also and remember being able to create codes that worked on a schedule. I'm running Schlage locks and have all the technical documentation on them, they don't have schedule/time capability built-in so it was something Vera was doing behind the scenes. Which is amazing considering it ran on an OEM router platform with limited memory.
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I'm confused as to what the complaint is here... HS' biggest strength is its incredibly powerful events engine. There is no practical difference between an expiring code and an event that deletes a code on a schedule. Z-Wave locks don't have any concept of an expiring code, so it can only be done with a schedule to delete the code, which is exactly what events are for.
What plugin are you guys talking about buying? HS' native events engine is very capable of setting schedules.
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Originally posted by Dr. McKay View PostI'm confused as to what the complaint is here... HS' biggest strength is its incredibly powerful events engine. There is no practical difference between an expiring code and an event that deletes a code on a schedule. Z-Wave locks don't have any concept of an expiring code, so it can only be done with a schedule to delete the code, which is exactly what events are for.
What plugin are you guys talking about buying? HS' native events engine is very capable of setting schedules.
One can achieve this by buying the Easy Trigger plug-in which adds the concept of schedule objects, but as you can see from several opinions here, this is something that would have been logically built into HS.
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