Monoprice Z-Wave Recessed Door Sensors working with Vera?

Other Devices & Integrations Door Locks & Sensors
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Anyone using these sensors?

Please give feedback on them for UI5 and UI7 - Vera3 and/or VeraPlus

http://www.monoprice.com/product?c_id=122&cp_id=12212&cs_id=1091804&p_id=15268&seq=1&format=2&AID=11064683&PID=4485850&ref=cj&utm_source=cj&utm_medium=11064683&utm_term=Slickdeals+LLC-1122587

thx

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Nice find, I will order one at this price. I’m using a vera edge UI7.

Also note, these are currently on sale for $26 and there’s a monoprice site wide sale today/tomorrow (7/25 AND 7/26) for 15% off “SIZZLIN”

3

Anyone know if these work properly with Vera? They do not show here… http://getvera.com/compatibility/

4

If it’s any help, I can vouch for the Monoprice Garage Tilt Sensor. I have it working with UI5.

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OK – I’ll take back my endorsement. Looking at the webpage, I see the sensor is Z-Wave Plus. The garage door sensor is just ZWave.

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I bought a pair of these monoprice Z-Wave Plus Recessed Door/Window Sensorensors for use with my vera edge, they worked out to just about $20ea after the monoprice sale and arrived in about 3-4 days with their free shipping.

They arrived today, I popped one out of the box, stuck in a battery and it paired right up with my vera edge. I then moved to a different location in the house and tested it out, it works great.

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Has anyone noticed excessive battery usage with these? Mine paired like a champ, but after 2 weeks, my battery percentage is down to 80%.

8

I have four of these, installed 1.5 weeks ago. Vera often says “Can’t detect device,” even when the WakeUpRating is 5.00 and the LastWakeUp is less than 1800 seconds ago. I placed a test unit about 6" away from the controller. It works better than the others but still sometimes says “Can’t detect device.” I added them to the network using Generic Z-wave device. Also the battery level doesn’t show. How does the previous poster know the battery level? Any ideas are appreciated…

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I purchased a couple of these door sensors and for the most part they work fine except for the annoying “Can’t detect device” alert which will pop up for both sensors several times a day. I have changed the default wake up interval to “1800” seconds without any luck.

As far as getting the battery level to show up, you will need to add a new Service/Variable/Value for each sensor as below:

Service: urn:micasaverde-com:serviceId:HaDevice1
Variable: BatteryLevel
Value: 100

Service: urn:micasaverde-com:serviceId:HaDevice1
Variable: BatteryDate
Value: (Any date is fine ex: 1452035170)

Source: http://wiki.micasaverde.com/index.php/Luup_UPnP_Variables_and_Actions