Programing a Remotec ZFM-80

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Can you describe the “default remote”? Are you referring to the remote opener in the car, or are you referring to another wall mounted push button switch?

Assuming that you wired your ZFM-80 correctly, as per the diagram, I would suppose that you have not configured the ZMF-80 for an external push button.

In the Vera UI5 click Devices → ZMF-80 Wrench → Device Options → Add Configuration Settings.

In the variable field enter 1.
In the data size drop down choose 1 byte hex.
In the desired value field enter 1.

Also, as per the instructions, consider a fail safe time out configuration.
In the Vera UI5 click Devices → ZMF-80 Wrench → Device Options → Add Configuration Settings.

Add Configuration Settings.
In the variable field enter 2.
In the data size drop down choose 1 byte hex.
In the desired value field enter 1.

Add Configuration Settings.
In the variable field enter 3.
In the data size drop down choose 1 byte hex.
In the desired value field enter 1.

Add Configuration Settings.
In the variable field enter 4.
In the data size drop down choose 1 byte hex.
In the desired value field enter 0.

Then save your changes and the push button should work.[/quote]

Zwaver wanted to let you know that this is working perfectly fine now. The default push button plus the remotes and above functioning zwave garage door opener :slight_smile:
Cannot thank you enough.

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[quote=“SteveZ”][quote=“Exorcist, post:15, topic:175041”][quote=“Z-Waver, post:11, topic:175041”]Did you look at the linked manual?

I cannot make it any clearer than the image below. If you don’t FULLY understand this image, you REALLY need to get a professional to do it for you.[/quote]

Also, can someone guide me to how to make the garage door senr sm103 talk to the zfm-80 to alert me after 15 mins of the door open? Does this require a scene/trigger… how do i incorporate the 15 mins of time in this scene? What are your preferred scenes for managing the door sensor and the relay… how do you guys prefer it?[/quote]

The way I have a notification sent to me if i left the door open is use the countdown timer plugin and a few scenes. The first scene starts the countdown timer when the door sensor is tripped (opened), the second scene cancels the count down timer when the door is not tripped Closed), the third scene sends a notification when the countdown timer finishes which is the door has been left open for longer then the set time.[/quote]

Steve I was able two create two scenes out of the three you mentioned. Was able to create a scene that starts the countdown timer when the door sensor is tripped, and the second scene that cancels the timer when the door is not tripped, however I am unable to create the scene that sends notification when the countdown timer finishes if the door is still open and not acted upon to close it. Can you pls guide the steps?

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Create a new scene, go to automation tab, click triggers, select the countdown timer you are using, then select timer completes ignoring mute, then there will be a check box there to have a notification sent to you assuming you have that set up in the account settings.

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Everyone else has done it successfully and i was left behind (I am stupid, I guess). The "garage door"plugin is nowhere when I click the + sign in the MIOS Marketplace. But this is not my problem now because Richard RTS gave me the link. Whenever I tried to install the plugin, I get an error message and it does not get included in my dashboard as per attached. Another problem is that I recently installed Aeon Labs sensor in the garage - it says “unable to get info”. ZFM-80 is fine and I can open/close the garage door. Any help will be greatly appreciated.
NOTE: DO YOU THINK UI4 IS PART OF THE PROBLEM? I WAS HESITANT TO UPGRADE TO UI5 BECAUSE OF THE MANY ISSUES I HAVE READ IN FORUM.

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[quote=“waltzer11, post:24, topic:175041”]Everyone else has done it successfully and i was left behind (I am stupid, I guess). The "garage door"plugin is nowhere when I click the + sign in the MIOS Marketplace. But this is not my problem now because Richard RTS gave me the link. Whenever I tried to install the plugin, I get an error message and it does not get included in my dashboard as per attached. Another problem is that I recently installed Aeon Labs sensor in the garage - it says “unable to get info”. ZFM-80 is fine and I can open/close the garage door. Any help will be greatly appreciated.
NOTE: DO YOU THINK UI4 IS PART OF THE PROBLEM? I WAS HESITANT TO UPGRADE TO UI5 BECAUSE OF THE MANY ISSUES I HAVE READ IN FORUM.[/quote]

If you’re using an old UI, that might explain why you’re having difficulty installing the plugin. Fortunately, the plugin is not necessary to have a working garage control. All you need to do is create a Scene that is triggered when the ZFM-80 is turned on. The scene should turn the ZFM-80 off immediately. This is the exact configuration I (and many others) use. No need to involve a plugin IMHO.

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[quote=“aseriesoftubes, post:25, topic:175041”][quote=“waltzer11, post:24, topic:175041”]Everyone else has done it successfully and i was left behind (I am stupid, I guess). The "garage door"plugin is nowhere when I click the + sign in the MIOS Marketplace. But this is not my problem now because Richard RTS gave me the link. Whenever I tried to install the plugin, I get an error message and it does not get included in my dashboard as per attached. Another problem is that I recently installed Aeon Labs sensor in the garage - it says “unable to get info”. ZFM-80 is fine and I can open/close the garage door. Any help will be greatly appreciated.
NOTE: DO YOU THINK UI4 IS PART OF THE PROBLEM? I WAS HESITANT TO UPGRADE TO UI5 BECAUSE OF THE MANY ISSUES I HAVE READ IN FORUM.[/quote]

If you’re using an old UI, that might explain why you’re having difficulty installing the plugin. Fortunately, the plugin is not necessary to have a working garage control. All you need to do is create a Scene that is triggered when the ZFM-80 is turned on. The scene should turn the ZFM-80 off immediately. This is the exact configuration I (and many others) use. No need to involve a plugin IMHO.[/quote]

You are right. I upgraded to UI5 and was able to download the plugin. I will see how to create a scene/trigger. Thanks

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SteveZ, wanted to thank you for this tip… the three scenes are working perfectly as i wanted. I was also able to add the prowl api key to the third scene and now i get notification on my iphone if the door is not closed in 15 mins.
I did not turn on the default vera sms notification, cos it will then start sending notification for door lock and unlock as well.

Adding garage door to zwave network was a long term desire, and cos of the great help from members in here i was successfully able to do it… infact better than expected.

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[quote=“waltzer11, post:26, topic:175041”][quote=“aseriesoftubes, post:25, topic:175041”][quote=“waltzer11, post:24, topic:175041”]Everyone else has done it successfully and i was left behind (I am stupid, I guess). The "garage door"plugin is nowhere when I click the + sign in the MIOS Marketplace. But this is not my problem now because Richard RTS gave me the link. Whenever I tried to install the plugin, I get an error message and it does not get included in my dashboard as per attached. Another problem is that I recently installed Aeon Labs sensor in the garage - it says “unable to get info”. ZFM-80 is fine and I can open/close the garage door. Any help will be greatly appreciated.
NOTE: DO YOU THINK UI4 IS PART OF THE PROBLEM? I WAS HESITANT TO UPGRADE TO UI5 BECAUSE OF THE MANY ISSUES I HAVE READ IN FORUM.[/quote]

If you’re using an old UI, that might explain why you’re having difficulty installing the plugin. Fortunately, the plugin is not necessary to have a working garage control. All you need to do is create a Scene that is triggered when the ZFM-80 is turned on. The scene should turn the ZFM-80 off immediately. This is the exact configuration I (and many others) use. No need to involve a plugin IMHO.[/quote]

You are right. I upgraded to UI5 and was able to download the plugin. I will see how to create a scene/trigger. Thanks[/quote]

it should be easy, follow SteveZ’s recommendation above… and you will be good.

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[quote=“Exorcist, post:28, topic:175041”][quote=“waltzer11, post:26, topic:175041”][quote=“aseriesoftubes, post:25, topic:175041”][quote=“waltzer11, post:24, topic:175041”]Everyone else has done it successfully and i was left behind (I am stupid, I guess). The "garage door"plugin is nowhere when I click the + sign in the MIOS Marketplace. But this is not my problem now because Richard RTS gave me the link. Whenever I tried to install the plugin, I get an error message and it does not get included in my dashboard as per attached. Another problem is that I recently installed Aeon Labs sensor in the garage - it says “unable to get info”. ZFM-80 is fine and I can open/close the garage door. Any help will be greatly appreciated.
NOTE: DO YOU THINK UI4 IS PART OF THE PROBLEM? I WAS HESITANT TO UPGRADE TO UI5 BECAUSE OF THE MANY ISSUES I HAVE READ IN FORUM.[/quote]

If you’re using an old UI, that might explain why you’re having difficulty installing the plugin. Fortunately, the plugin is not necessary to have a working garage control. All you need to do is create a Scene that is triggered when the ZFM-80 is turned on. The scene should turn the ZFM-80 off immediately. This is the exact configuration I (and many others) use. No need to involve a plugin IMHO.[/quote]

You are right. I upgraded to UI5 and was able to download the plugin. I will see how to create a scene/trigger. Thanks[/quote]

it should be easy, follow SteveZ’s recommendation above… and you will be good.[/quote]

congrats to you Exorcist. ok i will try to work on SteveZ’s recommendation. i took out SM103 from the garage and replaced it with aeon labs sensor and so far no problem with aeon labs. i installed the SM103 in the back door and for 1 week now it is still sleeping and “unable to get info” error message and “unable to configure node”.

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[quote=“waltzer11, post:29, topic:175041”][quote=“Exorcist, post:28, topic:175041”][quote=“waltzer11, post:26, topic:175041”][quote=“aseriesoftubes, post:25, topic:175041”][quote=“waltzer11, post:24, topic:175041”]Everyone else has done it successfully and i was left behind (I am stupid, I guess). The "garage door"plugin is nowhere when I click the + sign in the MIOS Marketplace. But this is not my problem now because Richard RTS gave me the link. Whenever I tried to install the plugin, I get an error message and it does not get included in my dashboard as per attached. Another problem is that I recently installed Aeon Labs sensor in the garage - it says “unable to get info”. ZFM-80 is fine and I can open/close the garage door. Any help will be greatly appreciated.
NOTE: DO YOU THINK UI4 IS PART OF THE PROBLEM? I WAS HESITANT TO UPGRADE TO UI5 BECAUSE OF THE MANY ISSUES I HAVE READ IN FORUM.[/quote]

If you’re using an old UI, that might explain why you’re having difficulty installing the plugin. Fortunately, the plugin is not necessary to have a working garage control. All you need to do is create a Scene that is triggered when the ZFM-80 is turned on. The scene should turn the ZFM-80 off immediately. This is the exact configuration I (and many others) use. No need to involve a plugin IMHO.[/quote]

You are right. I upgraded to UI5 and was able to download the plugin. I will see how to create a scene/trigger. Thanks[/quote]

it should be easy, follow SteveZ’s recommendation above… and you will be good.[/quote]

congrats to you Exorcist. ok i will try to work on SteveZ’s recommendation. i took out SM103 from the garage and replaced it with aeon labs sensor and so far no problem with aeon labs. i installed the SM103 in the back door and for 1 week now it is still sleeping and “unable to get info” error message and “unable to configure node”.[/quote]

I was getting the same error with sm103, lots of people faced this issue… after looking around the forum, the most common suggestion posted was… to exclude and then include back the device.

look here

http://forum.micasaverde.com/index.php?topic=10540.0

http://forum.micasaverde.com/index.php?topic=4440.0

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[quote=“Exorcist, post:30, topic:175041”][quote=“waltzer11, post:29, topic:175041”][quote=“Exorcist, post:28, topic:175041”][quote=“waltzer11, post:26, topic:175041”][quote=“aseriesoftubes, post:25, topic:175041”][quote=“waltzer11, post:24, topic:175041”]Everyone else has done it successfully and i was left behind (I am stupid, I guess). The "garage door"plugin is nowhere when I click the + sign in the MIOS Marketplace. But this is not my problem now because Richard RTS gave me the link. Whenever I tried to install the plugin, I get an error message and it does not get included in my dashboard as per attached. Another problem is that I recently installed Aeon Labs sensor in the garage - it says “unable to get info”. ZFM-80 is fine and I can open/close the garage door. Any help will be greatly appreciated.
NOTE: DO YOU THINK UI4 IS PART OF THE PROBLEM? I WAS HESITANT TO UPGRADE TO UI5 BECAUSE OF THE MANY ISSUES I HAVE READ IN FORUM.[/quote]

If you’re using an old UI, that might explain why you’re having difficulty installing the plugin. Fortunately, the plugin is not necessary to have a working garage control. All you need to do is create a Scene that is triggered when the ZFM-80 is turned on. The scene should turn the ZFM-80 off immediately. This is the exact configuration I (and many others) use. No need to involve a plugin IMHO.[/quote]

You are right. I upgraded to UI5 and was able to download the plugin. I will see how to create a scene/trigger. Thanks[/quote]

it should be easy, follow SteveZ’s recommendation above… and you will be good.[/quote]

congrats to you Exorcist. ok i will try to work on SteveZ’s recommendation. i took out SM103 from the garage and replaced it with aeon labs sensor and so far no problem with aeon labs. i installed the SM103 in the back door and for 1 week now it is still sleeping and “unable to get info” error message and “unable to configure node”.[/quote]

I was getting the same error with sm103, lots of people faced this issue… after looking around the forum, the most common suggestion posted was… to exclude and then include back the device.

look here

http://forum.micasaverde.com/index.php?topic=10540.0

http://forum.micasaverde.com/index.php?topic=4440.0[/quote]

i have no other option except to install the magnet to the stationary part and the detector to the moving part of the door. installed it horizontally. i cannot bring the magnet to the detector any closer otherwise it will interfere with the opening/closing of the door.

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[quote=“aseriesoftubes, post:25, topic:175041”][quote=“waltzer11, post:24, topic:175041”]Everyone else has done it successfully and i was left behind (I am stupid, I guess). The "garage door"plugin is nowhere when I click the + sign in the MIOS Marketplace. But this is not my problem now because Richard RTS gave me the link. Whenever I tried to install the plugin, I get an error message and it does not get included in my dashboard as per attached. Another problem is that I recently installed Aeon Labs sensor in the garage - it says “unable to get info”. ZFM-80 is fine and I can open/close the garage door. Any help will be greatly appreciated.
NOTE: DO YOU THINK UI4 IS PART OF THE PROBLEM? I WAS HESITANT TO UPGRADE TO UI5 BECAUSE OF THE MANY ISSUES I HAVE READ IN FORUM.[/quote]

If you’re using an old UI, that might explain why you’re having difficulty installing the plugin. Fortunately, the plugin is not necessary to have a working garage control. All you need to do is create a Scene that is triggered when the ZFM-80 is turned on. The scene should turn the ZFM-80 off immediately. This is the exact configuration I (and many others) use. No need to involve a plugin IMHO.[/quote]

can you please be kind enough to give the exact details of the scene/trigger to do this that when the ZFM-80 is turned on, the scene should turn ZFM-80 off immediately. i am still trying to do this. for now, i removed the “plugin”. thanks

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I am looking for a zwave garage door momentary relay switch that is more reliable than my evolve zf20. I have a Vera scene/timer that turns off the module, after just being turned on. Not always reliable though. I’d like a normally open (off) unit that physically turns off after a moment of being switched on. By physically, I don’t want to rely on a Vera scene to remember to turn off, after receive the signal to turn on. I see the zfm-80 has the option of being a momentary switch, where it is handled physically by the unit, independent of zwave. I’d like to turn on the zfm-80 at the unit, or via Vera, then let the zfm-80 automatically turn off (momentary switching). The zfm manual says it does this as an option (have to change setting, as factory default is not momentary). I just don’t know if this optional momentary switching also functions when zwave is turning the unit on? Anyone know?

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I set my remotec up today. The only problem I have is with my existing garage door button. There are two buttons and a switch. One button turns light on or off on garage door opener, button two opens, closes, and stops the door. There is also a switch which is supposed to lock the door. When I hooked up this device the light button, door lock switch, and door open button open and close the door instead of their individual functions. Does the remotec switch have to have the garage door button wired to it or can they all be wired direct to the garage door. Anyone else have this problem?

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Your issue is because your buttons are controlling the Remotec rather than the opener.

The Remotec can certainly be wired directly to the opener, just like another button.

The wiring instructions that I provided earlier in this thread, running the wall button through the Remotec rather than separately to the opener, were provided to address the poster’s specific request to avoid running additional wires.

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I have a similar application. I have a scene that triggers when the (CA3500 in my case) is turned on then it waits 2 seconds and issues a turn off command. I never manually run this scene it just sits in the background and shuts off the CA3500 whenever it gets turned on.

So now when I go and turn on the garage door opener, the CA3500 turns on, this powers a 12VDC mini power supply plugged into the switch part of the CA3500, then the category 2 Low voltage 12VDC wire goes to a $4 auto relay (Bosch type) mounted on side of GDO, the NO contacts then are wired to the same terminals as the door switch.

The reason the trigger upon detecting power up was for the following reasons:

  1. so the relay would never be closed for more than a few seconds (simulating a push button).
  2. to allow for triggering by pressing the faceplate switch on the CA3500 to open the door
  3. to provide a failsafe mechanism in case the CA3500 was inadvertently turned on for any reason.

Here is diagram:

http://forum.micasaverde.com/index.php/topic,4773.msg111673.html#msg111673

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Your issue is because your buttons are controlling the Remotec rather than the opener.

The Remotec can certainly be wired directly to the opener, just like another button.

The wiring instructions that I provided earlier in this thread, running the wall button through the Remotec rather than separately to the opener, were provided to address the poster’s specific request to avoid running additional wires.[/quote]

Thanks, I will try just hooking directly and see if it works.

I supplied power to device and ran one pair of wires to the back of the opener where the existing button is currently wired in. The device works great and my two button opener still opens / close and turns the light on and off.

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This seems to be the right thread for this sort of thing. I read through this thread and it seems everyone is going with a slightly different setup than the one I have. I would like to replace my existing garage door opener switches with the Remotec ZFM-80’s. I want the Remotec switches to act just like my old garage door opener switches with the added bonus of Z-Wave control.

I assumed that if I unplugged the existing switch and plugged only the bell wires into the Remotec that I will still be able to use the Remotec as a regular switch without the Z-Wave. This doesnt seem to be the case, and even produced some strange results.

When I plug in one set of bell wires, the garage door immediately opens as soon as I make contact with both wires to the Remotec, however the switch does nothing and the light does not illuminate. When I plug the other set of bell wires in, the light on the Remotec illuminates but the button does nothing and the garage door never opens. The results are the same on both switches and my old garage door switches worked fine before I took them off.

So I guess my question is, do I need to first program the Remotec to act a certain way when the button is pressed or should it work the way I have described without any AC power. I will eventually be hooking up the AC power but this was just my first test before I start making holes in the wall. Will this setup even work?

I have included a wiring diagram so please let me know if this should work.
Thanks!

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@beatmstrj - The Remotec switch must have AC power in order to function.

The instructions that I provided in that thread were for a specific installation request. The way that I would recommend you install is to leave the existing switches and bell wires in place. Then install the AC powered Remotec with it’s own bell wires directly to the garage door opener.

I prefer this method because it does not alter the existing behavior/functionality and it is often problematic to get AC mains power at the location of the existing bell wire button.

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I already have AC power at the location of the existing bell wires which is why I want to do it this way. I’d rather not have two sets of buttons if possible. So if I am able to get AC power to the remotec and then plug in the existing bell wires should it function as a normal garage door opener or will there be additional setup necessary?