I’m looking for a ZWave temperature sensor that will support a cable connect temperature probe. I want to put the probe in the attic but have the device itself ing the house. Does anyone know if the Everspring 814 device supports a remote probe?
I haven’t found any dedicated temperature sensors like this so I may have to resort to cobbling up a Arduino unit but I thought I would look for something ready made first
Best I can do is the Fibaro door/window sensor with the optional temp sensor. I use this today to monitor the attic door (opened and the cooling/heat turns off) and attic temperature to control my attic fan.
[quote=“clippermiami, post:1, topic:187457”]I’m looking for a ZWave temperature sensor that will support a cable connect temperature probe. I want to put the probe in the attic but have the device itself ing the house. Does anyone know if the Everspring 814 device supports a remote probe?
I haven’t found any dedicated temperature sensors like this so I may have to resort to cobbling up a Arduino unit but I thought I would look for something ready made first[/quote]
Thanks! I like Fibaro stuff so I’ll look for it
Do you know if it’s supported in UI 5?
I’m running the latest (or last) UI5 released that has Fibaro support. It’ll create 3 devices, 1 parent and 2 children. The parent is the motion (open/closed) sensor, one child (e2) is the temp (which you’ll have to update the device_type [urn:schemas-micasaverde-com:device:TemperatureSensor:1] as well as the device_file [D_TemperatureSensor1.xml]. I don’t use the 3rd device as I don’t believe it reports anything.
Might also want to change the polling from 1800 to 900…
[quote=“clippermiami, post:3, topic:187457”]Thanks! I like Fibaro stuff so I’ll look for it
Do you know if it’s supported in UI 5?[/quote]
Forgot to add, I bought the sensor [DS18B20] from Ebay for $4.15 shipped. Might be able to get cheaper if you shop around.
Thanks. I am using 1.5.672 to support the Fibaro motion sensor so it looks like I’m good to go.
Does the Fibaro have a connector for the temperature probe or screw terminals? The DS18B20 I have is a 6mm DIA stainless steel probe on about a meter of cable, no connector.
I’m looking for attic temperature so I’m thinking about pushing a 1/2 inch PVC pipe up through a closet ceiling up to the roof and putting the probe up near the top. Extend the cable down into the closet and put the Fibaro on the wall at eye level.
I’d do this with Arduino but my experience with battery powered Arduino device has not been good so far. Despite my best efforts at power management (MySensors.org) the best I’ve been able to get is about 3 months on a battery — I’ve got ZWave sensors that have a year on the battery and still show 100% 
Screw terminals. I’ve been running my setup for about two months now and battery power is at 83%. But to be fair, I was running it as just a door sensor for months before re-purposing it to the attic and adding the sensor.
Does the Fibaro have a connector for the temperature probe or screw terminals? The DS18B20 I have is a 6mm DIA stainless steel probe on about a meter of cable, no connector.
I’m looking for attic temperature so I’m thinking about pushing a 1/2 inch PVC pipe up through a closet ceiling up to the roof and putting the probe up near the top. Extend the cable down into the closet and put the Fibaro on the wall at eye level.
I’d do this with Arduino but my experience with battery powered Arduino device has not been good so far. Despite my best efforts at power management (MySensors.org) the best I’ve been able to get is about 3 months on a battery — I’ve got ZWave sensors that have a year on the battery and still show 100% :)[/quote]
FYI, got my sensor yesterday evening and I have it temporarily set up in the attic while i work out the permanent installation. I used a DS18B320, the stainless steel waterproof version with a 1 meter cable. I tested it against two other thermometers and as expected it reads 1-2 degree F low.
Do you know of a way to “trim” the reported value, a sensor parameter setting or a setting in the Vera display? I have it in ImperiHome and you can apply adjustments there but its a separate adjustment for each ImperiHome, would be nice if there was a way to trim it either in the sensor config or the Vera interface.
Hope this helps…
66. TEMPERATURE OFFSET
The value to be added to the actual temperature, measured by the sensor (temperature compensation).
Available settings: 0 - 100 (0 to 100oC) or 64536 - 65535 (-100 to-0.10oC)
Default setting: 0
Parameter size: 2 [bytes][quote=“clippermiami, post:9, topic:187457”]FYI, got my sensor yesterday evening and I have it temporarily set up in the attic while i work out the permanent installation. I used a DS18B320, the stainless steel waterproof version with a 1 meter cable. I tested it against two other thermometers and as expected it reads 1-2 degree F low.
Do you know of a way to “trim” the reported value, a sensor parameter setting or a setting in the Vera display? I have it in ImperiHome and you can apply adjustments there but its a separate adjustment for each ImperiHome, would be nice if there was a way to trim it either in the sensor config or the Vera interface.[/quote]
[quote=“CudaNet, post:10, topic:187457”]Hope this helps…
66. TEMPERATURE OFFSET
The value to be added to the actual temperature, measured by the sensor (temperature compensation).
Available settings: 0 - 100 (0 to 100oC) or 64536 - 65535 (-100 to-0.10oC)
Default setting: 0
Parameter size: 2 [bytes][quote=“clippermiami, post:9, topic:187457”]FYI, got my sensor yesterday evening and I have it temporarily set up in the attic while i work out the permanent installation. I used a DS18B320, the stainless steel waterproof version with a 1 meter cable. I tested it against two other thermometers and as expected it reads 1-2 degree F low.
Do you know of a way to “trim” the reported value, a sensor parameter setting or a setting in the Vera display? I have it in ImperiHome and you can apply adjustments there but its a separate adjustment for each ImperiHome, would be nice if there was a way to trim it either in the sensor config or the Vera interface.[/quote][/quote]
Thanks I’ll try that
There is a plugin called TempuratureFix that might also be able to help you out.
Thanks, I’ll take a look at it.
I just installed it. Is sees the Temperature Sensors in my Firbaro Motion Sensors and adds a field “TemperatureFix”. However it does NOT see the temperature sensor on the Fibaro Door/Window Sensor as a climate device.
I have removed it per the instructions in the Plug In description. Back to the drawing board
My bad, I totally confused the door sensor with a motion sensor. Obviously that parameter won’t work… In looking at the manual, it appears that there isn’t an adjustment (you probably already figured that out). Would it be possible read (on temp change) and write the adjusted temp to a variable on the device (temp sensor) and call that variable in luup ?
[quote=“CudaNet, post:10, topic:187457”]Hope this helps…
66. TEMPERATURE OFFSET
The value to be added to the actual temperature, measured by the sensor (temperature compensation).
Available settings: 0 - 100 (0 to 100oC) or 64536 - 65535 (-100 to-0.10oC)
Default setting: 0
Parameter size: 2 [bytes][quote=“clippermiami, post:9, topic:187457”]FYI, got my sensor yesterday evening and I have it temporarily set up in the attic while i work out the permanent installation. I used a DS18B320, the stainless steel waterproof version with a 1 meter cable. I tested it against two other thermometers and as expected it reads 1-2 degree F low.
Do you know of a way to “trim” the reported value, a sensor parameter setting or a setting in the Vera display? I have it in ImperiHome and you can apply adjustments there but its a separate adjustment for each ImperiHome, would be nice if there was a way to trim it either in the sensor config or the Vera interface.[/quote][/quote]
[quote=“CudaNet, post:15, topic:187457”]My bad, I totally confused the door sensor with a motion sensor. Obviously that parameter won’t work… In looking at the manual, it appears that there isn’t an adjustment (you probably already figured that out). Would it be possible read (on temp change) and write the adjusted temp to a variable on the device (temp sensor) and call that variable in luup ?
[quote=“CudaNet, post:10, topic:187457”]Hope this helps…
66. TEMPERATURE OFFSET
The value to be added to the actual temperature, measured by the sensor (temperature compensation).
Available settings: 0 - 100 (0 to 100oC) or 64536 - 65535 (-100 to-0.10oC)
Default setting: 0
Parameter size: 2 [bytes][quote=“clippermiami, post:9, topic:187457”]FYI, got my sensor yesterday evening and I have it temporarily set up in the attic while i work out the permanent installation. I used a DS18B320, the stainless steel waterproof version with a 1 meter cable. I tested it against two other thermometers and as expected it reads 1-2 degree F low.
Do you know of a way to “trim” the reported value, a sensor parameter setting or a setting in the Vera display? I have it in ImperiHome and you can apply adjustments there but its a separate adjustment for each ImperiHome, would be nice if there was a way to trim it either in the sensor config or the Vera interface.[/quote][/quote][/quote]
I got a very quick response from Fibaro, apparently their home controller has an adjustment and they felt that it was Vera’s responsibility to provide a “full implementation” I’m guessing in their development they either neglected to provide a trim adjustment like they did in the motion sensor or decided to change the method and for in the controller
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