setting up event with door/ window sensor

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#1

I’m trying to make Vera2 ring a doorbell when my door/window sensor is tripped at the gate. Help me fill in the blanks for the tabs in a new scene. Please tell me where I’ve gone wrong:
commands TAB: doorbell on after 5 seconds off
events tab: what type of event is a trigger? “A sensor (door/window/motion etc.) is tripped”
tripped? No ???
timers tab no timers
Luup tab left blank
remote tab did nothing here ???
advanced tab scene is active "when all devices in the scene are properly set ???
pick a device: #155 front gate sensor??
Any suggestions would be appreciated.

#2

Unless I’m misunderstanding, all you need to do is change the Tripped? state to YES if you want the scene to fire when the sensor in question is indeed tripped. Essentially you are selecting the sensor, deciding weather or not you require it to be in armed state or not (event type) and then selecting if the tripped event is what you want to key on (Yes).

That should do it.

Our of curiosity, what are you using for the doorbell? I know others have been seeking a usable z-wave doorbell solution.

Thanks

#3
  1. Press the +Add New Scene button at the top of the Dashboard screen.
  2. Goto Events and pick the device to be used as the trigger. In your case it will be the D/W sensor…
  3. Select the event trigger. Either sensor tripped or armed sensor tripped.
  4. Name the event.
  5. Tripped yes or no? Pick yes. To cancel your bell when the sensor resets you will need to create another scene only this will be tripped No (this is the reset)
  6. Goto Commands. Here you will be picking your bell and the command for the bell. On or Off. (Off for the reset)

Name your scene and X out.
Hit Save.
You should be set. Tweak away…

http://docs2.mios.com/doc.php?language=1&manual=1&platform=2&page=scenes

JOD.

#4

[quote=“fall-line, post:2, topic:166681”]Unless I’m misunderstanding, all you need to do is change the Tripped? state to YES if you want the scene to fire when the sensor in question is indeed tripped. Essentially you are selecting the sensor, deciding weather or not you require it to be in armed state or not (event type) and then selecting if the tripped event is what you want to key on (Yes).

That should do it.

Our of curiosity, what are you using for the doorbell? I know others have been seeking a usable z-wave doorbell solution.

Thanks[/quote]

I think @wseverino had a great solution in mounting a door/window sensor near the ringer solenoid and using its electromagnetic field to trip the sensor.

#5

This is a really good idea, a door chime (basically). I wouldn’t have thought of trying this but I can see setting this up to run at certain times of the day, like late at night. It would freak an intruder out to have the door bell fire off a second or two after walking through the door.