![]() It’s not an exact science so I’ve set the option for it to not send more than one notification a minute as the sensor reads open/close a few times before the timer turns far enough for it to settle on closed. So I found some small magnets and am in the process of testing this in conjunction with the Notify Me When SmartApp. However intermittent false positives are frustrating (‘The Dryer is finished’ randomly during it’s cycle). To be fair, the Laundry Monitor App with the multi function (vibration) sensors work (for me) most of the time. Testing a new method for Laundry Monitoring (contact sensor on rotary dial) Projects & Stories Here’s one project report from a member who wanted a laundry alert based on the position of the rotary dial on the front of the machine. Some people don’t care as much about the aesthetics and just want the result. ![]() So there are some options if you want to try to hide the magnet in some way. You can substitute any magnet you want for the magnet piece, it just has to be strong enough to move the reed in the other piece. It just depends if there’s enough space for the long piece. The strips can be painted, so they can be almost invisible on the door. I think the idea behind the suggestion of the sensative strip is that the magnet part is very small, and you might be able to put that on the moving part of the lock and then just put the long strip where you want the contact to be made. I also wondered if this could be done with a Raspberry Pi, since I have an unused one, and that could perhaps become a multiple sensor used as a doorbell, lock sensor (as above), motion detector, mail delivery sensor, door camera, BLE b… The question is, how to get the state of that microswitch reported back to SmartThings? one option I looked at already is the Fibaro FGK-101 which is a z wave contact sensor with an extra set of screw terminals inside allowing a NC or NO external switch to be wired in…almost perfect, but if the extra terminals are used the regular contact sensor does not function, which seems a waste. I’m looking to build a door lock sensor which will be based on a microswitch buried into the rebate on the door, that switches when the deadbolt is extended into the cavity. Home made door lock sensor Projects & Stories ![]()
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