SmartThings August Smart Lock Pro Z-Wave Device handler with DoorSense™

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Z-Wave device handle for August Pro Smart Lock device handler with DoorSense™.

Due to limitations (recognize contact sensor in automation and displaying information using tiles) this device handler creates a child contact sensor (based on new child contact sensor device)

Devices interfaces - New app vs Old App

Why use it?

You should use this device handler if you have a August Lock Pro and you want to use DoorSense™ in automations with no need to have an august connect acting as a bridge (see Validation scenario)

Validation scenario

This device handler was tested using Samsung Connect Home Pro (Smartthings V2 Hub) with Firmware version 000.027.00010 in a set up with +10 z-wave devices.

August Smart Lock Pro was connected to both, Smartthings via Z-wave and August Doorbell as a wifi bridge (Wi-Fi bridge is not necessary to use this device handler). No issues were detected when tests were made from different channels (Bluetooth, Wi-Fi bridge or z-wave commands). All three interfaces are able to update status properly.

August Smart Lock Pro firmware was 1.12.2-1.59.0.

Automation in new app using Lock vs Child contact device

Known issues

• Responsiveness to update child device using new app
• Delays to execute commands using new app (1 to 3 seconds)
• Any update to the device handler makes the DoorSense™ unresponsive during the development phase. The reason for it is unknown. When updating the device handler, delete it and create a new one to avoid this issue. This issue somehow affects new installations using github integration

Install Instructions

Follow Smartthings Git Hub Integration Guide, using user rafaelborja and repository SmartThingsAugustPro.

FIXED: Due to an unknown issue installation using GitHub is making the device handler unresponsive to events. Please create the august-lock-pro-zwave-lock-with-doorsense device handler source code by following the instructions bellow

Developer note: Please feel free to try Smartthings Git Hub Integration and validite if this issue is specific to my installation.

You can also create create a new decive handler from code copying and pasting child-contact-sensor device handler and child-contact-sensor device handler source code

FAQ

Why a child door sensor?

Due to a bug in Smartthings, only a child device can be used on standard automation app.

Contributions

Please feel free to contribute with suggestions forks, and pull requests at https://github.com/rafaelborja/SmartThingsAugustPro