Can’t Add Iris sensor

[chrisbrummel]

I’ve tried adding an Iris door/window sensor to the Almond+ by going to “Add Sensor” and tapping on “Add”. The process gets to the point of “Gathering” info about the sensor, but then proceeds to fail 100% of the time.

Any ideas? Am I forced to have the Iris smart hub? I was under the assumption that it was all Z-Wave (or Zigbee, can’t remember) compatible and that I just needed the sensor and not the hub.

Thanks,
Chris

[sorphin]

The lowes Iris sensors (that are actually made by them/alertme are not directly compatible.. I've been working on (when i've had time) interfacing them to the A+ in a different way.. but again, it's a time thing..

I’ve tried adding an Iris door/window sensor to the Almond+ by going to “Add Sensor” and tapping on “Add”. The process gets to the point of “Gathering” info about the sensor, but then proceeds to fail 100% of the time.

Any ideas? Am I forced to have the Iris smart hub? I was under the assumption that it was all Z-Wave (or Zigbee, can’t remember) compatible and that I just needed the sensor and not the hub.

Thanks,
Chris

[LGNilsson]

Lowe's did something proprietary to their ZigBee sensors and as sorphin pointed out, some extra stuff would be needed to support them. They're also ZigBee HA 1.1 which isn't 100% compatible with ZigBee HA 1.2, although it does mostly work. Any Z-Wave devices from Lowe's that are on our supported sensor list should work though. It's also noted that none of their ZigBee sensors work on the same list.

[chrisbrummel]

Hmm…

I bought the DWS800, which is not what I thought I ordered. The DSW901 is what is listed on the compatibility list. Any way to get this sensor to work or am I screwed? Any way I can implement the “different way”?

Thanks,
Chris

[Oendaril]

The DSW901 is on the list as a tested non-working item. Note the "Works?" column, which all of the iris zigbee items are listed as no.