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Sensors and Home Automation => Home automation => Topic started by: d.kiran on August 14, 2015, 02:09:32 pm
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Inspired by this (https://community.smartthings.com/t/connected-smoke-alarms/612) post. I decided to replicate this. Most of the details are already there. I used an Ecolink Door sensor (http://www.amazon.com/Ecolink-Z-Wave-Window-Sensor-DWZWAVE2-ECO/dp/B00HPIYJWU/ref=sr_1_1?&ie=UTF8&qid=1439249669&sr=8-1&keywords=z-wave+door+sensor) and the Kidde SM120X relay. SM120X works for smoke alarms and you need another CO120X for CO alarm.
I wired the relay into the contact sensor's external switch and now the sensor changes status whenever the interconnect is triggered. I checked with the other alarms in the house and if anyone of them triggers, the door sensor changes status and therefore notifies me.
I have about 10 smoke detectors in my house, so for about $45 bucks (all inclusive), this is not a bad alternative to Z-wave smoke alarms which AFAIK are not available in hardwired versions.
Now, if only there was a way to change the icons in the app :-)
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That's a pretty smart way to go about it. I have a a bunch of monoprice Z-wave smoke alarms so I don't need this solution, but it has other possibilities as well. BTW, your links are all messed up, these ones work:
Post (https://community.smartthings.com/t/connected-smoke-alarms/612)
Sensor (http://www.amazon.com/Ecolink-Z-Wave-Window-Sensor-DWZWAVE2-ECO/dp/B00HPIYJWU)
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Thanks for the note. I have corrected my links now.