After that it is always showing open.
How to install smartthings multipurpose sensor on garage door.
For basic sensing a tilt sensor is more than enough.
So i logged into the website and updated the type to smartsense garage door multi.
Need some suggestions on good placement for this st multipurpose sensor on my door.
Is there any pros and cons of both.
Can anyone please help.
Hello i have another newbie question.
But the reason i wanted to use the multipurpose sensor is because we.
Do we need to place the main sensor on the moveable area of the door and the magnet on the fixed area towards the side of the door.
Garage door sensor for smartthings.
Depending on your needs you may select a tilt sensor contact sensor or even a multi purpose sensor.
Any advice on which piece would be better suited to which side.
Also i noticed that this sensor is always reporting incorrect temperature right now it is showing 808.
With automations this sensor can trigger alerts tell the lights to turn on and off or set your thermostat based on the built in temperature sensor.
I put a smartthings multipurpose sensor on the top of the garage door with the straight line to the right.
I would like to know the best way to place the multipurpose sensors on the doors.
The smartthings multipurpose sensor is great for monitoring doors windows cabinets or any off limits area.
I added the multipurpose sensor but there was no option to change this to garage door mode.
I show how to pair this sensor device with the smartthings hub as well as the echo plus speaker hub.
I have the adt smartthings panel but want to know if i get the non adt branded multi sensor if i install it on a garage door where it will report that it s opened.
In this video i explain the features of the compact smartthings multipurpose contact sensor.
My old nyce sensor has to be mounted to an angled bracket otherwise it would only report open when the door is 90 opened.
As you can see i ll have to attach one piece on moulding that isn t even and obviously a piece on the door.
I m reading that installing the main sensor on the main door would be able to capture the door knock.
It works in harmony with the tilt sensor on the gocontrol garage door opener.
Overall there are loads of smartthings garage door sensor options available.