johnpolasek wrote:That would be correct; the only other "gotcha" would be that if someone locked the door with a physical key, the lock would still see that as a "stay" since it can't tell the difference between the internal lever and the external lockset. That's why we don't arm/disarm on lock status but rather check for family beacons present.. It does leave a 90 second "dead zone" before the beacon actually expires after the last person leaves, but since we live at the end of a quarter mile long driveway that's the only way in or out other than a hike through the brush, it's not a big issue for us. And we also have a few lighted decorations (plasma ball, lava lamp, etc( scattered around the house that are triggered on through appliancelincs whenever any door is unlocked or window opened just so we know whether the house is "secured" or not before we go to bed.
I doubt anyone with a zwave lock would be using a key to lock the door. Heck, I don't know where the damn key is to the door as I don't think I've ever used it!
Also, as you say, 90 secs is fine in your case, but if it weren't, you could adjust the duration on the piBecaon to expire more or less quickly. I usually