Ring Alarm: Z-Wave devices native Indigo use?

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Fri Nov 08, 2019 6:21 am
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Ring Alarm: Z-Wave devices native Indigo use?

Has anyone tried to include the Ring Alarm Contact Sensor, Motion Detector, Keypad or Range Extender into Indigo.

They all appear to be Z-Wave Plus, so in theory this should be possible?

Thought I would check before I give it a try. :)

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Fri Nov 08, 2019 9:10 am
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Re: Ring Alarm: Z-Wave devices native Indigo use?

I am using numerous contact sensors and 4 keypads. Indigo has a device definition for the contact sensors. Not for the keypads.


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Fri Nov 08, 2019 12:02 pm
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Re: Ring Alarm: Z-Wave devices native Indigo use?

Dual wrote:
I am using numerous contact sensors and 4 keypads. Indigo has a device definition for the contact sensors. Not for the keypads.

Have you tried to sync a keypad and if so, did it sync?

If it sync'd, I wonder whether @howartp's Z-Wave Scene Controller could be used to make it workable? :)

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Fri Nov 08, 2019 6:50 pm
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Re: Ring Alarm: Z-Wave devices native Indigo use?

The keypads sync’d fine. They are in use via Send Raw Z-Wave Command and Z-Wave Command Received to give me basic functionality. I can receive any button press (15 different buttons). I can activate 8 different built in actions on the keypads (indicators, announcements, sounds). I have not done any additional work to figure out a few things that puzzle me. Such as the built in motion sensor. Or having the keypad transmit a complete PIN (I currently construct the PIN in python from the individual button presses). I basically reverse engineered what I could from the log for button presses. And delved into the Z-Wave spec just enough to figure out the built in actions. Then I quit.


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Sat Nov 09, 2019 2:35 am
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Re: Ring Alarm: Z-Wave devices native Indigo use?

Dual wrote:
The keypads sync’d fine. They are in use via Send Raw Z-Wave Command and Z-Wave Command Received to give me basic functionality. I can receive any button press (15 different buttons). I can activate 8 different built in actions on the keypads (indicators, announcements, sounds). I have not done any additional work to figure out a few things that puzzle me. Such as the built in motion sensor. Or having the keypad transmit a complete PIN (I currently construct the PIN in python from the individual button presses). I basically reverse engineered what I could from the log for button presses. And delved into the Z-Wave spec just enough to figure out the built in actions. Then I quit.

Thanks for the info - I will have to think about getting one. . :)

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Sun Nov 10, 2019 1:39 am
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Re: Ring Alarm: Z-Wave devices native Indigo use?

I’ll happily add bits to the plugin if that’s all it needs.


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Sun Nov 21, 2021 12:52 pm
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Re: Ring Alarm: Z-Wave devices native Indigo use?

Including the range extender seems to work well enough.
Code: Select all
   Z-Wave                          Indigo Device "031 - Basic Repeater Slave" Z-Wave Properties:
Indigo Z-Wave Version: 2021.1.2
Node ID: 31
Model: Basic Repeater Slave
Model ID: 04010301
Manufacturer: Ring
Manufacturer ID: 0346
Protocol Version: 7.12
Application Version: 1.11
Model Definition Version: 0
Library Type: 3
Class Name: Basic Repeater Slave
Class Hierarchy: 04 : 0F : 01
Command Class Base: 00
Command Versions: 80v1 85v1 86v1 87v1 8Ev1 55v1 59v1 5Av1 5Ev1 9Fv1 20v1 6Cv1 70v1 71v1 72v1 73v1 7Av1
Encryption Status: Not Supported
Multi-Endpoint Types: - none -
Multi-Endpoint Classes: - none -
Multi-Instance Counts: - none -
Features: routing, battery, beaming
Neighbors: 8, 12, 14, 26
Associations: 1:[1]
Config Values: - none -

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Re: Ring Alarm: Z-Wave devices native Indigo use?

I am happy to report the ring Contact Sensor (Gen2) works perfectly with Indigo. The inclusion process was flaky and took a lot of experimentation but it did eventually connect. Ring said it would not work without their hub, but of course that is not true.

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