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z-wave plus

undergroundunderground Member
edited October 2016 in Archive
Hello,

I am sorry if it has been asked before, but I couldn't find an answer.
Yesterday I received my Homey and I was able to add my Hue lights, create some flows and all went well. But now it is time to automate things more and buy some sensors.
I was thinking about the fibaro bewegingssensor multi z-wave plus (has movement, temperature, lux and fibration sensor).
The previous model is z-wave and the new model is z-wave plus (longer battery life)

My question is: does the Homey support z-wave plus at the moment?

- Robert

Comments

  • PhuturistPhuturist Member
    Yup, have a Fivaro zwave+ motion sensor myself. There is an issue with reporting battery status and the motion alarm not being cancelled but you can pair it without problems. Make sure you select the zwave+ version when pairing.
  • undergroundunderground Member
    edited October 2016
    Great, thanks for the quick answer.
    But isn't it a big problem if motion alarm is not cancelled? Does this mean that once a movement is detected, you don't get a trigger that a new movement is being triggered (lets say after 5 minutes of no movement)
    Is the older model (z-wave and not z-wave+) not having these problems?
  • bvdbosbvdbos Member
    Phuturist said:
    Yup, have a Fivaro zwave+ motion sensor myself. There is an issue with reporting battery status and the motion alarm not being cancelled but you can pair it without problems. Make sure you select the zwave+ version when pairing.
    See here, should be fixed or workaround...
    https://forum.athom.com/discussion/comment/34263/#Comment_34263

  • honeyhoney Member
    edited October 2016
    Unfortunately it is still very unstable (Fibaro ZW+, 0.10.5). Motions alerts are not always* triggered or cancelled. :(
    The range is an other issue... 

    *edit
  • RocodamelsheRocodamelshe Member
    honey said:
    Unfortunately it is still very unstable (Fibaro ZW+, 0.10.5). Motions alerts are not triggered or cancelled. :(
    The range is an other issue... 
    no problem at all with that over here.
  • 2Be2Be Member
    Me neither. Motion detection works great with a fibaro z-wave plus sensor. 
  • phil_sphil_s Member
    yes ma motion sensor z-wave plus is also well working
  • undergroundunderground Member
    edited October 2016
    I have ordered the sensor and as soon as I have results, I will share my findings on this forum.
    But I guess not all have the same experience.
    Like the wifi setup. For me I had a failure the first attempt (most likely I didn't switch back to my normal home network quick enough), but the second time went ok.
  • undergroundunderground Member
    OK, I added the device to the homey.
    But although it has a temp sensor, movement sensor, fibration sensor, the homey only shows a 'activated / not activated' as a flow start.
    What sould I do for this sensor?
  • undergroundunderground Member
    never mind, I needed to install the Fibaro app.
  • CorvdNietCorvdNiet Member
    Hi,
    Does this Fibaro motion sensor work with Homey without the purchase of a separate zwave+ controller? 
  • casedacaseda Member
    @CorvdNiet ;
    Homey is a z-wave (+) controller as 1 of the many protocols it can handle.
  • RocodamelsheRocodamelshe Member
    CorvdNiet said:
    Hi,
    Does this Fibaro motion sensor work with Homey without the purchase of a separate zwave+ controller? 
    Aye!
  • CorvdNietCorvdNiet Member
    edited November 2016
    thnx guys. Learning every day :)
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