MimoLite and virtual device

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Axial-User posted this 16 October 2014

You mentioned that the contact shows up as a switch but you want it to be a binary sensor; can you simply change the device type and achieve what you need?


I have tried that, but the MimoLite only shows up as one device. I can use the group associations to control a device from the sensor contacts, but I have not figured out how to just "display" the status. It is designed to be controlled as a binary switch, which works fine - I use it to open and close my garage door. There are separate terminals for input and output, it is essentially one spdt relay and one contact sensor with separate connections. Here is what the docs say about the input:

[code]ASSOCIATIONS: Once in a network, your controller can be used to associate the MIMOlite with other devices in the Z-WaveTM network, such as
a light or remote audible alarm. Refer to your controller’s documentation on how to associate the MIMOlite with another device in your
network. The MIMOlite input supports five association groups with a maximum of two associated devices in each group.
Group 1: When the input is triggered/untriggered, a command is sent to turn on/off the device(s) associated with the input.
Group 2: The MIMOlite will periodically send a report indicating the input’s analog voltage level.
Group 3: If a power dropout occurs, the MIMOlite will send a notification (depending on available residual power)
Group 4: When the input is triggered or untriggered, a Binary Sensor report is sent to this group’s associated device(s).
Group 5: Pulse meter counts will be sent to this group’s associated device(s).[/code]

Ideally, I would like to have it show up as a binary sensor, and able to send email when it opens or closes, but it still needs to be defined as a switch so the switch contacts work properly.

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Ryan-Scott posted this 27 October 2014

I just got a MimoLite. The relay contacts work fine as a StandardSwitch. What I would like to do is have the input contacts show up as a binary sensor. I associated it with a light (and the controller) and the input contacts will turn the light off and on. I tried creating a virtual binary sensor device and associating it with that but it won't let me associate the virtual device. Is there a way to do this, or something like it? If not what are virtual devices for?


When you setup an association from your binary sensor to an actual light, when the binary sensor turns on, it'll send a z-wave command directly to the light and tell the light to turn on as well. This is built into z-wave and would work even if InControl was turned off. Since the virtual device isn't a z-wave device, there's no way to have a real z-wave device associated to it. In other words, your z-wave devices are unaware of your virtual device, so they can't be associated.

You mentioned that the contact shows up as a switch but you want it to be a binary sensor; can you simply change the device type and achieve what you need?

Axial-User posted this 27 October 2014

You mentioned that the contact shows up as a switch but you want it to be a binary sensor; can you simply change the device type and achieve what you need?


I have tried that, but the MimoLite only shows up as one device. I can use the group associations to control a device from the sensor contacts, but I have not figured out how to just "display" the status. It is designed to be controlled as a binary switch, which works fine - I use it to open and close my garage door. There are separate terminals for input and output, it is essentially one spdt relay and one contact sensor with separate connections. Here is what the docs say about the input:

[code]ASSOCIATIONS: Once in a network, your controller can be used to associate the MIMOlite with other devices in the Z-WaveTM network, such as
a light or remote audible alarm. Refer to your controller’s documentation on how to associate the MIMOlite with another device in your
network. The MIMOlite input supports five association groups with a maximum of two associated devices in each group.
Group 1: When the input is triggered/untriggered, a command is sent to turn on/off the device(s) associated with the input.
Group 2: The MIMOlite will periodically send a report indicating the input’s analog voltage level.
Group 3: If a power dropout occurs, the MIMOlite will send a notification (depending on available residual power)
Group 4: When the input is triggered or untriggered, a Binary Sensor report is sent to this group’s associated device(s).
Group 5: Pulse meter counts will be sent to this group’s associated device(s).[/code]

Ideally, I would like to have it show up as a binary sensor, and able to send email when it opens or closes, but it still needs to be defined as a switch so the switch contacts work properly.

Ryan-Scott posted this 27 October 2014

You mentioned that the contact shows up as a switch but you want it to be a binary sensor; can you simply change the device type and achieve what you need?

I have tried that, but the MimoLite only shows up as one device. I can use the group associations to control a device from the sensor contacts, but I have not figured out how to just "display" the status. It is designed to be controlled as a binary switch, which works fine - I use it to open and close my garage door. There are separate terminals for input and output, it is essentially one spdt relay and one contact sensor with separate connections. Here is what the docs say about the input:

[code]ASSOCIATIONS: Once in a network, your controller can be used to associate the MIMOlite with other devices in the Z-WaveTM network, such as
a light or remote audible alarm. Refer to your controller’s documentation on how to associate the MIMOlite with another device in your
network. The MIMOlite input supports five association groups with a maximum of two associated devices in each group.
Group 1: When the input is triggered/untriggered, a command is sent to turn on/off the device(s) associated with the input.
Group 2: The MIMOlite will periodically send a report indicating the input’s analog voltage level.
Group 3: If a power dropout occurs, the MIMOlite will send a notification (depending on available residual power)
Group 4: When the input is triggered or untriggered, a Binary Sensor report is sent to this group’s associated device(s).
Group 5: Pulse meter counts will be sent to this group’s associated device(s).[/code]

Ideally, I would like to have it show up as a binary sensor, and able to send email when it opens or closes, but it still needs to be defined as a switch so the switch contacts work properly.


If you associate the USB stick to all 5 groups, do you ever see extra data showing up in the list when you select the device? What about anything related to "unprocessed" commands in your logfile.txt?

Axial-User posted this 30 October 2014

I excluded/included it, and it now shows a "General Purpose" value. When it is open it shows a slightly floating value of 214x where x floats +- 3, and when it is shorted, it shows a value of 2.

It is supposed to be a voltage sensing port, so that makes sense. It's a pretty cool device, very reliable and great for my garage door opener.

Andy

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