In my laundry room I have an Aqara U50 door lock. This leads to my garage. When I unlock the door from the inside I want my garage lights (Aqara bulbs) to turn on. However I discovered there aren’t any triggers for door unlocked or door unlocked from the inside. Any thoughts or suggestions?
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In your case, only a motion sensor or a door opening sensor can help.
I don’t have this lock, but I understand that inside it works like a regular spring (dumb) lock.
In the event log, do you see the door opening from the inside?
Yeah the log says opened from inside or key (or something like that). However there are no triggers for door open or door unlocked from inside. There is one that says door unlocked from outside. Also there are a bunch for door unlocked by (NFC, Password, Bluetooth…). But none of those do anything if I unlock the door from the inside. I have an Aqara door sensor but I’d rather not use that if I don’t have too since I have a door lock there…
Hi, are you using automation 2.0?
Give a screenshot of the WHEN section that the app offers you on the U50.
I don’t know what automation 2.0 is. When I set up the automation, I just click on the automation on the bottom of the screen. I think it’s in the middle and then go about it from there.
Yeah, I tried to use that, but it didn’t do anything
Give a screenshot of the automation.
Do you have the lock in any other ecosystem like Apple Home? You could write the automation that way. I want to look into this tho because that’s a really good point and great idea.
It is exposed to HomeKit and it works there. The problem is it’s so slow. Takes like 30 seconds.
Oh right I forgot it’s Bluetooth connection in Apple home still. I know the solution I’m about to offer involves a purchase but a an aqara contact sensor would be a nice and easy fix and use that as the trigger. But then you’d have to open the door to trigger. I definitly see where ur kinda stuck.
I have an old door sensor. I haven’t tried it yet but not a big fan of them. Since they don’t show up in HomeKit. It’s weird but yeah. Maybe I’ll try it. Just hoping for the easy fix and Aqara make it possible with the locks.
I was looking at homebridge but stopped when I saw how slow things went with HomeKit. I would unlock the door go intro my garage do what I needed to do, come back inside and then the lights would turn on. It would be at least 30 seconds or more. I’ll check out smart things. Is there any noticeable delay?
Yes! What up brother!