Ring: Question About Homekit

[malmentm]

Hello
Does all acceccories connected to the alarm base station show up in homekit as sensor? Door / Window Sensor / Smoke / Motion Detectors?

[dgreif]

@malmentm yes, the homebridge plugin supports all of those and more. See https://github.com/dgreif/ring-alarm/tree/master/homebridge#supported-devices-via-ring-alarm-and-ring-smart-lighting-hubs for the full list. If you have any z-wave devices connected to the hub that are currently not supported, please let me know and I will get them added.

[malmentm]

@malmentm yes, the homebridge plugin supports all of those and more. See https://github.com/dgreif/ring-alarm/tree/master/homebridge#supported-devices-via-ring-alarm-and-ring-smart-lighting-hubs for the full list. If you have any z-wave devices connected to the hub that are currently not supported, please let me know and I will get them added.

@malmentm yes, the homebridge plugin supports all of those and more. See https://github.com/dgreif/ring-alarm/tree/master/homebridge#supported-devices-via-ring-alarm-and-ring-smart-lighting-hubs for the full list. If you have any z-wave devices connected to the hub that are currently not supported, please let me know and I will get them added.

Hello again. I tried to add a Heiman smoke sensor to the base station. But in HomeKit it shows up as a contact sensor.

can it be made to show as a smoke sensor instead?

[dgreif]

Can you check to see what value HomeKit reports if you go into the settings for that sensor and check the Model field? Should be something like sensor.contact. Also, how does the sensor show up in the Ring app?

If you want to give me full context, follow the instructions in https://github.com/dgreif/ring/wiki/Data-Discovery

[malmentm]

It says only Model:sensor in HomeKit. In ring app it says Binary Sensor 48618

It show battery status and an option to select chirp sounds when triggered

[dgreif]

Sounds good. Unfortunately the Model: sensor means that Ring doesn't know what _type_ of sensor it is, so it just gives it a general categorization. In the plugin, it's easiest to represent these unknown sensor types as a contact sensor, which gives you the option to change to a limited set of sensors in HomeKit (door, window, garage door, etc). Since Ring doesn't know it's a smoke sensor, the plugin can't know that either. I think the behavior you see is the best I can do.

[malmentm]

Okay thanks :) I also wonder if it might work to pair a z-wave lock to the base station and make it appear in homekit (as a lock) or will I be in the same situation as with the smoke sensor?

[dgreif]

As long as Ring registers it as a lock, then the plugin will handle it as a lock in HomeKit. I have a couple august locks that support z-wave and I know they work perfectly. The problem is just with the smoke sensor since Ring doesn't know what type of sensor it is.

[malmentm]

Ok :) So other brand the those on the “works with ring” list might be compatible anyway? I guess to try is the only way to find out then.

[malmentm]

I have connected the Danalock to the Ring hub and it seems to work perfect :)