Z-wave House Monitoring Project
Need: keep track of my second home several states away.
Time:
Evolving Project: There will be a need to change things, as I discover potential weak spots or discover other problems when I'm away from this home. So the ability to adapt and quickly implement solution on a short visit will be paramount.
Control: Complete control of my remote system.
Simplicity: Keep it simple. While z-wave isn't exactly simple, my brain has learned to deal with its nuances.
So I this is a project in the works.
I thought I'd start a thread and add to it as I work on it. This way it won't become a huge task of documenting it in the end.
Current plan:
Software: HS3
Communication Hardware: DSL with GSM Failover.
TP-LINK TL-MR3420 - Wireless N300 3G/4G Router
2.4Ghz 300Mbps
Power Failure: APC 1500VA
RF Technology: Z-wave
Devices:
Doors - 6 Schlage Door Locks (Access and to Arm/Disarm Virtual Security)
Eversprings Door Sensors (open/close)
Gate and Entrance Area - Everspring Door Sensor with Seco-Larm SM-226L-Q Mount Magnetic Contact. See Post # 6 below
Dock/Boat lift - Everspring Door Sensor with Seco-Larm SM-226L-Q Mount Magnetic Contact.
- Or Bosch Motion Sensor with Z-wave door sensor.
Motion Sensors - For large areas with lots of windows & high traffic areas
- Eco-link & HSM100
Glass Break Sensor - For large areas with lots of windows
- Utilitech glass break sensor
Garage Door - Linear GD00Z-4
Water Heater - Turns off when no one is there.
-Aeon Labs Heavy Duty Switch
Water Valve- Turn off when no one is there.
- Leak Gopher Valve
Water Leak Sensors - Bathrooms, Laundry area, Kitchen, Refrigerator
-Utilitech Water Sensor
Smoke/CO Detectors - Zcombo units in all living spaces, bedrooms, and garage.
Siren - Everspring Siren with option of being powered off wall wart.
Plugins/Scripts:
MrHappy's(Adams) Pushover Plugin - very fast, faster then email.
Sparkman's(Al) Lock Script - Notifies you via push of all users codes entered, tamper attempts, etc. Also keeps a log in user codes entered for each lock.
Sparkman's(Al) Zcombo Script - Notifies you via push of all alarm alerts( smoke, co, tamper attempts, testing), maintains log of Alarm Heartbeat. Script Also turn on your z-wave siren.
BLSecurity - this I'm still learning about. Seem very powerful. Has Virtual Alarm Keypad. Arm/Disarm/Sleep/Perimeter modes. Ability to create zones, Spoken Alerts, etc
I'll expand on each as I work through them.
Need: keep track of my second home several states away.
Time:
- Needed to get this up and running very quickly
- If there is a problem, I should be able to fix it fairly quickly since, on my short visits there
Evolving Project: There will be a need to change things, as I discover potential weak spots or discover other problems when I'm away from this home. So the ability to adapt and quickly implement solution on a short visit will be paramount.
Control: Complete control of my remote system.
Simplicity: Keep it simple. While z-wave isn't exactly simple, my brain has learned to deal with its nuances.
So I this is a project in the works.
I thought I'd start a thread and add to it as I work on it. This way it won't become a huge task of documenting it in the end.
Current plan:
Software: HS3
Communication Hardware: DSL with GSM Failover.
TP-LINK TL-MR3420 - Wireless N300 3G/4G Router
2.4Ghz 300Mbps
Power Failure: APC 1500VA
RF Technology: Z-wave
Devices:
Doors - 6 Schlage Door Locks (Access and to Arm/Disarm Virtual Security)
Eversprings Door Sensors (open/close)
Gate and Entrance Area - Everspring Door Sensor with Seco-Larm SM-226L-Q Mount Magnetic Contact. See Post # 6 below
Dock/Boat lift - Everspring Door Sensor with Seco-Larm SM-226L-Q Mount Magnetic Contact.
- Or Bosch Motion Sensor with Z-wave door sensor.
Motion Sensors - For large areas with lots of windows & high traffic areas
- Eco-link & HSM100
Glass Break Sensor - For large areas with lots of windows
- Utilitech glass break sensor
Garage Door - Linear GD00Z-4
Water Heater - Turns off when no one is there.
-Aeon Labs Heavy Duty Switch
Water Valve- Turn off when no one is there.
- Leak Gopher Valve
Water Leak Sensors - Bathrooms, Laundry area, Kitchen, Refrigerator
-Utilitech Water Sensor
Smoke/CO Detectors - Zcombo units in all living spaces, bedrooms, and garage.
Siren - Everspring Siren with option of being powered off wall wart.
Plugins/Scripts:
MrHappy's(Adams) Pushover Plugin - very fast, faster then email.
Sparkman's(Al) Lock Script - Notifies you via push of all users codes entered, tamper attempts, etc. Also keeps a log in user codes entered for each lock.
Sparkman's(Al) Zcombo Script - Notifies you via push of all alarm alerts( smoke, co, tamper attempts, testing), maintains log of Alarm Heartbeat. Script Also turn on your z-wave siren.
BLSecurity - this I'm still learning about. Seem very powerful. Has Virtual Alarm Keypad. Arm/Disarm/Sleep/Perimeter modes. Ability to create zones, Spoken Alerts, etc
I'll expand on each as I work through them.
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