BeNext door sensor not showing status

Configuration Z-Wave
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I try the Laurent’s workaround but it failed. The automation never trigger. I think this is previous Laurent’s operations on the device which allow the trigger.

  • “change it from 0x00 to 0x01” → ok, made in ozwadmin
  • “The device external alarm wasn’t associated, so I did what they recommend (associate with controler node 1)” → ??? how to do that ?

If someone has another tip for recognise this Benext door sensor in HA, I’m listening ! :slight_smile:

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Nobody knows ?

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Hi,

I stumbled on this old tread as I tried to use my BeNext door sensor in Home Assistant.
I am happy to report that this is possible with the Z-Wave JS integration.
For anyone who is looking to get this working (including my future self :wink:)
As I include my sensor, 7 entities were created, 3 of which were disabled.
You need to enable the Door Sensor: Basic entity. This will hold a value of 0 (closed) or 255 (open).
Based on this I made a binary sensor.

template:
  - binary_sensor:
      - name: "Deur"
        device_class: door
        state: >
          {% if is_state('sensor.door_sensor_basic','255.0')%}
            on
          {% else %}
            off
          {% endif %}
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You have 7 entities for a door sensor, yet none of them are for the door status itself? What entities are you provided with? Do you happen to have a binary_sensor that doesn’t change state?

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I have the following:
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The Door Sensor: Basic changes from 0.0 to 255.0 when I open the sensor.
The Binary sensor called Door Sensor: Any, does not change state indeed.

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Your device needs a compatibility flag in order to map the Basic Set value to the Binary Sensor. With this flag enabled the driver will perform the 0/255 to off/on mapping you’ve done manually with your template sensor and the default binary_sensor will function properly. I would submit an issue to the node-zwave-js project. The fix is the same as this one.

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That is a good idea. I read something about how to submit a config. I will look into it.
Thanks for the suggestion.