I want to fit a smart lock to my glass sliding door but the distance between the sliding door and the sliding fly screen is only 40mm. I have searched all over the place and cannot find anything that will fit. Has anyone seen anything that might fit? I would prefer a knob to a handle.
The other alternative is to get a Yale Unity Screen Door Lock to go on the sliding fly screen. I am pretty sure that it would work but it is my second preference. I am also not sure if I would need to purchase the bridge that comes with it. What can be done with this lock in HA with and without the bridge? Can anyone comment on this?
Just wanted to ask if anyone had the Yale unity lock?
Looking to get the Yale unity security screen lock?
There isn’t much information about it.
It says it’s got wifi and Bluetooth.
And home assistant integrations suggested using Bluetooth or Bluetooth proxy but then at the bottom of the page it mentions that the security key will change if you use other apps.
Does anyone use the Bluetooth integration?
Just wanted to ask if the key will change or not??
Has it been stable and does it work correctly???
Does HomeKit use BT or wifi?
I’m abit reluctant to get it as no one seems to have it. And the key changing factor is just weird.
If I use HomeKit only do I need a HomeKit hub??? Someone above mentioned that it needs BT rather than wifi.
Since this will be my first Matter device I need a Matter-over-Thread hub controller. The official Matter integration (Matter (BETA) - Home Assistant) allows me to add this I don’t need any other controller in my home, right?
How far apart can the controller and the Matter device be? In my case it’ll be around 10m with a wall in between
For those of you who have a Level product in Australia where did you get in from?
You need a Thread border router for Matter over thread devices. Matter over Wifi is stand alone and does not need anything but the Wifi network and making sure you have ipv6 enabled.
You can either get another Skyconnect and set it up in thread only mode or get another dedicated device to act as a border router. In my setup I have a Skyconnect for zigbee and a GLS200 as my thread border router.
Also I saw your other post about moving away from Matter over Thread. The Level Lock+ doesn’t seem to support Matter over Wifi so I have to understand whether your situation applies to me…
If its listed under the supported Thread hubs there then its a Thread Border Router.
My setup I was using a GL-S200, as other than getting another Skyconnect at the time there was limited options for non Google or Apple based border routers that were stand alone, the newer SLZ ethernet controler has a thread option now as well (I may see about getting that and comparing restoration of configs next year once I have more funds to do so, I also need to validate if I am just unlucky when it comes to thread credential resync/update or its just specific to the setup since its happened twice so far).
For reference my setup I have it on a NUC running windows 11 pro and use Virtualbox to host the HA instance so its easy for me to use snapshots to restore to a functional state should an update cause issues as I update and rotate them out just before I do the main update as a failsafe, just like I do with system images for my systems in the event a windows update goes belly up.
I’m trying to rely on a little 3rd party and cloud based services as I can and am testing how easy things are to restore when an issue comes up that requires it and post my findings.
So far only the thread setup has failed my requirement for ease of restoration in this specific configuration.
sorry wall of text a little, just making sure I clarify things as best as possible lol.
