Smoke detector "listening devices" - anyone have suggestions?

[dmcentire (Dennis McEntire)]

So I saw this new thing coming up:

Ring Sensors Smoke & CO Listener – Connects to existing alarms

But was wondering if there’s an HA-friendly option like that device that folks have been using to add monitoring for their “dumb, standalone” smoke and CO detectors? I’ve tried the First Alert Z-wave models and had so much trouble I ended up replacing all of them with regular non-smart devices.

I did see this idea:

Zooz Z-Wave Plus Smoke and CO Detector Bridge ZEN55 800LR

But that looks like it requires detectors that have a dc-output of some kind, and I don’t think mine do. I was hoping for some type of “listening” device instead.

Thanks for any tips or ideas!

Dennis

[FloatingBoater (James Derrick)]

Another integration might be a Unifi camera (ideally external, but still in audio range) with the local processing of media on-camera.

The HA integration does support the sensor, but I’ve not tested the accuracy.

Personally, I installed Aico wired detectors, and the Ei128RBU relay interface
for a mix of detectors.

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@dmcentire

But that looks like it requires detectors that have a dc-output of some kind, and I don’t think mine do. I was hoping for some type of “listening” device instead.

If you have Z-wave then definitely go with the Zooz smoke/CO detector. You don’t need dc-output. Just connect load, line and interconnect as per the drawing.

Saying that, I do have both versions, the Ring smoke listener and the Zooz and they both work fine.