Ultraloq UL3 BT

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I integrated that lock via IFTTT.
So there is just Webhook to Ultraloq rule in IFTTT to unlock the door.

So my steps were as follows:

  1. Create template lock and binary sensor in Home Assistant (to simulate the Ultraloq)
  2. Link up Webhook in IFTTT to Ultraloq to unlock the door
  3. in Home Assistant create an automation that triggers the Webhook when the “virtual” lock is unlocked
  4. automation “locks” the virtual lock again after a couple seconds (I found the ultraloq timeout very short)

It works but I don’t like to rely on IFTTT (3 rules are free but I try to avoid to use IFTTT after they started charging), so I’m thinking of setting up assistant-relay to give the command as well via Google in case that one of the services (IFTTT or Google) is offline.

It’s not beautiful but does the trick - I propose to keep pushing U-tec to keep working on Home Assistant integration (they promised Smartthings/Wink in 2018 and no updates since then).

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