Yale zigbee lock and status updates

Configuration Zigbee
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Hello,
I recently purchased a Zigbee lock - a Yale Assy Abloy Deadbolt (its actually Lockwood Brand - but seems to be a Yale in HA)

I also got a Conbee II zigbee stick so I’m new to how it all works. however I have successfully written some automation to lock and unlock the door however the status of the lock doesn’t update if I lock the lock manually - is there a polling interval or service i can call to update it ? When I go into Deconz and select the lock, I can “read” some attributes and the status updates in HA - just don’t know how to do this without going into deconz.

Also what are most people doing - using deconz or zigbee2mqtt , just curious on what others are doing?

thanks in advance

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I have a zwave lock with the same behavior. This automation worked for me. Perhaps something like this will also work for you.

- id: '2'
  alias: door_lock_update
  trigger:
  - platform: state
    entity_id: sensor.front_door_deadbolt_alarmtype
    to: '22'         # manual unlock
  - platform: state
    entity_id: sensor.front_door_deadbolt_alarmtype
    to: '21'         # manual lock
  action:
  - service: zwave_js.refresh_value
    data:
      entity_id: lock.front_door_deadbolt

  mode: restart
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I configured a Yale YRD226 with a Zigbee module this weekend using ZHA (Nortek Zigbee/ZWave USB key), and it was super straightforward: go into HA and enable joining for new devices, go the Yale lock menu and do a “join network”, and… that’s about it.

It took a couple of attempts for the joining to actually succeed, which is no unusual for Zigbee devices on a large network with multiple routers, but once it worked, I got a “Lock” button and a battery status button, it couldn’t be easier… The integration seems to be stable so far.

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Hi @elafargue
can you tell me when locking the door by touching the pad outside, how long does it take in HA to recognize the door is locked.

Cheers

Cam

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It takes a couple of seconds, maybe 5 to 10 worst case? Not instant at all, but it does update eventually.

I ended up having to write a couple of scripts to add an “unlocking” state to the lock/unlock button so that users would not press it multiple times waiting for the lock to react.

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Hi @elafargue I have the same issue with my yrd256, delay in lock and unlcok status update in HA through ZHA. Would you mind sharing the script you made to work around it.

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I’m sure there must be better ways, but this works really well for our family:

alias: Toggle front door with transient state
sequence:
  - choose:
      - conditions:
          - condition: device
            device_id: 4732169e6969c242124d781253d42f0c
            domain: lock
            entity_id: lock.yale_yrd226_tsdb_168bedab_door_lock
            type: is_locked
        sequence:
          - service: python_script.set_state
            data:
              entity_id: lock.yale_yrd226_tsdb_168bedab_door_lock
              state: unlocking
          - repeat:
              until:
                - condition: device
                  device_id: 4732169e6969c242124d781253d42f0c
                  domain: lock
                  entity_id: lock.yale_yrd226_tsdb_168bedab_door_lock
                  type: is_unlocked
              sequence:
                - device_id: 4732169e6969c242124d781253d42f0c
                  domain: lock
                  entity_id: lock.yale_yrd226_tsdb_168bedab_door_lock
                  type: unlock
                - delay:
                    hours: 0
                    minutes: 0
                    seconds: 3
                    milliseconds: 0
    default:
      - service: python_script.set_state
        data:
          entity_id: lock.yale_yrd226_tsdb_168bedab_door_lock
          state: locking
      - repeat:
          until:
            - condition: device
              device_id: 4732169e6969c242124d781253d42f0c
              domain: lock
              entity_id: lock.yale_yrd226_tsdb_168bed0f_door_lock
              type: is_locked
          sequence:
            - device_id: 4732169e6969c242124d781253d42f0c
              domain: lock
              entity_id: lock.yale_yrd226_tsdb_168bed0f_door_lock
              type: lock
            - delay:
                hours: 0
                minutes: 0
                seconds: 3
                milliseconds: 0
  - delay:
      hours: 0
      minutes: 0
      seconds: 1
      milliseconds: 0
mode: single
icon: mdi:lock
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Thank you @elafargue. I’ll try this.