The ZSE19 MultiSiren uses a brand new command class called sound switch to manage custom tone playback in rules and automations.
Unfortunately, there are currently no hubs that use the latest Z-Wave command library that would offer full support for it. This means we had to figure out a workaround for us all to be able to take advantage of this cool new feature until Z-Wave platforms start officially supporting it. Here is how to create scenes with custom notifications on Vera (and yes, you can upload your own sounds, click here to find out how!):
1. Determine the Node ID assigned to the Zooz MultiSiren in your Vera network:
- Click on the arrow next to the MultiSiren on your Vera dashboard
- Click on Advanced
- Look up "altid" and write the number down - you'll need it in step 3 when creating a scene
2. Create a new scene to activate the tone of your choice
- Click on Scenes in your Vera dashboard
- Click on Create New Scene
- Choose the trigger (typically a Z-Wave sensor's value or state) in Step 1
- Skip Step 2
- Enter the following LUUP script in Step 3: luup.call_action( "urn:micasaverde-com:serviceId:ZWaveNetwork1", "SendData", { Node="XX", Data="x79 8 Y" }, 1 ) where "XX" in the script needs to be replaced with your siren's node ID (that you took down in the beginning) and "Y" at the end of the script needs to be replaced with the number of the tone (1-34) from your siren's sound library. Click here to find out how to manage the device library and scroll down for full default tone list. If you'd like to play the tone in a custom volume, you will need to input 2 lines of code in Step 3 instead: luup.call_action( "urn:micasaverde-com:serviceId:ZWaveNetwork1", "SendData", { Node="XX", Data="x79 8 255" }, 1 ) followed by luup.call_action( "urn:micasaverde-com:serviceId:ZWaveNetwork1", "SendData", { Node="XX", Data="x79 5 ZZZ YY" }, 1 ) where "XX" in the script needs to be replaced with your siren's node ID (that you took down in the beginning), "Y" at the end of the script needs to be replaced with the number of the tone (1-34) from your siren's sound library, and "ZZZ" needs to be replaced with a volume number (0-100).
3. Save Scene
4. Test the Scene and if it doesn't trigger, please repeat all of the above steps, making sure all values are entered correctly.
The above instructions are courtesy of Patrick Rigney (aka rigpapa) so if they worked as well for you as they did for us, take a moment to say thanks to him in the Vera community thread he created.
Here is the default sound list with corresponding tone numbers your MultiSiren comes with:
- Beep
- Siren open alert
- Smoke alert
- Water leak alert
- System disarmed alert
- System armed alert
- Low battery alert
- Siren sound
- Battery not charging warning
- Controller power off alert
- Beep #2
- Home network alert
- GSM network alert
- Motion alert #1
- Door/window open alert
- Attempted entry alert
- Tamper alert for doors/windows
- Tamper alert detector
- Tamper alert for motion detectors
- Device added alert
- Panic alert
- Motion alert #2
- Device removed alert
- Searching for a new device alert
- No new device found alert
- Keypad tamper alert
- Interference alert
- Armed mode alert
- Manual mode alert
- Disarmed mode alert
- Power supply cut off alert
- Electricity limit alert
- Heating alert
- Doorbell
Let us know if you run into any issues setting up your automation and we'll be happy to help!
