Question

Greetings, I am one of the many former wink users who is switching over to smartthings. For the most part it's going rather smoothly but. With my Wink hub I was able to get a "chime" when my doors opened using a dome siren. I have installed the Siren Device Handler however I am unable to choose any chimes sound. Although Chime volume and chime repeat is listed as an option I can not get it to work. The only things that does work is the alarm and I am able to choose what type of sound and volume etc. in settings but that seems to be it. Did I somehow managed to install the siren device handler wrong or is this just not an option with smart things and/or the dome siren? Is there another siren that works with smart things that will give me the chime?  

Answer 1

I have it working with my Dome siren using the standard speaker companion smart app. But it’s a bit tricky. Here’s my setup:

Comments

@crabstick4604 thanks. How to I do that? Is it in the app or on the website?  

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@crabstick4604 thank you, How do I set that up and get to that screen?  

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@gotham89 from the new app, tap + in the upper right > smart app > speaker companion. Choose custom message.  

Answer 2

Open the old app to see and text options. I use WebCoRE to chime for different events. Custom device handlers do not work in the new app.  

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@lixivium3 Thank you. What do you mean old app? The classic app? I have not downloaded that or used it. What is WebCore?  

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@gotham89 Yes the Classic app. WebCoRE is a rules engine for Smartthings.   
https://www.webcore.co

Answer 3

Something you can also consider. if you have alexas it’s easy to use those as sounders.