Affordable SmartThings Sensors - Linkind Zigbee Door & Window Sensor

Small form factor, inexpensive, contact sensor that works great with SmartThings! A great window and door sensor which can is compact and affordable. It's easy on the budget and will make your smart home smarter!

🔵 Door Window Sensor (Zigbee): https://amzn.to/2P1cTgY

🔵 Link to the SmartThings IDE: https://graph.api.smartthings.com/

I had a little bit more trouble pairing these sensors to SmartThings than I have with other devices, but for the size and price of these sensors, I definitely think they are worth the effort. I'll likely be buying more when I find a new use case.

Here is how I paired them with SmartThings:

On the contact sensor
1. I pulled the battery tab
2. Used the provided push pin to put in the small hole and hold the reset button down for 3-5s (until a red light started blinking)

On the SmartThings app
3. I tapped the '+' to add a device
4. Then clicked 'Scan nearby'
5. After 30+ seconds it discovers the device and calls it 'Thing'

On SmartThings IDE (account.smartthings.com)
6. I logged in and click on My Devices
7. Click on the device I just named and clicked the Edit button
8. Change the DTH 'Type' to 'SmartSense Multi-Sensor' and clicked Update button

At this point, the app showed the right interface for the contact sensor when I looked at the device, but it showed disconnected (cloud symbol with a line through it). I then used the push pin on the sensor again to make it discoverable again to re-add the device from the app. After another 30 seconds of searching it discovered the device. The device was then working properly at that point.

🔵 Video Chapters
00:00 - Video Intro
00:29 - Package Contents
04:19 - Pairing Sensor in SmartThings
06:00 - Device List Settings in SmartThings IDE
06:51 - Second Pairing of Sensor in SmartThings
09:00 - Testing the Contact Sensor
10:04 - Reviewing the Capabilities of the Linkind Sensor
11:00- Video Outro
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▶ Background Music - "Chubs" by Quincas Moreira
▶ Exit Music – “World_Map” by Jason Farnham
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