Think of it as establishing a baseline for good device behavior. And for that to happen, we need to update our laws and regulations.
Um, no. I agree the industry could narrow down the standards and make better interoperability, but let's keep the government out of this for crying out loud.
If you have the C wire that others have mentioned and you liked your Honeywell... I have had a couple of the TH9320WF5003 for about 10 years and they are great. I had one of the Lyric T5s as well, but like the 9320 so much better. Nice screen, nice app and integrates well into Home Assistant.
Yep, already have that and a meross. I'm just thinking of other options beside the meross. A smart keypad would serve the purpose of this device but also add an easy configurable outdoor keypad. Kind of a two birds, one stone thing.
Okay, I guess I'm completely missing the how-to on that one. My understanding was that this wasn't possible and why it is causing such a mess that their is no local api. Do you have a link to a process for this?
I'm essentially talking about making that outdoor keypad or an inside wall button to be a smart device. Right now if I want to change/add codes on my outdoor keypad, it requires going to the physical device, entering a key sequence and going through the pairing process. A smart keypad, you'd pair once and then control through wifi for additional changes. This also would allow control of the garage so at that point a ratgdo or meross device is not needed. These companies are most of the way there so they could just incorporate their solution into an outdoor keypad. Easier for meross since they already use wireless for specific models.
Does your wifi ssid share both 2.4 and 5Ghz radios? Most HA devices use the 2.4Ghz radio and having the same ssid that also uses the 5Ghz radio can cause some confusion. I'd try just putting it on a separate SSID to see if that helps.
Something like this maybe? https://www.amazon.com/TOPGREENER-Controller-Programmable-Automation-TGWFSC8/dp/B07WRT67T4/