I’m looking for door & window contact sensors and motion sensors to replace an old Simon 3 ADT security system. I’ve read a lot of posts and such and I’m still having a hard time picking out sensors that will work with an existing Smarthings v2 Hub (currently used for lights) and eventually Home Assistant once life calms down a bit more and I have time to go through all the setup. As I understand it, matter/thread support was added in the v3 hub so I don’t have this on my ST v2.

I’d like to avoid anything from Amazon and locally functioning sensors are preferred.

Can anyone advise on how to pick good devices? There seems to be tons of info out there, but I’m having trouble sifting through it for the info I need. This is a surprise for a family member who has been considering replacing an older system. I’d like to get it in place before they have the chance to buy a crappy, locked down, spyware riddled system from a company like Amazon so that I can be sure everything will transition smoothly to Home Assistant later.

  • @Serinus
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    15 months ago

    These are what I’ve been using with Home Assistant. I can’t vouch for Smartthings huh, but if it works with Matter/Thread it should work with most things.

    SmartThings supports Matter, but not Thread. So if you have something to act as your Thread Border Router, it should work.

    Aqara Door and Window Sensor P2

    https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0BTL8B72D