Ring Alarm
Door Sensor reports open status when it appears to be closed
I have a problem with door sensor(s). The door sensor reports open status when I attempt to arm the system. When I go to the reported door, which is closed, when I open it the sensor flashes blue light indicating that it has opened, despite the fact that it was reporting open status while closed. To make it work properly again I only have to open / close the door a couple of times and all will be well another few days or weeks. I have already had one replaced for this problem and now I have a second sensor failing in the identical manner. I'm beginnig to wonder if this is actually a contact sensor issue or a controller firmware issue.
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27-05-2020 05:00:58
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I am not sure what a picture will tell. In any case I think that I have attached a picture properly. As I said in my original post that the ring controller is reporting an open contact sensor while the door is closed. When the door is open, the contact sensor flashes a blue light that I thought indicated an open condition. Subsequent closing and opening the door a couple of times and the system will go back to normal and report closed. If it maters I have observed this behavior when I attempt to arm the system when leaving the house.
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29-05-2020 09:41:48
C@New\_Smart\_Home Thank you for that picture! Do you mind getting a closer picture, with flash on? What I'm looking for is the notches on the Ring sensor and the magnet to ensure they are lined up. This will be the first step a support agent will do on the phones to rule out if placement is a concern, especially if you are having the same concern on another device. Whenever a door sensor is reading as open when t is not open, it can be a fault in the device itself, a signal interference concern, or the placement is wrong. Since this is happening on more than one device, I wanted to rule out placement first. If you look at this picture below, you can see how the sensor and magnet are lined up with the notches (on both sides of the magnet). These need to be lined up and no more than 1/2 inch apart.  If you see that the notches are not lined up, adjust the placement accordingly and see if this helps. In the event you still find no relief, I recommend following @payinmydues51 guidance and reaching out to support. For support, please give our support team a call at one of the numbers available [here](https://support.ring.com/hc/en-us/articles/213608406). We're taking additional steps to protect our team and help reduce the spread of COVID-19. This has resulted in longer than normal wait times. If you are outside of the US, please read our response to COVID-19 [here](https://support.ring.com/hc/en-gb/articles/360041597471) to see how to contact support. Let me know how this all goes! :)
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29-05-2020 09:09:44
- P
I had this same problem. It turned out the sensor had some kind of error, which they could see, but they could not communicate with it to reset until I moved my range extender closer to this particular door sensor (it had been the furthest one for the extender). They were then able to communicate and update the sensor and it had a better connection to the base station.
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29-05-2020 02:24:11
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NI realize that your job is to keep busy "dumb Users", but I would expect a competent product ssupport organization to spend a little more effort finding out how and why one of their sensors reports to the controller that it is open and then subsequently indicates an actual open event by flashing the blue light when the door is actually open and then properly reports closed status when the door is closed again. And before you ask, the sensor is less than 25 feet from the controller.
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30-05-2020 10:43:51
NThanks for the thoughts. In my case this particular sensor is within 25 feet of the controller.
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30-05-2020 10:45:18
NI sent the second picture (up close) of the door sensor and have heard nothing. Did you see the picture? Is it ok?
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03-06-2020 07:58:46
MSorry about that @New\_Smart\_Home! I did see that picture, and the mounting looks excellent. The grooves look to line up, and the space between does not look too great. If the Sensor is not updating the status properly, please also consider distance to the Base Station to determine signal strength and efficiency in communicating the open/ closed alerts quickly. Feel free to let us know how this goes! :)
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03-06-2020 08:04:56
NI gues that you did not read my prior comment regarding distance: _ **"And before you ask, the sensor is less than 25 feet from the controller."** _
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04-06-2020 11:38:48
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I've got a question I'm trying to pull a history from April 7th on my device but it says that my cloud was not active does that mean I can not pull up that day?
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30-05-2020 01:17:57
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MGood question @Bobbysmith1029! This likely does mean that you were either not subscribed or the Protect Plus event history time frame was reached, and the date is beyond that. If you were not subscribed, or subscription lapsed at anytime between now and then, resubscribing will not make those events available. As we value your security and privacy, anything that is stored, is only stored on your account and when subscribed. If you feel as though you should be able to access these events, try removing and reinstalling the Ring app on your mobile device. I hope this helps! :)
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02-06-2020 10:38:20
- J
I have the same issue. My entire system has worked flawlessly for about 6 mos. This just popped up yesterday. Removed sensor from door (received tamper alert), removed and replaced batteries and still shows open.
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17-05-2021 10:41:25
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- T
I started to have the same problem today tried all the tips to fix it and no good need help or replacement for the sensor
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17-05-2021 10:49:29
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Chelsea_Ring
Hey @New\_Smart\_Home. Could you take a picture of how you have both of the sensors that are causing you concern placed on your door when it is closed, but reading in your app are opened? I would love to rule this out as a concern first!
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28-05-2020 07:24:19
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