A suggestion for a new feature on the Ring App.
One of the best features of my previous alarm system (Vivint) was the ability to set activity schedules for Z-wave devices. I never had to worry if the lamps were turned off or if the door was locked at night.
I would love to setup my Kwickset Smartlock 910 to do this in the Ring Alarm app. I know it can be done manually, but what good is all this home automation if it’s not automated?
I do this currently with an Alexa routine.
I’m refreshing this thread. Need to have a better way to manage and control Z-wave devices like locks and light switches. C’mon Ring, you’ve got a good product, let’s make it more user friendly.
The schedule feature that already exists should be extended to anything with a lock/unlock or on/off binary function.
This would allow people to lock their doors at night for safety.
This would allow people to turn on a plug or switch for a light. You have to admit it’s not intuitive to turn on a switch currently in the app.
This would allow people to enable a mode at a specific time.
On a previous system, I could program my two yale deadbolt door locks to automatically lock at a certain time each evening (before arming the system on a different program later). This programming was built into my previous security system provider’s software. Is this in the works with Ring? I don’t see very many options for programming the door locks except for them working on the modes (arm away, arm stay, etc…)
We need the ability to set schedules for locking/unlocking smart door locks. For example, it is a common option with other systems to be able to schedule all doors to be locked at 10pm. This could work similar to smart lights.
Upping this thread since this is such a low hanging fruit to add.
Agreed - my current Vera Edge can sense an unlock on my kwikset 888 and automatically relock it in 10 minutes if I forget to. I can also schedule one or more lock times. Problem is, I hate that Vera Edge, and I would love to move off that platform. It would be awesome if Ring/Alex could do that.
Voted. Agreed. I just tried to schedule my z-wave lock for evening automation locks.
All you need to do is set up an Alexa routine to do this. I have been doing it for years.