I live in a small shotgun type apartment. I’m looking for unique uses and installations for the wyze sense products. My camera is set up to cover over 3/4 of my apartment area so I’m having trouble finding uses for the wyze sense accessories without being overly redundant. What are some unique and c…

Mailbox notifications, washer/dryer finished, medicine/liquor cabinets, I saw a poster used as toilet seat up/down notifications, fridge/freezer open, garage door open/closed. If children are present, maybe a cabinet where cleaning supplies are stored. Just a few thoughts and things I have tested,…

We use it in place of our Ring Doorbell Pro. Using the sense closed switch you can modify your doorbell so that clicking the doorbell triggers the switch. With 2way communication, I can easily greet my guests since it takes some time to get to the door. Next, I’m hoping to use sense to toggle state …

All interesting and useful applications, especially the toilet seat. However, let me supply some more info about my living arrangement and accommodations. I live alone, laundry room is not in the unit and is used by the other tenants as well, and parking is in an open lot behind the building. Whethe…

I mount each of my Motion and Contact (the wide part) sensors on the face side of a small piece of plexiglass using the mounting adhesive strip supplied with the sensors. This makes a strong bond of the sensor to the plexiglass, and allows me to read the product info on the back side of the sensor i…

Did you Cut the small pieces of plexiglass To size yourself or Buy them as is ?

I made pieces from leftover panels of one-eighth inch thick plexiglass from another project. Each piece is 30-32 mm square which allows a margin of plexiglass to extend around each side of the sensor. And, that margin allows me to pry the plexiglass base off the moulding with a putty knife and not…

I have ways to cut plexiglass, Scroll saw for small pieces . Like you said hand tools will work also Sounds like a good idea , Thought I would ask for other people also. You could use this same idea to screw Mount The sensors

Okay, with the added info, if car is parked close enough, also if close enough, a storage door. This is in addition to the more obvious, windows and doors.

You don’t mention what other connected devices you have so here’s how I used the motion and open/close sensors with IFTTT and my Hue lights: Kitchen and Bedroom: Motion sensors. I created a Hue scene for each room; one for when I walk in the room that turns all usable lights on, and one that when I…

i was so excited to use this on my mailbox, then when i went to install it and because my mailbox is metal it would not work, If anyone knows a workaround i would love to know. i even tried the motion sensor and it didnt work in the mailbox either :frowning:

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auhnivek June 2, 2019, 6:01pm 16

You could try extending the antenna like this guy did and route the wire outside of the mailbox where it won’t be blocked by the metal:

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