Welcome to the Guide for installing and using a WiZ contact sensor!
In this guide we will go through the installation, then go through the how to use the contact sensor and receive notifications.
Note that if you encounter any issue, please refer to the detailed FAQ for troubleshooting or question.
Installation
If you do not have the WiZ app, please download it on your mobile phone from your Application Store
First we will install the product.
Make sure it is powered on by the battery and the LED will blink green when you move the magnet.
In the WiZ app, if you have the Bluetooth of your phone on (and permission granted to the app), you should see a pop-up that a device nearby has been found, and can start the flow that way.
If bluetooth does not detect the device right away, press the + button to add a device, select Contact sensor device icon, and follow the steps.
You can also as a fallback install the contact sensor using the Manual pairing option, and connect to its advertised network to pass on the network credential information.
If you encounter an issue during installation, please contact support for case followup.
Contact sensor in the app
After installation, you can see the contact sensor listed in the room in which it was installed.
It reports its current state as well as battery level, informing you when the battery gets low and would need replacement.
- When you tap the card of the contact sensor, you will be presented with a timeline of events recorded
- You can also access settings from the contact sensor page (or long press on its card as a shortcut)
Settings
In the contact sensor settings, you are able to select which events you want the contact sensor to record, when it gets opened, closed, or tampered with.
You can also decide to only create events during monitoring routines if you want to use it mostly during that time.
Each event type will be listed in the timeline when recorded.
The cooldown period is there to provide the option to not create too many events when a lot of events of a given type happen in a short sequence.
Settings - Use as motion sensor
You can also have the contact sensor be used as a motion sensor to automate your lights for daily convenience.
In those settings, you can define how the lights will react (room based definition), as well as chose if the "motion" message is sent when the contact sensor is closed or opened, depending on your installation needs. The opposite action will send a "no motion" message to the lights, which will then apply a delay and react as defined in the "no motion" behavior.
Notifications
If you would like to receive notifications on your phone when events are created by cameras, you can activate this feature in the Settings tab of the app, selecting "Notifications Settings" and then "Monitoring".
You will see the list of all the WiZ homes you are a member of, and can elect to receive notifications for certain types of events.
Note that open and close are a specific category, whereas tamper and low battery are under "general" notifications category
Monitoring Routines
In the Library you can activate monitoring routines, and the contact sensor can be used as a motion detector as part of the routines. You can add it to the list of triggers to detect motion in the home.
Default routines are available to try and test, and you can edit those to fit your needs. Routines enable you to have a reaction at home level when SpaceSense, Motion sensors such as the contact sensor, or the Cameras detect movement.
The action resulting of movement detected is by default the Alarm light mode, flashing all lights of the home.
If the routine is in alarm mode, you can reset it to re-apply it, and you may also want to apply a different light mode or off to the lights if you want to ensure the whole home is not flashing anymore. You can do so using quick actions for example.
Home Timeline
Owners can access the Home Timeline from the Settings page of WiZ app v2 to have a global vision of events that have happened in the home, gathering those from all contact sensors, routines and cameras in one central place combined with any type of motion detection during monitoring routines.