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What device can rotate a knob and works with HA? (feddit.it)

submitted 10 months ago by Moonrise2473@feddit.it to c/homeassistant@lemmy.world

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I was accidentally locked out of home again, and I had to call a professional to open the lock.

But if someone was home, they could have just turned the knob of the door from inside. There's a device that can do that? It needs to do 3 full turns and it requires a bit of force to do that (armored door with iron bars that slide in every direction, so it has a big inertia to start)

I saw a ready solution on a store, the iseo x1r, but that costs 1000 euro + another 200 for the gateway (not mandatory but otherwise it uses proprietary Bluetooth protocol and so it can't talk with HA

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[–] Observer1199@lemmy.ml 21 points 10 months ago (5 children)

How do you keep getting locked out? Would it not be easier to remember your keys when you go outside?

[–] Moonrise2473@feddit.it 1 points 10 months ago (3 children)

I thought I had keys in my pocket, instead it was a different bunch. The keys were inserted in the socket from the inside, it doesn't allow to insert the key from the other side, so I couldn't use the backup pair that I keep in a separate location

[–] Observer1199@lemmy.ml 3 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Is the door locking mechanism something you can change? If so you could change it to one that doesn't lock when it's closed, only when a key is used.

[–] Moonrise2473@feddit.it 3 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Technically, yes, but I'm a bit lazy. If I can overengineer a workaround...

[–] AA5B@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Why not both? More automation is definitely cool, but also make the door work better for you. I hate that style of lock

First thing I did when I moved into my current home is to replace deadbolt with a key inside with a standard deadbolt with an inside knob

better for emergencies - can always get out easily
less likely to get locked out - does not lock automatically; from outside, I must have keys to lock door as I’m leaving

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