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

submitted 1 month ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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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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[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago (2 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago

No no, surely the solution to this is a mechanical one

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 month ago (1 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

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month 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.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month 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