SmartThings Review - Affordable Linkind Zigbee Door & Window Sensor

Small form factor, inexpensive, contact sensor that works great with SmartThings! A great window and door sensor which can is compact and affordable. It's easy on the budget and will make your smart home smarter! 🔵 Door Window Sensor (Zigbee): https://amzn.to/2P1cTgY 🔵 Link to the SmartThings IDE: https://graph.api.smartthings.com/ I had a little bit more trouble pairing these sensors to SmartThings than I have with other devices, but for the size and price of these sensors, I definitely think they are worth the effort. I'll likely be buying more when I find a new use case. Here is how I paired them with SmartThings: On the contact sensor 1. I pulled the battery tab 2. Used the provided push pin to put in the small hole and hold the reset button down for 3-5s (until a red light started blinking) On the SmartThings app 3. I tapped the '+' to add a device 4. Then clicked 'Scan nearby' 5. After 30+ seconds it discovers the device and calls it 'Thing' On SmartThings IDE (account.smartthings.com) 6. I logged in and click on My Devices 7. Click on the device I just named and clicked the Edit button 8. Change the DTH 'Type' to 'SmartSense Multi-Sensor' and clicked Update button At this point, the app showed the right interface for the contact sensor when I looked at the device, but it showed disconnected (cloud symbol with a line through it). I then used the push pin on the sensor again to make it discoverable again to re-add the device from the app. After another 30 seconds of searching it discovered the device. The device was then working properly at that point. 🔵 Video Chapters 00:00 - Video Intro 00:29 - Package Contents 04:19 - Pairing Sensor in SmartThings 06:00 - Device List Settings in SmartThings IDE 06:51 - Second Pairing of Sensor in SmartThings 09:00 - Testing the Contact Sensor 10:04 - Reviewing the Capabilities of the Linkind Sensor 11:00- Video Outro ~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~~-~~-~-~~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~ 🟠 How to support Bud's Smart Home Automation: 🛒- Shop my Amazon Store: https://www.amazon.com/shop/budssmarthome 💳 - Buy me a Coffee via PayPal: https://paypal.me/BudsHomeAutomation 🔵 Source Info and Deals on Aeotec and SmartThings compatible devices: 🛒- Amazon Store: https://www.amazon.com/shop/budssmarthome ~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~~-~~-~-~~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~ 🔵 Check out my home automation website at: https://www.budssmarthome.com ~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~~-~~-~-~~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~ 🎵 Music Selections used in this video include 🎵 ▶ Background Music - "Chubs" by Quincas Moreira ▶ Exit Music – “World_Map” by Jason Farnham ~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~~-~~-~-~~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~ AMAZON ASSOCIATE DISCLAIMER: The links in this description are affiliate links, which means if you click on a link to make a purchase I may receive a small commission. You will not incur additional cost for using my affiliate links and your purchase will help support this channel. Thank you for your support! ~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~~-~~-~-~~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~ CHANNEL DISCLAIMER Please tap or click on the following link for the policy statement for all of our videos on the Bud's Smart Home YouTube channel: https://www.budshomeautomation.com/policy-statement ~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~~-~~-~-~~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~ #BudsHomeAutomation #HomeAutomationIdeas #Linkind Sensor