Smartthings Garage Door Sensor Not Working

Not having much luck getting this to work at 10pm i want to check my garage door status and if open turn on a light.

Smartthings garage door sensor not working.

Smartthings classic app only if you re using the multipurpose sensor on your garage door it may not be mounted properly. Can t seem to get the checking to work although i can turn on the light with other automations. The problem is sometimes the sensors don t seem to change status from open close. Check the wires ensure they are connected nicely and then open close manually and then check open close from the app.

Set aside the smaller magnet portion of the sensor not needed for sensing garage door status orient the main sensor vertically with. Just purchased smartthings hub v2 and 4 multi sensors. Take take in between the manual open close and then trying to do it with the app. Mount the garage door sensor vertically so that when the garage door is vertical it will read closed when horizontal it will read open to mount the multipurpose sensor in the correct orientation.

In looking at the works with smartthings page it seems that there isn t an opener that inherently connects to smartthings as there are only 2 add on devices that connect to it gocontrol and iris. Make sure you have the flat larger face of the sensor mounted on the door vertically without the magnetic contact. My hunch is an automation triggers only on a change. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

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