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Tech Specs
Supported Devices
Ring Product Required
Ring Alarm
Size and Color
Dimensions
3 x 1.7 x 1 inches
Available Colors
White
Model
TILT-ZWAVE2.5-ECO
Power and Connectivity
Power
Battery type: 3V Lithium CR123A
Connectivity
Z-Wave. **This device is not covered by professional monitoring and will not trigger your Ring Alarm.
Works with RING but not full featured - that's okay for me.
Reviewed in the United States on April 6, 2023
Was looking for some way I could see if my garage doors were open or closed from my RING App and get base station, keypad, and phone app alerts and this works. First off I attempted to figure out if this version (2.0 ECO) vs. (2.5 ECO) listed on "works with RING" website - this one does and is ...about $11 less expensive and has trigger contact terminal so if you'd like to add a magnetic contact at the bottom of the door you certainly could. Since I have two garage doors I'll be purchasing another. My main concern was if this would show as fault and cleared in the history of the RING App along with push notifications / base station / keypad alert sounds which it also does. Though I've not tried to add this to a "profile" (home / away) I'd be surprised if it does - I'm not expecting it to - since this is a z-wave sensor and is said to work with smart things I could probably trigger other actions (such as turning on a camera, etc.) - again, for me this is not a deal breaker and the fact that I can look at the RING App history is helpful to see when the garage door was opened and closed. To add this to my RING Alarm I simply tapped on the "+" (add) button and selected "works with RING" devices - there wasn't a QR code and I didn't use my camera to find the device - I simply put the included battery in the sensor and hit "find device" I tilted the sensor once or twice and the app found and added it - really couldn't be easier - in contrast to other DIY alarm systems I've used in the past it worked, worked out of the box and I didn't have to add/remove/re-add. I changed the name to something that was more meaningful, added it to a "room" (garage) and set the notification on "open" and "close" - at some point I'll likely turn this off when we're in the warmer months when our garage is opened and closed several times a day. This is a good size sensor - it's not too large and not tiny either. It uses a CR123 - I'll update this review if it seems to "chew through" batteries but Z-Wave is generally pretty good about battery usage and I don't expect to have to replace it that often. I'll also report on if this sensor stays connected as other 3rd party sensor tend to disconnect or don't have very good range. My garage doors are about 25-35 feet away from the alarm base with a drywall wall in between. Installation is simple and straight forward - I had a tilt sensor for my garage door opener before this one (RYOBI) but the app stopped working after a legal action with another manufacturer so I used the mounting screw holes with the included hardware of the new sensor along with the double stick tape. You will likely want to use the "security" screw (a tiny phillips) to keep the sensor form coming off of the mounting bracket as the tabs aren't that secure (IMO) - you'll just have to remember that there's a screw there when you replace the battery. I should also mention that I have a first generation (non "PRO") RING base station - I don't know if there are any incompatibilities with the newer version but from what I've read the older sensors work with the newer base and vice versa.Read more
Amazon Customer
Verified Purchase
It didn’t work, but….
Reviewed in the United States on January 17, 2025
I ordered this to pair with my Zooz 800 series Module using Home Assistant. It did not pair. I emailed Ecolink and got the following response:
“ Home Assistant is open source and not certified to any zwave alliance standards like zwave +, etc.
The TILT2-ECO is quite an old devi...ce, and are running on one of the very first publicly used and generally adopted SDK platforms and even predates zwave + and uses the 300 series chipset.
I don’t have HA yellow myself in my test set, but I do have HA on a Pi with a dongle, etc., so I am not 100% sure on the behavior that you would see on your particular set.
After much rummaging, I found an old tilt 1 and an old tilt 2.
I was able to get them learned in using ‘no security’, and am seeing the same lack of communication on state change in my home assistant ecosystem. I couldn’t get any of the binary switch commands to work or change state with home assistant, no matter what entities I enabled.
As I mentioned these are older devices. They are using the 300 series zwave chipset and we started manufacturing this model and firmware back in 2012. Part of zwave + was to ensure backward compatibility, but that seems to have fallen by the wayside for these early devices.
For additional reference there are other platforms that will handshake and show the device (smartthings and hubitat), but I was unable to get satisfactory functionality on these platforms either.
The tilt 2.5, no problem, it uses a later 500 series chipset and was manufactured to zwave+ standards, which were implemented in 2015, and my state change is working properly, same for the TILT5 which is a solid state tilt sensor, it works as well.
Note that the 2.5 still uses the ball and can type trigger and has external input whereas the 5 uses an accelerometer and doesn’t have any external input capability.
Where I would usually suggest a general exclusion of the device and include again, in your case I would suggest swapping it out for an updated TILT2.5 or TILT5 model “
I ordered the TILT 5 from a different website and it paired and works great.
I am relatively new to home automation and Z-Wave, and often have problems with getting devices to associate with my network. The methods of associating Z-Wave devices are as varied as the devices themselves! It's hard to believe that there are no standards for connecting devices, as it would be ver...y simple to accomplish. Anyway, before I begin a diatribe on the subject, my point was that this device was very simple to include in my network, and worked the first time and every time thereafter.
No complications at all; I created a simple notification to send me a text when the garage door opens or closes. I wanted to verify that this device would work reliably before investing in equipment for the next step - automating the operation of the door from my home (Vera 3) Z-Wave system. From what I have read that should be fairly simple.
Together with this sensor, I can use a dry contact switch like the Linear FS-20 so that if the garage door is left open, it will automatically close itself after a user-defined period of time. The door can also be closed on demand from my iPhone (or any smart phone). I understand the trick to the FS-20 switch is setting up a trigger right after it is activated to turn it back off immediately, or it will block the original local switch from operating (wired in parallel with garage door switch). Beyond that small issue, it should be easy to set-up. This sensor will indicate when the door is open, and that triggers a timer (scene created in Vera 3) which will activate the FS-20 to close the garage door after whatever delay is set. None of the safety features are bypassed as the original wiring is still intact.
For those of you to whom this is very basic automation, you're probably laughing by now! Most of the reason I am writing this much detail is for the benefit of other newbies out there who may still be struggling a bit and could use some help. This sensor is a perfect solution, as it is a much better option than modifying a door/window sensor to accomplish the same goal. Going the modification route is not too difficult, but does have moving parts and relies on realignment of the sensor every time after operation.
With this tilt sensor there are no moving parts (except internally); the sensor mounts as high up on the door as practical, and as soon as it senses the door angle change, it can notify or trigger whatever event is desired. You don't even need to screw it to the door; it comes with double-sided tape which is more than adequate to hold up the sensor. The only caveat there is that in extreme temps, either very cold or very hot, the tape could potentially fail.
Until somebody out there decides to package this sensor with a momentary switch that releases without having to create a trigger, this is the simplest and cleanest solution I have seen. Slap in the battery, quickly pair it to your system, tape it to your garage door, and you're in business! No measuring, aligning, building, etc. required. Add one of the available contact switches out there, and you have a complete door sensor / remote controlled operating solution. I will update this post as soon as I can get the relay switch purchased, installed and hopefully working!
Until then, at least I don't have to wonder if the door was left open! Hopefully I'll remember to check my phone app before I get too far down the road!
This works fine as a zwave device but it doesn’t trigger until about 45° off from vertical. I was hoping this would tell me when the garage door is ajar, but the smallest gap it can detect on my door is about 15 inches. A one foot gap is plenty big to be a problem but my system thinks it’s closed.r /> I tried to open it up and adjust the angle of the sensor but when you put the cover back on it pushes it back into the too-upright angle.
I wish it had two differently calibrated tilt sensors in it so I could know if the door is a little open or a lot open. I’ll probably end up building my own with an accelerometer chip.
What I do like is that this is a super cheap zwave device. Those are hard to find.
Other things I don’t like: no zwave security level at all. There are extra “switch” contacts on the circuit board but I don’t know what they’re for; I’d like it to send additional zwave commands so I could add my own sensors to a cheap $10 zwave board. Then I’d buy several.Read more
Amazon Customer
Verified Purchase
Ecolink DOES work great with Ring system
Reviewed in the United States on September 3, 2024
This is a fantastic product to install on your garage to let you know if your door is open or closed. No longer wondering if I shut the garage door when I left and no more driving back to check. It does connect to the Ring app as follows:
Here's how to add a Z-Wave sensor to the Ring Alar...m app:
Open the Ring app and go to Set Up Device
Select Security Device and then Sensor
Scroll to the bottom and select Add Manually
Click the Z-Wave logo and then Add
Press the button to pair the device
The Ecolink Garage Door Tilt Sensor is compatible with the Ring Alarm Security System. Some recommend using the included "security" screw to keep the sensor from coming off the mounting bracket.
Take care to mount as suggested like my picture. I used the sticky 2-sided mounting tape to cleaned door area. Works flawlessly - don't believe the posts that say you can't do it.Read more
Customer Reviews, including Product Star Ratings help customers to learn more about the product and decide whether it is the right product for them.
To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, Amazon doesn't use a simple average. Instead, Amazon's system considers things like how recent a review is and if the reviewer bought the item on Amazon. It also analyzed reviews to verify trustworthiness.
1Ring Alarm and all Ring Alarm accessories require a compatible Ring subscription (sold separately) for digital arming/disarming and certain other in-app features.
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