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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
Works Like A Charm
Reviewed in the United States on January 13, 2014
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!
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.
Reviewed in the United States on September 13, 2019
I installed this in early April 2019 with the original ball switch intact. Several reviews talked about the switch failing after a short period of time, so I wanted to see how long it would last. This sensor replaced a SmartThings multi-purpose sensor adapted to a garage door application as they c...laim is possible. The ST sensor never reliably stayed connected, and reconnecting was always trial and error, guessing whether it would connect or not even when meticulously following the instructions. Then, it was a miracle if it stayed connected more than a few days or couple of weeks. Very frustrating! On the other hand, this Z-Wave Plus sensor connected easily the first time and has remained connected for 5 months! The ball switch worked reliably until a couple of weeks ago then started falsely indicating "Open" after the garage door was closed. I had purchased mercury filled switches when I bought the sensor, so the ball switch was changed out in favor of the mercury switch. The picture showing the mercury switch has it about 30 degrees up from the small circuit board, but 45 degrees or more will help it indicate “Open” earlier in the door cycle. You may need to angle the whole sensor as explained by another reviewer.
Also, after 5 months, battery life is still indicating 100%. I'm not sure that's accurate, but as I said, the sensor has remained connected the entire time and reconnected automatically after repositioning it following the switch change out. The ST sensor would kill a battery after only a few weeks of operation - and poor operation at that!
The ST sensor does have a temperature indication, which is nice, but it was rarely available due to connectivity issues. And, temperature is readily available through other means these days.
Bottom line is that this sensor is outstanding. It earns 4 stars rather than 5 because of the unreliable ball switch. If you need a simple, affordable, reliable garage door open/close sensor, this is the one to get.Read more
Amazon Customer
Verified Purchase
Unreliable to start, worse over time, worthless 6 months after purchase
Reviewed in the United States on May 26, 2015
Update: Downgraded from 2 stars to 1 star, and changed title of review. It's been a little over 6 months since I bought the Ecolink Tilt Sensor and put it into service. Unfortunately, it became less and less reliable over time, with more and more false positives. At this point, when it says "he...y the garage door is open!", now about 50% of the time the garage door turns out NOT to be open. This makes it worthless, because as you'd expect, nobody pays attention to the alerts anymore. Several other reviewers had mentioned this thing becoming less reliable over time, but as frustrated as I was with the 97% original accuracy, even I didn't expect it to descend to 50% within 6 months. (As mentioned in the earlier review, it started out not completely accurate, but still usable, at 97%.) In case there is suspicion that maybe I'm using this thing in Point Barrow on an industrial door, I'm not. I had very garden variety usage and expectations here-- our garage door opens maybe 2-3 times a day and I'm in a relatively temperate and dry place-- and it's mounted inside-- so this thing had every opportunity to work fine. I rarely feel compelled to write negative reviews, but, man, this sensor was a terrible disappointment. I'm replacing it with a SmartThings Multi sensor which I hope will do better, and this thing is going in the recycle bin.
Original review: <> I bought this to use with our SmartThings system, and detect garage door open-ness.
On the plus side, it did integrate easily with SmartThings. It was easy to install. The indicator light showing what state it's in, works. It makes a nice, soft, decorous "click" noise when it changes state. The design is appealing-- something about it made me just plain want to like it immediately. Also on the plus side, about 97% of the time it accurately reports whether it is in the closed state or open state.
The down side is, I can only say "97% of the time". And that other 3% of the time is a huge problem. Since I added this sensor to our system, it's happened about twice a month that the sensor has reported the door wasn't closed, leading to panic. But sure enough, it turned out every time that the door was closed, contrary to what the sensor said.
I feel at first like a bit of a whiner complaining-- after all 97% is an A in school, right? But there are some applications where 97% just isn't good enough. For instance, imagine a brand of car brakes or tires operated correctly 97% of the time, but a mere 3% of the times you were driving to work they would fail. Or imagine a Pasteurizing machine in use at a juice factory, that 97% of the time, successfully killed all the germs in the juice but maybe 3% of the time there was a small chance there would be botulism contamination. Obviously, nobody would buy either of these. Similarly, a sensor that is used in a security setting really needs to be bulletproof. 97% just doesn't cut it.
The problem with regularly occurring false positives, is it becomes like "The Boy Who Cried Wolf". So far, every time this sensor has warned that the sky was falling, it turned out to be malarkey, and this happens often enough that nobody pays attention to the alerts anymore.
Now, I should say one plus on this front-- I don't believe I've had a false negative with this sensor yet-- only false positives. I'd certainly rather the sensor erred on the side of telling me the door was open when it isn't, than the opposite, not bothering to tell me if it is open when it really is. But I have a sinking feeling maybe the only reason I haven't had a false negative yet is that there isn't much chance for it to occur, and that eventually it should happen.
I had read somewhere that there were some questions about this sensor's reliability, but I am surprised to find it to be true, since it's a mechanical sensor which I would ordinarily associate with being reliable. In fact, my rate of false positives is about what I've read other people experience with this sensor. I guess I should have known what to expect based on the reviews I'd read... but this is widely the most suggested dedicated garage door sensor to use with SmartThings. All I can guess is the mechanism inside is either not well made, or not a good design in the first place. Or maybe I'm missing something-- maybe all garage door sensors are widely known to be notoriously unreliable or something like that. But it's difficult for me to imagine how anyone could use them if they were all as unreliable as this one. It's difficult for me to come up with an application I'd recommend this sensor for. Maybe controlling the garage lights-- like "turn off the garage lights when I leave"-- or "turn down the thermostat when I leave" or "turn on the stairway light when I arrive". Something where, if it fails to do it 3% of the time it wouldn't be a problem.
PS, on a side note, it's worth pointing out that this isn't a true "tilt" sensor-- it isn't measuring "tilt". It's measuring whether the sensor is in a vertical or horizontal state, but it has no awareness of any gradation between those. For instance it can't determine "I'm tilted, but only at 45 degrees". In itself, this isn't a deal breaker-- if the sensor were more reliable that'd be good enough for garage door open-ness detection. Of course, since it can't even detect "open" vs "closed" reliably, it isn't.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.
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