@Federico_Grandoso
Just wanted to give you an update that I was able to try this out and it does still seem to work. The one quirk being that you may need to use the SmartThings Classic app to change the setting.
After making the change, the existing contact attribute begins reporting the open/close status based on the position of the main physical sensor as if it was attached to a garage door (and as if the magnetic contact part doesn’t exist anymore).
You can try this out yourself if you’d like.
- Open the SmartThings Classic app and make sure the Multipurpose Sensor is configured to act like a Garage Door sensor as noted in the linked article.
Note: I had to make this device setting change in the Classic app. The ‘new’ Samsung SmartThings app also offered the setting, but it didn’t do anything. Once I made the setting change in the Classic app, I was able to see the status update as expected in the device screen for the new app.
- When the sensor is oriented vertically, the
contactattribute will reportclosed - When the sensor is oriented horizontally, the
contactattribute will reportopen
Imagine the sensor being attached to a panel on your garage door and the above states start to make sense.
- When the garage door is closed, the garage door panels are vertical and thus the sensor being vertical indicates closed.
- When the garage door is open (raised) the garage door panels start to become horizontal and thus the sensor reports open.
I’d recommend installing it on one of your upper garage door panels as those are the ones that start going horizontal first and return vertical last. That way you get the best accuracy you can as to whether the garage is fully closed.
