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What happens if the 2nd signal (after the 200ms delay) is never received? Would keeping the relay closed like that cause any issues?

I wonder if a more "robust" way to handle this would be a custom microcontroller on the receiving end that receives a single Zigbee signal and implements the 200ms delay internally.




It's possible it just melts the relay, possible there is logic to notice and open it, or possible just nothing happens.

There are other products I've used (https://www.amazon.com/MultiRelay-ZEN16-Sprinklers-Fireplace...) which don't have that issue because they handle the pulse logic internally, you set a z-wave option which says "pulse output 1 for 200ms" and then you call a trigger which says "pulse output 1" vs "output 1 on, wait 200ms, output 1 off"

Using that for some years on my garage door opener to make my "smart" garage door smart without paying them $20/month or whatever the stupid fee was.




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