# Non z-wave door/window sensor, any tips? **URL:** \ **Category:** Devices\ **Created:** [November 9, 2019, 12:55pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/non-z-wave-door-window-sensor-any-tips/20450 "2019-11-09T12:55:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![JonE](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f9ae1b/32.png) [@JonE](https://community.homey.app/u/JonE)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2019, 12:15pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/non-z-wave-door-window-sensor-any-tips/20450/48 "2019-11-16T12:15:46Z")
I now see that the doorsensor directly connects to homey instead of via one of the nodes, see screenshot. How can I enforce that it connects via the smart switch? ![Screenshot_20191116-131320](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/uploads/athom/original/3X/4/7/476251026418f3b0d459753d0b3b87f1e2c2127c.png) ---
**Author:** ![DirkG](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/dirkg/32/118897_2.png) [@DirkG](https://community.homey.app/u/DirkG)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2019, 12:30pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/non-z-wave-door-window-sensor-any-tips/20450/49 "2019-11-16T12:30:39Z")
The sensor doesn’t seem to have had a working route yet. I would place the sensor close to the Smart Switch and then click on “Heal”. Then the sensor must be woken up directly (I think 3x quickly press the small button inside). Then check if the sensor is routed over the Smart Switch. Then I would place the sensor at its destination and check it. ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/uploads/athom/original/3X/d/b/db18e9261ce22677db5984081fc50aa98842c335.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![JonE](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f9ae1b/32.png) [@JonE](https://community.homey.app/u/JonE)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2019, 12:44pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/non-z-wave-door-window-sensor-any-tips/20450/50 "2019-11-16T12:44:36Z")
Thanks @DirkG that did the trick! Awesome. ---
**Author:** ![JonE](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f9ae1b/32.png) [@JonE](https://community.homey.app/u/JonE)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2019, 1:06pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/non-z-wave-door-window-sensor-any-tips/20450/51 "2019-11-16T13:06:57Z")
![15739095019027028778922182063610](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/uploads/athom/original/3X/d/1/d14dae75eadfd98f6b3ad9172115ec53b5ed7daa.jpeg) Only thing is… Why does it keep giving the tampering alarm? It is just fixed to my door, standing still. ![Screenshot_20191116-140440](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/uploads/athom/original/3X/7/5/755b0f5060ce0c535775c7ffd4e063cc63f2a479.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![DirkG](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/dirkg/32/118897_2.png) [@DirkG](https://community.homey.app/u/DirkG)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2019, 1:23pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/non-z-wave-door-window-sensor-any-tips/20450/52 "2019-11-16T13:23:16Z")
I suspect the tamper alarm will go off after a certain amount of time. ---
**Author:** ![RonnyW](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/ronnyw/32/10879_2.png) [@RonnyW](https://community.homey.app/u/RonnyW)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2019, 1:42pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/non-z-wave-door-window-sensor-any-tips/20450/53 "2019-11-16T13:42:36Z")
While the sensor is offline, Homey will not get an update from it. After reconnecting, the alarm should be off. ---
**Author:** ![JonE](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f9ae1b/32.png) [@JonE](https://community.homey.app/u/JonE)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2019, 2:54pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/non-z-wave-door-window-sensor-any-tips/20450/54 "2019-11-16T14:54:32Z")
No this is not the case unfortunately. It will set the contact alarm correctly but it keeps (even after 2 hours) the tampering alarm still sticks to ‘on’. Really strange… ---
**Author:** ![DirkG](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/dirkg/32/118897_2.png) [@DirkG](https://community.homey.app/u/DirkG)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2019, 4:48pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/non-z-wave-door-window-sensor-any-tips/20450/55 "2019-11-16T16:48:47Z")
The default WakeUp interval is 86400 seconds (= 24 h). ---
**Author:** ![Igy](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/igy/32/22144_2.png) [@Igy](https://community.homey.app/u/Igy)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2019, 5:44pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/non-z-wave-door-window-sensor-any-tips/20450/56 "2019-11-16T17:44:39Z")
Try to open and close the case of the door sensor (activate tamper alarm again). I had this problem with Fibaro sensor, there was also one tamper button from the bottom of sensor that need to be pressed once sensor is intalled. [Previous page](https://community.homey.app/t/non-z-wave-door-window-sensor-any-tips/20450.md?page=2)