# Optical Smoke Detectors Mandatory in NL from 1 July **URL:** \ **Category:** Devices\ **Created:** [May 26, 2022, 7:22am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/optical-smoke-detectors-mandatory-in-nl-from-1-july/64065 "2022-05-26T07:22:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Daniel\_Pointer-Tax](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/daniel_pointer-tax/32/25357_2.png) [@Daniel\_Pointer-Tax](https://community.homey.app/u/Daniel_Pointer-Tax)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2022, 7:22am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/optical-smoke-detectors-mandatory-in-nl-from-1-july/64065/1 "2022-05-26T07:22:12Z")
From 1 July 2022 it will be mandatory to install optical smoke detectors in all Dutch homes. As I have to buy new ones for my house anyway, I obviously would like Smart ones. Can anyone recommend a particular type or brand of detector that conforms to the new law and works well with Homey? There’s a good article about the new law written by a Ziggo community user, here (in Dutch): [Rookmelders per 1 juli 2022 verplicht in bestaande bouw](https://community.ziggo.nl/t5/Kennisbank/Rookmelders-per-1-juli-2022-verplicht-in-bestaande-bouw/ba-p/927721?utm_campaign=AM0522&utm_medium=email&utm_medium=email&utm_source=Spotler&utm_term=CommunityZiggo&utm_term=slimme%20rookmelders) ---
**Author:** ![robertklep](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/robertklep/32/160628_2.png) [@robertklep](https://community.homey.app/u/robertklep)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2022, 7:45am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/optical-smoke-detectors-mandatory-in-nl-from-1-july/64065/2 "2022-05-26T07:45:08Z")
> [@Daniel\_Pointer-Tax](#): > > From 1 July 2022 it will be mandatory to install optical smoke detectors in all Dutch homes. To be clear, they don’t have to be smart (at least for existing buildings). ---
**Author:** ![Daniel\_Pointer-Tax](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/daniel_pointer-tax/32/25357_2.png) [@Daniel\_Pointer-Tax](https://community.homey.app/u/Daniel_Pointer-Tax)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2022, 8:00am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/optical-smoke-detectors-mandatory-in-nl-from-1-july/64065/3 "2022-05-26T08:00:37Z")
Thanks, so it’s just new buildings that have to be smart then. They do need to be optical though (photoelectric) as apposed to ionisation, if I understand it correctly. Obviously being a Homey user I want to add smart detectors, so any recommendations? ---
**Author:** ![robertklep](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/robertklep/32/160628_2.png) [@robertklep](https://community.homey.app/u/robertklep)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2022, 8:03am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/optical-smoke-detectors-mandatory-in-nl-from-1-july/64065/4 "2022-05-26T08:03:21Z")
> [@Daniel\_Pointer-Tax](#): > > Thanks, so it’s just new buildings that have to be smart then. Not in the way that you seem to suggest (that you can use them for home automation). In new buildings, they have to be interlinked with each other. ---
**Author:** ![Daniel\_Pointer-Tax](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/daniel_pointer-tax/32/25357_2.png) [@Daniel\_Pointer-Tax](https://community.homey.app/u/Daniel_Pointer-Tax)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2022, 8:06am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/optical-smoke-detectors-mandatory-in-nl-from-1-july/64065/5 "2022-05-26T08:06:56Z")
okay thanks, I think I will change my question, because what I really want is recommendations for Smart Detectors. ---
**Author:** ![BvL](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/bvl/32/47833_2.png) [@BvL](https://community.homey.app/u/BvL)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2022, 11:56am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/optical-smoke-detectors-mandatory-in-nl-from-1-july/64065/6 "2022-05-29T11:56:52Z")
Hi Daniel, I recently bought 3 smart smoke detectors and a smoke/co-detector. [https://www.smarthomebeveiliging.nl/product/slimme-rookmelder/](https://www.smarthomebeveiliging.nl/product/slimme-rookmelder/) is the one I choose. It isnt directly compatible with Homey, but I managed to get it to work by webhooks. So now, when it detects smoke or co, the lights will turn on in my house. Works fine so far, and did cost a lot less than the Fibaro ones. If you need any more explanation, let me know. ---
**Author:** ![victoroos](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/victoroos/32/8344_2.png) [@victoroos](https://community.homey.app/u/victoroos)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2022, 4:02pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/optical-smoke-detectors-mandatory-in-nl-from-1-july/64065/7 "2022-05-31T16:02:47Z")
If you find one, which is smart working nicely…and not too expensive maybe, that would be great! ---
**Author:** ![prosumer](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/prosumer/32/166478_2.png) [@prosumer](https://community.homey.app/u/prosumer)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2022, 7:34pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/optical-smoke-detectors-mandatory-in-nl-from-1-july/64065/8 "2022-06-11T19:34:09Z")
> [@BvL](#): > > I managed to get it to work by webhooks How do you do that? ---
**Author:** ![Peter\_Kawa](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/peter_kawa/32/173848_2.png) [@Peter\_Kawa](https://community.homey.app/u/Peter_Kawa)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2022, 7:54pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/optical-smoke-detectors-mandatory-in-nl-from-1-july/64065/9 "2022-06-11T19:54:09Z")
Macrodroid f.i. can read the app alarm notifications and send specific webhooks. ---
**Author:** ![prosumer](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/prosumer/32/166478_2.png) [@prosumer](https://community.homey.app/u/prosumer)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2022, 8:02pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/optical-smoke-detectors-mandatory-in-nl-from-1-july/64065/10 "2022-06-11T20:02:02Z")
> [@Peter\_Kawa](#): > > Macrodroid That’s probably an Android App? I’m in the Apple ecosystem, so this won’t work for me… ---
**Author:** ![prosumer](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/prosumer/32/166478_2.png) [@prosumer](https://community.homey.app/u/prosumer)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2022, 8:07pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/optical-smoke-detectors-mandatory-in-nl-from-1-july/64065/11 "2022-06-11T20:07:11Z")
Probably too many (incompatible?) requirements, but anyone aware of a smoke detector that: - is EU approved - is supported by Homey (or HomeKit or Homebridge) - can be exported to HomeKit - has a battery that lasts 10 years - can be connected to other identical detectors (without a hub) - has no LED (or one that can be disabled in normal operation) ---
**Author:** ![Peter\_Kawa](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/peter_kawa/32/173848_2.png) [@Peter\_Kawa](https://community.homey.app/u/Peter_Kawa)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2022, 8:10pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/optical-smoke-detectors-mandatory-in-nl-from-1-july/64065/12 "2022-06-11T20:10:14Z")
> [@prosumer](#): > > I’m in the Apple ecosystem I see. For iphone you can take a look at the “Tasker” (Opdrachten in Dutch) app. Maybe it can run commands when a specific app notification occurs. ![Screenshot_20220611-220653_Firefox](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/uploads/athom/original/3X/f/7/f74a88320ab6b67e5012024d3573c45a4c662e96.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![prosumer](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/prosumer/32/166478_2.png) [@prosumer](https://community.homey.app/u/prosumer)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2022, 8:47pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/optical-smoke-detectors-mandatory-in-nl-from-1-july/64065/13 "2022-06-11T20:47:51Z")
Looks like Apple’s Shortcuts App. Unfortunately it can’t do that (and third party Apps definitely not).