Would love if you could expand the colors of the indoor part of the deadbolt aside from just black. Even adding white would make me more likely to add this lock to other doors. However right now we use it only on the doorway to the garage because black is too industrial looking. It won’t look nice in my foyer or on my patio doors. It’s the only thing keeping me from buying two more.
The geofence range for auto unlock needs to be able to be set much smaller than 300m. It would be nice to have smaller ranges like 100m or even 50m
MDU Super Administration capability for UL3 or any U-Tec lock…
Would like to recommend a feature to allow a property to have Super Administration access for establishing a private code that is used only for HOA & Fire Dept. Our jurisdiction requires emergency access to a unit in the event of an emergency. If we applied the same code in the lock for say HOA, then every user would effectively have access to every other unit in the software’s current form. Right now, we are setting individual codes for each unit, which is difficult to track/change and not accepted by the Fire Dept. The Fire Dept would love to issue an unlock code and all doors unlock, but would accept having a private secure code. Same for the HOA. We need access in the event of water leaks, contractor access, or escorting 1st responders (Police, Fire, Ambulance, etc…). Individual owners code opt-in via your software to allow an HOA app or different door view within existing app for an authorized number of users. As people rotate off the HOA and new members come on, then the codes can be rotated as well. If we could see this app work across all U-Tec models, then we could also move to replace all locks with U-Tec. We have approximately 16x UL3 locks in our 30 unit building.
I would really like a brass finish lock!
If it’s possible, on wifi models , could use the wifi network to auto-unlock the door when the phone gets onto the same network as the lock AND the phone is within the geofence. Use geofence to tell the app to start looking for the wifi network and the when it gets onto the same network, unlock the door.
It would also be nice to have the option to disable auto-lock when you’re within the geofence or on the same wifi network. The idea here being if you have a house and are sitting outside, it would keep you (and your guests if you have some over) from needing to unlock the door when it gets shut.
It would be great if you could leave the green light and maybe flash the red when locked every 15 seconds or so, still not using much battery power.
Please release a z wave version of the Latch 5.
Based on my interaction with Support, I don’t believe this feature exists.
Currently the app for a ultraloq ul3 bt (2nd gen) wifi bridge does not allow for the following which is essential for any Airbnb host:
The app should allow you to set for temporary users: to set a code for a certain start time on a specific date and for the code to expire on a specific date at a specific time. This essentially the scenario when you check in and out of any hotel anywhere. Here’s the example:
An airbnb guest check time is 4pm on March 1. Their check out time is March 9 at 10AM. I want the code to start (or be active) starting at 4pm on March 1 and I want the code to expire at 10AM on March 9.
I find it hard to believe this doesn’t work currently and was one of the reasons I bought the lock. It appears you have the ability to set dates and times but each time I try to set them, they don’t work.
I was hoping that you could add enabling/disabling Passage mode to the IFTTT integration. At least that would allow the lock to work with most home automation systems (I use Homeseer) as a work around before making the API available.
I have a pool house lock that I would like to put into passage mode when my alarm is disarmed. Then when I set my alarm, I want all my locks to lock and return to normal mode. If you can add the IFTTT integration, I can use home automation to set up the alarm triggers.
Auto-lock off time limit — after turning off auto-lock, prompt the user to see if this is a temporary change (and they want to revert it back to auto-lock after a certain time from).
Use case example: hosting a party/event where you want folks to let themselves in/out freely. But don’t want to forget to reset auto lock at the end of the night. For example, I usually take my dog out late at night and might assume the door locks after me — this is right before I head to bed. If I hosted an event that night, and forgot to turn auto lock back on, I might end up leaving my house unlocked all night. May or may not be speaking from experience haha. Can see this potentially being easier to implement/maybe an MVP toward scheduling auto lock (like others have mentioned above)
Inspired by: Facebook Messenger’s mute function, where it can be indefinite or temporary, depending on your response. See screenshot:
I’d like the option for the Latch 5 series to stay unlocked. I currently have it on my office and I have to unlock it each time someone comes in. If there was an option to turn off auto unlock and instead lock it manually like the deadbolt series. We have bought plenty of your locks and this is the first issue we have run into. You make awesome locks!
Hi Daniel, have you considered using the lock mode->passage function? It could potentially achieve the same results, so it’s worth giving it a try.
We did try it but its so slow switching back and forth. Its takes a couple minutes until the settings have saved.
I’m sorry, could you please tell me the difference between disabling auto lock and switching to passage mode? Because I think disabling the auto-lock and enabling it back will also take some time.
This lock doesnt have the option to disable auto lock. It only lets you increase the time to 5 minutes. If it would have that option it would be perfect since we could always have autolock disabled.
We just don’t want to have to switch it back and forth from passage mode 5+ times a day.
Sorry, but disabling the auto-lock means your lock always stays in the passage mode until you enable it back. It will function like a handle.
Two fearures that would be nice. I use three ultraloq to manage airbnbs so I’m constantly creating new codes for users.
Swipe to delete a user — instead of having to click on the user, wait for it to load, then click delete, it’d be much more efficient to simply swipe and be able to disable or delete right there. I thought this used to be a feature?
Auto-delete temporary users. What’s the point of me using temporary users if they don’t auto delete after their designated time period? It’d be nice to be able to customize a couple of these settings:
A) change the default time period (instead of 1 month I’d rather 1 week)
B) change the auto delete time frame — you could choose 1 day, week, or month after the temp time period to delete from the users
This is a HUGE safety issue and disqualifies this lock for use with a short term rental. if you can’t bound the start time of the access by a certain time on the first and last day of access you can’t use it. People have asked for this for years now. It seems like simple code to me. Why hasn’t it been done???
Jones14,
What lock are you currently using at the moment?
William
Agree! We have been trying to keep track of battery life. An advance warning would be great.
