I have a few hundred devices (Zwave, Zigbee, other stuff... some wired, most battery, etc). I'd love to figure out how to build a dashboard for only the battery powered devices, showing their charge level. I then want to customize the dashboard to remove a few devices that incorrectly pretend they h…

Also Device Activity Check is good for devices that show battery level, but it isn't correct. DAC is available from HPM or read about it here: [image] [RELEASE] Device Activity Check - Get notifications for "inactive" devices Custom Apps (Putting this at the top to make i…

[quote="[RELEASE] Device Activity Check - Get notifications for "inactive" devices, post:1, topic:42176"] b [/quote] yeah I've been trying to get DAC dialed-in, but haven't succeeded with that yet. It's just noise so far.

[image] mexpsdw: It's just noise so far. What do you mean??? Once installed, simply pick what devices to monitor and set it for around 15 hours (this should encompass everything checking in within that period). Send a notification at specific time to specific device so you can see whats up.

Not sure exactly how you're using DAC, but note that there are (at least) two different configurations that could help you: checking the actual battery level or checking for time since last activity. I've really given up on the former since reporting from most devices is so unreliable -- and you're …

Am I doing this right? I've hat this rule configured for a few hours now, I have a handful of devices that are clearly reporting below 33% battery, but HSM hasn't given me a single notification. WTF? [BatteryBelow33_Armed]

Have your devices actually sent an event since configuring the rule? You'll need an event to actually get the notification. Nothing will happen right away (at the time of rule creation) as a result of any current state, even if it meets your criteria. You can check the "Events" button on the device…

Since Hubitat hasn't registered a change since you implemented the rule you won't get a notification until the offending devices check in and report a lower change. That said I set mine for 20%. Devices check in once about every 12 hours. This is what mine looks like [image]

hmm... so this rule is event driven based on a device checking in? If that's true, then I guess an obvious "best practice" is to pair battery level along with device-check-in rules... anything that's truly gone to zero/dead will never check in... and thus never alert. More carefully stated: if a d…

They will likely never report zero either... I e. They can't, the battery is dead. Like @bertabcd1234 mentioned, battery readings can really only be used as a guide, but many don't report accurately. The trick, like others have described, is to work out the pattern of events for each device. Sens…

[image] mexpsdw: so this rule is event driven based on a device checking in? This is correct.

Autobuild a dashboard for all battery devices?

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Slate July 10, 2023, 3:21am 21

Here is the information that Gary is talking about.