I installed the Virtual Battery app written by Simon Burke. This app has a setBattery() function. Then I created a virtual water sensor. I'd like to set the battery level of the virtual device I created to test my low battery notification rule. Can someone explain how to make this call with setB…

[image] ritchierich: My SmartThings/Centralite leak sensors stay at 0% for 5+ months before they finally die. Yes, that's a very good point too... I recall jtp10181 saying that he's had devices go for another ~6 months at 0%.

[image] zbernie123: I posted it in the driver category That would have been a better fit. However, it looks like you selected the Ask Anything sub-category and added the driver tag: [image] When you create a post, the category/subcategory fields are on the left and the optional tags on the…

[image] hydro311: I just wait for my Device Activity Check app Same here, I still haven't bothered writing the checks into an app since this is so simple in Webcore. Activity checks are about the only thing I still use Webcore for. I use different time frames for different devices. The bas…

Got it. I thought it was just the optional tags that specified the location of the message.

I went to create a "Device Activity Check" in Rule Machine. Can you tell me what trigger or conditional trigger you use to check a device for activity? I didn't see anything that matches. -Thanks [image]

[image] [RELEASE] Device Activity Check - Get notifications for "inactive" devices Custom Apps (Putting this at the top to make it easier to find...explanation of the app is below.) This app is available on GitHub and is also available from Hubitat Package Manager: To …

Great thanks! This definitely sounds useful.

[image] zbernie123: I went to create a "Device Activity Check" in Rule Machine. I'll just say there's a reason I wrote the app instead. :slight_smile: You can sort of do something similar if there's only one particular event (or few) that you care about in RM, but it's different approach comp…

Thanks for the info, I had no idea prior to my post that battery monitoring was so flakey. And thanks for writing the app, it sounds very useful!

I installed the app, and selected the devices to monitor. I only selected devices with batteries. So then I removed the battery from one of the leak sensors. [image] Then when I click on View Current Report it shows 8 of the 10 devices I selected to monitor. Should the device with the battery …

Can someone explain how to use the setBattery() function? (Or: How to use Device Activity Check)

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