Hi
I'm new to home automation/Hubiat and having some issues getting started
I have 2 Fibaro Flood Sensors and successfully paired both of them.
I've used the built in'Fibaro Flood Sensor' driver for both.
Both sensors report perfectly for 1-3 hours after the pairing, but then suddenly stops reporting updates back to the hub.
For both sensor i can see that the last events before the failure shows 'Syncing.. ' and 'Synced': #Flood sensor 1 #syncStatus Synced FloodSensor#Kitchen: syncStatus is Synced DEVICE 018-11-21 08:54:02.179 PM CET #syncStatus Syncing... FloodSensor#Kitchen: syncStatus is Syncing... DEVICE 2018-11-21 08:53:50.120 PM CET
Flood Sensor 2 #syncStatus Synced Device: syncStatus is Synced DEVICE 2018-11-22 06:50:26.648 PM CET #syncStatus Syncing... Device: syncStatus is Syncing...DEVICE 2018-11-22 06:50:14.614 PM CET
I've tried removing the devices and resetting then before adding them back in just to end up with the same issues 3-4 times now
HI - thank you for the reply:)
I mean that when I open the device from Hubitat device list I can see that 'Current states' are not updating (although they did update for the first 1-3 hrs -then stopped..)
E.g if I shake the sensor I would expect 'Acceleration' to change to 'Active',
Or if I put the device on a wet surface 'Water' should update from 'dry' to 'wet'
For both examples above the sensor starts beeping as a reaction to acceleration or wet surface.
Also abviously rules set to wait for 'water' to become 'wet' is not triggering
Both my new Flood Sensors are having this same issue - so i would expect that something is not working as intended with the driver, hub or i have misconfigured something..
I've now removed and added back in one of the flood sensors, and placed it in the same room as the Hub to exclude signal issue but still the same result..
As earlier the sensor stops reporting acceleration, temprature and water after about one hour
Device info:
I just looked at mine and I have temperature reporting set to 5 minutes, but the last event was from August 14th...
I just triggered it and it successfully created the water and acceleration events which set off my automations so at least for me, the device is working fine, but there's some kind of issue with the temp reporting.
Mine report fine every time the temperature changes 0.5 of a degree.
The only thing mine are powered to a wall plug and the battery is backup.
from the manual
When battery powered, a FIBARO Flood Sensor communicates with a Z-Wave network main controller periodically. Detected alarms are sent immediately, but configuration parameters and associations settings only at specified wake up intervals, or at a manual wake up (TMP button click).
In DC powering mode, configuration and associations parameters are sent when necessary, and in addition a sensor serves as a Z-Wave signal repeater.
note: Switching to a constant voltage powering mode:
Remove the sensor from the Z-Wave network
Connect constant voltage power source (12/24 VDC) to +12 and GND terminals
Add the FIBARO Flood Sensor to the Z-Wave network
So you will have to remove the device and re add it once you have DC power added
Yeah I also noticed that the device seems to use more battery than expected as I only been using the device for a few days and already battery has gode from 100% to 44%.
I dont think a battery change would fix this as I have two Fibaro Flood sensor, both having the exact same problem.. Why i think the problem is either my configuration or the hub itself
Now I've tried to reset the zwave-stick, and after that I can nolonger add in zwave devices. Currently waiting for feeback from support on how fix this or maybe reset the Hub..
Hi NoWon, thanks for the suggestion:)
Unfortunately i dont have any power supply where i want to place the sensors - also i cannot really se that this is supported on this device? There was no power supply added with the sensor from Fibaro, and the casing does not have any socket to place a power supply.
I have the same one (two of them actually)
no it is not supplied you have supply your own 12-24 volt power supply and wire to two screws inside the unit.
I just used a power supply from my junk drawer and cut the end off of it. Just make sure they are 12-24 volt units. Fibaro manual
I've now connetected a 12v power supply to the flood Sensor and it has been working as expectedfor 3 days straight. Before i'added power supply it would only report for 1-2 hours.
Seems this sensor need a power supply although there is no power supply provided out of the box.
Maybe it works better with native fibaro home senter.
Out of curiosity when your powered does your device hum at all? I know the wall plug by itself is silent. I know the flood sensor with the battery is silent, but when I connect the wall plug to the flood sensor it makes a noticeable humming noise. Seems to run but not sure if the noise is normal.
Sounds like it's coming from the flood sensor. Want to make sure I have the right power supply before I start cutting off additional connectors from some of the supplies sitting around.
On a side note, did anyone hook up the sens1 and sens2 connectors? On mine I have only done that and didn't try without them, but when I put the external probe in water the main unit beeps. When I put the main unit on some water it flashes but never alarms.
So I have a second unit. Same deal. Funny thing is when the light is on for the unit which is normally all the time it seems, it makes this low pitched squealing noise. When the light goes out temporarily it goes quiet for that second. So the original unit is toast. Not in the traditional sense. The screws that hold down the power supply. When you turn them they clamp down on the wires. I loosened the screws and couldn't figure out why I couldn't get the wires back in again. Those clamps refuse to go back up again. Tried to wedge a screw driver in and force them up but no joy.
