Is there a way other than creating a rule that I can get HE to alert me when any of my battery devices' batteries are below a certain threshold? I was hoping for a more automatic way that way if I add a new battery device, I don't need to remember to change the rule too.
Everything Ive found says a rule is the only way to do this.
For something rudimentary, you can sort on battery level on the device page.
But this would require me to activly get on the computer and look, right? I'm looking for more of an automated "reminder" type solution.
I think there's an app. Maybe search for it. I forget what it's called.
The levels aren't that accurate, generally speaking.
correct....they definatly are not accurate. But to be honest, they don't need to be for me.
I searched for an app, but didn't find anything, but I easily could have missed something too.
I did the following in 2 minutes with the built in Notifications app.
I have no idea if it really works.
I think I tried it once, and wasn't happy.
Battery Monitor
Works great for me. The levels can be way off but that is a device level issue, I believe.
Cool app. Thanks for the suggestion. I wish it would automatically look at all devices with batteries rather than require me to manually add a new device at a later date.....oh well. First World Problems.
I really like Device Activity Check. You can monitor battery levels as well as if a device is no longer communicating.
I don't ever recall seeing an app that will automatically look for battery operated devices to monitor.
Must be able to make one that daily looks for battery devices and adds them to its list/subscrubes
@velvetfoot FYI that monitor all devices setting will work for all devices at the time you click done within that app. Any new devices added after are not automagically monitored. You would need to go back into that app and clicking done again so that new devices get the app subscription
Nice. I never noticed that option to monitor battery level. Thanks for showing me the option is there!
The problem I see with this approach is there are some devices that will go several months at 1% and others that quit when they get below 30% and many In-between.
I have identical devices that have different battery thresholds. I think I have at least 7 different levels set up in activity monitor and will still have some batteries die without hitting the threshold.
Other than door locks and a couple of motion sensors, I usually just wait for the device to stop reporting and then change the battery. I receive a report at 6pm everyday of my devices battery health.
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