Hello, I have noticed that when a device battery suddenly dies, my low battery notifications brake. Is there a way to poll devices within Hubitat to alert when they do not respond. Thanks

There is a battery monitoring app that I need to lookup the name of, but I primarily use @bptworld 's device watchdog for things like this. It can produce a number of reports and alerts on device status information, including battery status. Alternatively you could also setup some basic RM rules t…

[image] sburke781: There is a battery monitoring app that I need to lookup the name of [image] ZWave Repair Issues Devices Yeah, I have a battery checker also.

[image] sburke781: There is a battery monitoring app that I need to lookup the name of [RELEASE] Battery Level Notifications - Developers / Code Share - Hubitat this one?

Looking at it again, it's actually the notifications built-in app, it includes options to notify on battery levels.

I use a dashboard. [image] Looks like one of my shades and some motion sensors needs their batteries swapped. Just pick your device, and select the battery template. These reports have been mostly accurate. Rechargeable batteries tend to read full then zero rather than tapering down.

Will the built-in app report battery levels if the device in question is not responding because the battery is dead? Thanks

[image] Quantumchaos: Will the built-in app report battery levels if the device in question is not responding because the battery is dead? My assumption would be no. I am thinking the Notifications app is watching for a change in the battery level and when the updated reading crosses the thr…

Thank you, I am surprised there is not a method for the Hub to ping device response without the need for an external application. This is something the hub is performing internally anyway to initiate communication with each device. Thank You Matt

No worries. A couple of clarifications on my last post... What I was describing for the use of Device Watchdog was to use it's feature for monitoring the last activity with devices. This is a date/time recorded on every device on the hub, updated (I think) whenever attributes are updated in any w…

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[RELEASE] Device Watchdog Custom Apps

*** BPTWorld apps are no longer being developed or maintained. Thanks *** Introducing 'Device Watchdog' Keep an eye on your devices and see how long it's been since they checked in. Features: Activity Reports: Create Activity reports based on number of hours since the device checked in. If device hasn't check in, an automatic 'refresh' is sent to see if the device will respond Choose whether to show devices that have been Active or Inactive within the set number of hours. Based on 'Last Ac…

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