I have a hot water recirculation pump that I want to automate. Previously it was on a timer and wasting energy. I've now added a Zigbee outlet (IKEA TRETAKT) and a button (IKEA RODRET) and its working fine(ish) to turn on and off.
Now is like to add a Zigbee controlled status light that monitors the status of the pump.
Green - outlet is on
Red - outlet is off
Yellow - no signal from outlet
How would you suggest going about doing this on my C8 running 2.3.8.134?
Thanks
If you are only controlling the outlet using rules on your Hubitat hub, I would suggest including the setting on the colour of your chosen bulbs as part of the automations that turn the outlet on and off. A loss of signal may need a little more thought, but would suggest starting simple.
Not sure about signal loss, but I use outlet power readings (and automation thresholds) to determine the active/inactive state of many things (pump, AVR, DVD player, etc.). If the power > X for at least Y seconds, then active. Then I automate based on the active/inactive state.
Yeah, depends on whether the IKEA TRETAKT include energy monitoring...
Very true. I forgot to mention that I use Sengled E1C-NB7 and Samsung F-OUT-US-2 outlets for this.
Ok, so why mention the IKEA devices in the OP?
I'm not the original poster. Just trying to offer another solution (using power) to the conversation, but I did forget to mention that I use different outlets from the original poster.
Of course, ignore me, my eyes have obviously gone to sleep before my brain 
Haha, no worries. It took me 25 backspaces to get F-OUT-US-2 correct ... not enough caffeine.
My idea with monitoring the outlet was to get a feedback of its status. I'm looking for a confirmation that the command sent actually got executed. Could it be done with a ping command?
Power monitoring is another good point taken. Unfortunately the IKEA outlet doesn't seem to support it... aaaand my wallet just got a little lighter.
My inclination is to say no.... Just because this is not a true confirmation... But you could issue a Ping request shortly after a command is issued and if the Ping request fails, you re-issue the command. The reason I hesitate with this suggestion is that just because a separate Ping request fails, does not automatically mean a command has failed. But I also can't think of any other option myself....
Typically, most of the drivers will generate a 'switch on' event only when the outlet confirms the previously sent 'on' command. If the device was offline, the switch attribute should not change.
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