Can you see anything in the event tab of the device itself? It's a little odd that it reports as physical vs digital. Normally a physical change is one initiated outside of HE's control but I don't see how that could be the case with a zigbee device. I do believe that is driver dependent though so that may be a red herring.
My guess it is in the driver. All my devices using the generic zigbee outlet or generic zigbee switch are polled every 5 minutes regardless of the brand.
I appreciate the quick responses and insight. My take-away is the this polling isn't detrimental.
As a relatively new Hubitat user, what I was really hoping for what some insight into how I investigate an issue like this one. For example, in the log entries I see is there someway to figure out where this message is being generated? I don't know if it's the device, the rules engine, an application, etc
Some of my Zigbee outlets and also Zigbee contact sensors will just randomly report their current status. They are not being polled it is just the way the device is sometimes.
our driver sets the maximum reporting interval to a very very high value over 65,000 seconds, so if the device is reporting more often than that, then it is ignoring the reporting configuration being sent to it, which is not cool...
I really don't think it's the driver. I have another aotec outlet that doesn't exhibit the same behavior.
I checked the config of both outlets. The only difference is that the one that is polling every 5 minutes has a State Variable called "bin" that is set to -1. One the quiet device the bin is 1
State Variables
bin : -1
flashing : false
Does anyone know what "bin" is for? Or how to change it?
And any ideas how can I figure out where these logging messages are coming from?
mike.maxwell - I saw your note, but since the two devices are reporting differently I was working with the theory that something else in the system is causing the difference in behavior.
It seems like it's not the driver, otherwise both would behave the same (I think?)
dadarkgtprince - when I click on the dev:### is just get a log that is filtered for that device. It doesn't link me to an app. Do I need to change something in my Hubitat set-up to activate the link you are talking about?
Is it possible you had a different driver, like a community driver, at one point?
Did you try changing this to the "Device" driver, (save device) and clearing all scheduled tasks? Then switch back to the correct driver (save device again) and see what happens?
You went through all "in use by" at the bottom of this device's settings page, and there isn't an app you forgot about using this outlet?
The "physical" between brakets in the log tells you it originate from the device itself. As Mike stated, these seems to ignore the reporting interval set by the driver so they will send their heartbeat at their own rate regardless of any app or driver setting. (In my case every 239 seconds exactly)
