I'm probably being silly with this, but one feature request I wouldn't mind seeing is page with a sheet of devices (filterable) where the last cell shows the status of the device. So if im trying to set stuff up and find a specific lets say motion sensor (I have 15 of them) when I activate it I can see which one in my device list tripped and go there. Or open a door and see that one. This would save time from looking at logs (even live logs) and going to a specific device and seeing if it was tripped. This is more for setup purposes when setti0ng up so many devices you're bound to get a little lost (especially when you have a bunch of sensors on your kitchen table and you don't remember which is which)
i do this with a test dashboard and put the devices i'm testing on there. then i monitor the dashboard to see the status
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where the last cell shows the status of the device.
A problem with this is that there can be multiple "status" items for a single device. I've got some that have 7 or 8 status items.
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I second this answer--I think it's what you're looking for. As mentioned above as well, most devices report multiple things and don't have a single attribute that could objectively be considered its "status" (even for motion sensor where you might think it's motion, most also report temperature and possibly even more attributes, and Hubitat's driver model doesn't have a way for authors to specify anything as a sort of "primary" feature, so the hub has no way of knowing). You do have to do a bit of work upfront to set up the Dashboard, but the upside is that you can choose whatever attributes you want for the "status," so it's arbitrarily flexible.
An alternative if you just want to know what device did something at a given moment: keep "Logs" open while you trip the motion sensor (or contact sensor or whatever). If you leave the "Enable descriptionText" logging checked on the device page, as it is by default, you'll see "info" entries get logged with device events like motion, and you can use the entry to figure out what device it was (either from the text itself, clicking on the "device:id" text on the left to filter to that item, or clicking the "info" or other log level rectangle to go to the actual device page). And if you missed it, "Past Logs"--a feature undoubtedly added because staff and maybe customers rarely had logs open when they wanted to--should show you recent things, too.
I mean for identifying. Such if you open or close the door sensor kind of thing
More for identification not specific function. Case in point, I had 6 of the same motion sensor on the table and as I was setting them up I forgot which one was which. So if I were to place them all face down on the table so there wasn't any motion and picked one up, the last column on the page would change to active and I just identified that one..
Ah, I see. I think "Logs" would be your best bet there. Again, as long as you leave "Enable descriptionText" enabled as it is by default (debug logs don't matter, though it won't hurt to keep them on as they are for the first 30 minutes after installation by default), you'll get an "info" log for any event, which for motion should be as you describe.
Open up one device in the UI, pick one up at a time until one goes active...................
You would still have to refresh the page though. While the status on an individual device is dynamic I'm not sure it would be for a device list.
I know you have to refresh the page to show the status of rules (paused, repeating etc) I would think it would probably be the same for a device list.
I'm not saying you idea is a bad one, but I'm not sure it's a starter.
