I was only testing this so only shared 13 devices from the hub
it was showing between 10 and 14 sec cycle time in the header. I haven't yet played around with overriding the cycle time.. but I'm not sure that that is something the user should have to do unless absolutely necessary in very specific circumstance.. for this to be a user friendly app, it needs to simply work without the user having to set this up for each device.
Anyway - I think it's a great start.. and I'll keep trying it out every now and again and see how it progresses - so best of luck
Adam,
You are correct on many fronts. 10 to 14 seconds is way too long. For 13 devices your cycle time in the header should be about 1 second. Let me think about debug options.
Additionally, you are also correct about typical users should not have to tweak the settings. I know many people in this community have LOTS of devices and like to fine tune their setups. But in general, most users should not have to modify priority or refresh interval.
Hello All,
Looking at logs this morning, I can see that someone was experiencing cycle times of 15 to 20 seconds. That's unusually high. The time was between 5 and 8 am CDT. If you send me a PM, I will assist with troubleshooting.
Anyone else with questions or troubles, please post here or send me a PM.
Group,
Thanks for the testing. I took down the original link from the first post. I'm still in need of beta testers, but would prefer to assign them individually.
Please send me a PM and I will send you an invite.
Steve has a great app here. I have started using his app and am happy thus far.
Here are some things I see.
HomeKit & Hubitat devices need to be linked. This would prevent the duplication of devices. Can’t delete them from one or the other systems for them we can’t use those apps.
Linking them would fix this. However this might be hard.
As recommended I could change the names but this is just a bandaid.
Attached is an example of the issue.
Notice the recycle times. I don’t know if this is because of HomeStat app of just how much faster HomeKit is over Hubitat.
I could just delete them from one or the others system. HomeKit or hubitat however I can’t see or control them there if I do that.
I have a ton of rules in hubitat that make my house work. This is why linking them is the best option. I have 283 devices in Home stat. But only 1/2 that in each system. Hubitat will allow much more types of devices that HomeKit.
Erik,
Thanks for the reply. I realize I have quite a bit of work before this is ready for a general release, and need this feedback to identify "opportunities for improvement."
I'm working on a solution, but not sure what direction the app will take to solve this problem.
HomeKit and Hubitat are quite different. My iPhone seems to always know the status of its HomeKit devices. I don't have to query a hub. For Hubitat I query the hub and wait for a reply. I have 48 devices that are allowed to communicate via the API. It typically reads these in ~5.2 seconds. HomeKit reads are instant, no hub to query. I'm trying to balance the frequency of read requests to Hubitat with hub responsiveness. I don't want to degrade the performance of Hubitat.
Additionally, HK pushes changes to me when the device status changes. I know that the new API has this functionality, but I've not explored that path yet.
Hey all,
One of our beta testers found an issue with devices in a group. As you know you can reorder them. But it turns out that the data is not saved to your database. Additionally, in some cases devices are duplicated within the group.
I'm working on a resolution and expect to issue a new release later this week.
Steve hope your week has been good. Are you making any progress with your wishlist of tasks for your app? If your like me work and family keeps you from making any headway thru the week. Hope your successful and oh by the way everytime I use your app it is working as you would expect and I am happy with it. I love it when out of the house too for it allows me to quickly press a button to turn on of odd a scene.
I am making progress. My goal was to submit a new build to Apple on Thursday evening and release it on Friday afternoon / evening.
But... I've got stuck in a few rabbit holes this week. I've made a few improvements, but still working to get device reordering to work as desired. I will let you all know when I sent it to Apple.
