I have been trying to utilize Device Watchdog to monitor whether my security related Zigbee devices are maintaining their connection with my Hubitat. I have some Sengled Zigbee outlet plugs which are used to power on some devices under various security conditions. Watchdog seems to only report attributes when the devices are either 1) turned off or on, or 2) when they “check in”. I do not know how frequently the Sengled outlet plugs refresh or if they refresh at all. Because of this, I tried to set an activity detected period in Watchdog to report inactivity but the problem is that these devices may not be activated for a couple of weeks at a time depending upon the specific security related conditions.
Another approach I tried was to try and periodically “refresh” or poll the plugs’ status via Rule 4.1 so that Watchdog would sense this. However, although I can refresh from the device page, the Sengled outlet plug does not show up as a device option when I select either “refresh” or “poll” in the Rule 4.1 actions menu when I try to make a rule that refreshes or polls every 3 hours.
Does anyone have a work around for this? I do not want to periodically turn on or off the plugs (so their activity will be picked up by Watchdog) as some of them trigger sirens and don’t want the sirens going off every 3 hours just to see if they remain connected to Zigbee. I only need to know if they happen to fall off the Zigbee network (via a Pushover Notification, etc). Thanks for any help anyone can offer.
