Zigbee Sensor Question

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@jtmpush18

many Xiaomi/Aqara sensors check in approximately every hour.

Yes. Mine do.

@jtmpush18

Is there another approach to determining if the Zigbee sensor is still operational?

There is an app by @bptworld called device watchdog that does this for you.
Here is an example of 3 sensors that are no longer used but I have left just to make sure the app is still working.

[RELEASE] Device Watchdog

*** BPTWorld apps are no longer being developed or maintained. Thanks *** Introducing 'Device Watchdog' Keep an eye on your devices and see how long it's been since they checked in. Features: Activity Reports: Create Activity reports based on number of hours since the device checked in. If device hasn't check in, an automatic 'refresh' is sent to see if the device will respond Choose whether to show devices that have been Active or Inactive within the set number of hours. Based on 'Last Ac…