Smoke Bridge Issue After Low Battery (3:00 am querry)

[KHouse]

3 nights ago, conveniently at 4am, our master bedroom smoke alarm went into low battery.

 

Battery replaced, smoke alarm is quiet.

 

I'm running several smoke alarms, tied to a smoke-bridge, and the ISY994i.  (First Alert brand smoke/C02)

 

I've got a program running to text/email me if one of the "all other" conditions are met (not smoke or carbon monoxide), such as low battery.

 

I got the text and email at 4:23am just as it went into low battery, so it worked as it should of.

 

However, now I'm getting that same text/email at 3:00am during the querry.  I don't know what's wrong or how to reset this, or make it work properly.

 

Anyone have any ideas how to stop this from happening at the 3:00 querry? 

 

The CLEAR function doesn't show ON or OFF for state.  It's always empty, and that's why the program shows ON or OFF for that function, to register the text/email to be sent.  At least that's why I think the program is written this way.  It was done years ago so I cannot remember.  Maybe this is my problem?

If
        Status  'Smoke Bridge-Smoke / Smoke Bridge-Clear' is On
     Or Status  'Smoke Bridge-Smoke / Smoke Bridge-Clear' is Off
     Or Status  'Smoke Bridge-Smoke / Smoke Bridge-Low Bat' is On
     Or Status  'Smoke Bridge-Smoke / Smoke Bridge-Malfunction' is On
     Or Status  'Smoke Bridge-Smoke / Smoke Bridge-Unknown Message' is On
 
Then
        Send Notification to 'Peter Cell' content 'Fire Alarm - All Other'
        Send Notification to 'Peter Email' content 'Fire Alarm - All Other'
 
Else
   - No Actions - (To add one, press 'Action')
 

 

 

[Techman]

 

3 nights ago, conveniently at 4am, our master bedroom smoke alarm went into low battery.

 

Battery replaced, smoke alarm is quiet.

 

I'm running several smoke alarms, tied to a smoke-bridge, and the ISY994i.  (First Alert brand smoke/C02)

 

I've got a program running to text/email me if one of the "all other" conditions are met (not smoke or carbon monoxide), such as low battery.

 

I got the text and email at 4:23am just as it went into low battery, so it worked as it should of.

 

However, now I'm getting that same text/email at 3:00am during the querry.  I don't know what's wrong or how to reset this, or make it work properly.

 

Anyone have any ideas how to stop this from happening at the 3:00 querry? 

 

The CLEAR function doesn't show ON or OFF for state.  It's always empty, and that's why the program shows ON or OFF for that function, to register the text/email to be sent.  At least that's why I think the program is written this way.  It was done years ago so I cannot remember.  Maybe this is my problem?

If
        Status  'Smoke Bridge-Smoke / Smoke Bridge-Clear' is On
     Or Status  'Smoke Bridge-Smoke / Smoke Bridge-Clear' is Off
     Or Status  'Smoke Bridge-Smoke / Smoke Bridge-Low Bat' is On
     Or Status  'Smoke Bridge-Smoke / Smoke Bridge-Malfunction' is On
     Or Status  'Smoke Bridge-Smoke / Smoke Bridge-Unknown Message' is On
 
Then
        Send Notification to 'Peter Cell' content 'Fire Alarm - All Other'
        Send Notification to 'Peter Email' content 'Fire Alarm - All Other'
 
Else
   - No Actions - (To add one, press 'Action')
 

 

You might want to take the CLEAR node out of your equation / program.  You can also try to query a node, such as low battery,  to reset it.

 

I'm not 100% sure but I believe the Clear node is a AL CLEAR signal which is sent once a triggered node is back to its normal state

 

You can also add the ${sys.node.#.name} variable to your email notification body. This will tell you which node is triggering your email.

[KHouse]

Thanks.

 

I've tried to query it, and I've hit "restore device" which I guess restored all of them tied together.  Those were both done today.

 

Wonder if that fixed it.  Guess I'll have to wait until 3:00am to find out!

 

Does anyone know what function exactly the CLEAR does/has?

[Teken]

Thanks.

 

I've tried to query it, and I've hit "restore device" which I guess restored all of them tied together.  Those were both done today.

 

Wonder if that fixed it.  Guess I'll have to wait until 3:00am to find out!

 

Does anyone know what function exactly the CLEAR does/has?

 

Just change the query time to the current time and see what happens. No need to wait for 3:00 AM to arrive and be all tired just sitting around.

[KHouse]

That's a great idea, thanks Teken.

 

Unfortuantely I'm not going to be able to give it any time to troubleshoot this evening...so at this pont I'll leave it at 3:00 am and see what happens in the morning.

 

I'll touch base here again tomorrow with an update.  Thanks again.