James Peterson Posted July 27, 2017 Share Posted July 27, 2017 I am pushing out a new update today. It has a few bug fixes and updates based on user reviews and reports. I am also testing a small new feature, battery monitoring. There will be an option in settings to turn this on if you want to try it. While most zwave devices provide a percentage of battery level, Insteon provides a low battery indicator or a heartbeat. These were hard to get right and I don't know it I did or not, so I am hoping to get some feedback on devices from anyone that tries the feature. As always, I have squashed as many bugs as I could that people reported. The update should be available soon. Link to comment
mykanderson Posted August 12, 2017 Share Posted August 12, 2017 I've a dozen z-wave smoke detectors and they all seem to be sending proper battery levels. None have dropped low enough to send a notification yet. BTW I love this feature. Thanks for all that you do for this app. Sent from my SM-G930V using Tapatalk Link to comment
James Peterson Posted August 12, 2017 Author Share Posted August 12, 2017 I've a dozen z-wave smoke detectors and they all seem to be sending proper battery levels. None have dropped low enough to send a notification yet. BTW I love this feature. Thanks for all that you do for this app. Sent from my SM-G930V using Tapatalk You can adjust the notification level in the settings if you want to test. Thx. I've let my zwave door locks run dead a few times so I had motivation for this feature. Sent from my Nexus 5X using Tapatalk Link to comment
DaveStLou Posted September 22, 2017 Share Posted September 22, 2017 I am pushing out a new update today. It has a few bug fixes and updates based on user reviews and reports. I am also testing a small new feature, battery monitoring. There will be an option in settings to turn this on if you want to try it. While most zwave devices provide a percentage of battery level, Insteon provides a low battery indicator or a heartbeat. These were hard to get right and I don't know it I did or not, so I am hoping to get some feedback on devices from anyone that tries the feature. As always, I have squashed as many bugs as I could that people reported. The update should be available soon. I turned this notification this week and received my first alert - my 8 Scene RemoteLinc 2 battery was low. I was pleased to be informed and charged it up yesterday and cleared the notification. This morning it's reporting low battery again. Since I don't see a way to observe battery status in the ISY admin console for this device, I'm now wondering could this be a bug? Link to comment
James Peterson Posted September 22, 2017 Author Share Posted September 22, 2017 I turned this notification this week and received my first alert - my 8 Scene RemoteLinc 2 battery was low. I was pleased to be informed and charged it up yesterday and cleared the notification. This morning it's reporting low battery again. Since I don't see a way to observe battery status in the ISY admin console for this device, I'm now wondering could this be a bug? I don't know if i'd consider it a bug. I am learning that the Insteon devices do not seem to be very reliable with sending the heartbeat signals. I may remove the Insteon check from the feature and just leave Zwave. Thanks for the update. Link to comment
DaveStLou Posted September 25, 2017 Share Posted September 25, 2017 I don't know if i'd consider it a bug. I am learning that the Insteon devices do not seem to be very reliable with sending the heartbeat signals. I may remove the Insteon check from the feature and just leave Zwave. Thanks for the update. By way of update, a day or two after the post I stopped getting the notice for my remote. I really like the idea of monitoring my Insteon battery devices if the notifications are reliable. Link to comment
James Peterson Posted September 25, 2017 Author Share Posted September 25, 2017 By way of update, a day or two after the post I stopped getting the notice for my remote. I really like the idea of monitoring my Insteon battery devices if the notifications are reliable. Maybe I'll add an option to exclude Insteon devices. more and more, I'm starting to rethink the idea. It really depends on the heartbeats and that is something I can not control. Link to comment
Jimbo.Automates Posted September 25, 2017 Share Posted September 25, 2017 I'm getting notifications that my zwave garage door opener has low battery, but it's plugged in, it's a Mimolite. Sent from my Nexus 6P using Tapatalk Link to comment
James Peterson Posted September 26, 2017 Author Share Posted September 26, 2017 I'm getting notifications that my zwave garage door opener has low battery, but it's plugged in, it's a Mimolite. Sent from my Nexus 6P using Tapatalk Do I have that in your nodes you gave me before? Sent from my Nexus 5X using Tapatalk Link to comment
Jimbo.Automates Posted September 26, 2017 Share Posted September 26, 2017 Maybe? I don't remember, I'll look when I am home. Sent from my Nexus 6P using Tapatalk Link to comment
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