Low Battery report to Hub

[Stagehand]

I have a few battery operated devices that have a parameter that reports low battery to the hub. I have had an ISY for a number of years but still consider myself a newbie. How does the ISY handle this parameter? I have looked unsuccessfully for information about this. I would like to be warned when the batteries are low. In the instructions they also refer to Group1 and Groups 2 - 5. I'm not sure what the groups are and how they function in my ISY. The devices I am using are the Zooz motion sensor ZSE02 (now discontinued), ZooZ ZSE42 water leak sensor,(Brand new on the market. Zooz has not tested it on an ISY. I think I am the first to use it with my ISY) and Insteon Wireless Motion Sensor II 2844-222.

Any help will be greatly appreciated.

Thank you

[MrBill]

1 hour ago, Stagehand said:

I have a few battery operated devices that have a parameter that reports low battery to the hub. I have had an ISY for a number of years but still consider myself a newbie. How does the ISY handle this parameter? I have looked unsuccessfully for information about this. I would like to be warned when the batteries are low. In the instructions they also refer to Group1 and Groups 2 - 5. I'm not sure what the groups are and how they function in my ISY. The devices I am using are the Zooz motion sensor ZSE02 (now discontinued), ZooZ ZSE42 water leak sensor,(Brand new on the market. Zooz has not tested it on an ISY. I think I am the first to use it with my ISY) and Insteon Wireless Motion Sensor II 2844-222.

Any help will be greatly appreciated.

Thank you

The short answer is you need to create programs to monitor each parameter that you want to be notified about.   The program watch the sensor and trigger a notification.

How proficient are you with creating ISY programs?  That's likely your first learning curve..

[Stagehand]

I have written a number of ISY programs for motion sensors, lights to come on, Leak sensors to trigger valve shut off but I don't know how to find a specific parameter such as "parameter 101" and write a program based on that status. Any help will be appreciated.

Thank you

[Techman]

In the admin console status window for some devices it should display the battery percentage node. You would then use that battery node in your program

IF

(Device name) Battery level is <90%

Then

Send message

 

[Stagehand]

Thank you for your replies MrBill and Techman. I now understand how to write a program using the Battery Level node. I still would like to know how to use a specific parameter.

For example, on the Zooz Leak Sensor ZSE42,

"Parameter 4 : Decide when the sensor should report low battery to the Hub.

Values 10-50 (% battery Life). Default 20

Size 1 byte dec"

That means to me that there is some sort of command  or message sent to the hub when the battery reaches 20%. So my question is how does the ISY handle Parameter 4 and how to I single out Parameter 4 and insert it into a program?

Some of the other sensors I use have a similar low battery warning features. It seams to me that it would be more efficient to use the feature designed in the device.

It is entirely possible that with the ISY the only way to deal with a low battery warning is to write a program similar to what Techman described. But if there is a way to single out an individual parameter and use it in writing programs that would create a great potential for some very good programs other than just low battery warnings.

Does any body know what they mean when they refer to "Group 1 and Group 2 -5" ?

Thank you

 

 

[Techman]

Your device will either send a low battery signal or a battery level signal to the ISY. I'm not familiar with the leak sensor you're using so I'm not sure what signal it sends.

You need to take a look in the ISY at the nodes the device installs. If there's a low battery node then you'll need to set the parameter in the leak sensor to the percentage value sent to trigger the ISY low battery node. In the ISY you would then write a program that notifies you when the low battery node status is on.

If the device sends the actual battery percentage, then you would use the program I suggested in my previous post.

 

[Stagehand]

That makes perfect sense to me. I think I understand better. 

Thank you