Does anyone know how the Zooz zse11/zse42 reports battery status?   I see in the logs that it frequently sends a message that it is awake or a message that the temp has changes, but it never sends a battery level event.  The zse18 reports it's battery level just fine (it's the only zooz battery operated device that does seem to report it's battery status).

I'm also trying to deploy zse42 water sensors, but can't get a battery level.  It's hard to trust a water sensor that doesn't report battery level.  It does send a wake up =100% immediately followed by wake up = 0% every hour.  I suppose I could monitor this and assume the battery is dead if it stops happening, but I'd much rather see the battery status in real time rather than knowing when it's dead especially since I'm often away from home for extended lengths of time.

Personally, I just don't trust any battery status indicator.  I have a yearly reminder in my calendar to replace any battery for my remote sensors.  Water leaks are too critical to worry about a battery.  That is just the way I have decided to deal with it.

@balli

Both the Zooz ZSE42 and ZSE11 report battery voltage. The battery should be replaced when the voltage drops to 2.6v.

You can write a simple program to send you an email when the voltage is 2.6 or below.

It may take up to 24 hours, after poweing up a device, until you first see the battery voltage in your status window

 

So "battery level" goes to "on" in that case?  Currently battery level is blank.

 

I've had a ZSE11 powered on for weeks and it's battery field is still blank

 

 

Edited March 8Mar 8 by balli

The battery voltage usually has its own node. Here's a screenshot from a zooz sensor

Yea, I see that in my older Zooz devices but ZSE11 and ZSE42 look like this.

 

I did find a config setting for the ZSE11 not documented in the sheet that comes with the device for a parameter under which the battery status is reported (number 32).  I set it to 99%.  We'll see if it reports anything anytime soon.  I just want to know if it reports %, voltage or true/false so  know how to write the program to notify me.

The settings are different depending on which model and firmware you have.  700 or 800 series ZSE11

ZSE11 Q Sensor Advanced Settings - Zooz Support Center