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Sensor Polling or Negative Response

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rpr69:
I see where you are going. I don't have any requirements outside the ones stated previously, but you've given me some food for thought, thanks! Hopefully I;ll get some time to look at it soon. I think it will add some devilish logic to my bridge app, hopefully I don't get lost in it... :)

d.kiran:

--- Quote from: SecureComp on June 01, 2016, 12:57:21 am ---Think of it as "virtual" polling.
No you won't talk directly to the device but you can throw something at the device and get an expected response. The info will vary from device to device obviously.  Think of it as a PING ECHO RESPONSE REQUESTED kind of thing. Now what you throw at the device will matter.

For example, if you want the status of a Light that is On, you can't just check and see if the light is on as reported by the Almond. You would send a DIM adjustment level to lower it 1%, no real impact on your lighting situation, and you should see an INDEX of the MULTI LEVEL SWITCH transition from 255 to xxx. That confirms the communication from the Almond to the device and from the device back to the Almond.  So you have to actually ask a device to do something or do something to the device as the case may be.

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That is a good idea. I was mainly asking because my linear switch doesn't report the status if I use the mechanical switch to turn it on. After a few days I have realized that it was not really a problem because my motion detector triggered action still works to turn on the light even if the status is incorrect. In some cases, its an extra button press on the app.

The only thing that is slightly more important is the battery status update on my Kwikset 910 door locks. They stay at 70% even if the locks keep beeping like crazy. Apparently there is a specific command to send that will update the battery status. I will see if I can look that up.

SecureComp:

--- Quote from: d.kiran on June 03, 2016, 10:37:48 am ---That is a good idea. I was mainly asking because my linear switch doesn't report the status if I use the mechanical switch to turn it on. After a few days I have realized that it was not really a problem because my motion detector triggered action still works to turn on the light even if the status is incorrect. In some cases, its an extra button press on the app.

The only thing that is slightly more important is the battery status update on my Kwikset 910 door locks. They stay at 70% even if the locks keep beeping like crazy. Apparently there is a specific command to send that will update the battery status. I will see if I can look that up.

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How often are you having to replace the batteries?

I've not had this issue yet with the 2 locks I'm using. Now I need to go check battery levels.  Do post up the code if you track it down, this is something I would need to resolve.

d.kiran:
On the 912 (used multiple times every day) every 2-3 months. On the 910 (used probably once per day) it's been 8 months since I installed and did not have to change the batteries.

I will try to find that.

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