@ BrownChiLD,
There are quite a few sleepy devices, which won't respond even though we try to query the request.
I see. well i hope you guys can implement a sort of time/out TTL setting that can be user-defined
for example, for sensors that we know regularly pings every interval, say 60 seconds... we can set a TTL on it for 5 minutes.. so if almond doesn't get repeat/ping/communication from it beyond that, it will flag as offline / timed out
This will at least give us AWARENESS of the presence of sensor in the system and not blindly trust that all is well because the device is "listed" on almond UI.
Then we the users can then prefer sensors that does the "check in" stuff. I know i would and all my customers would as well.
Then for those sleepy devices that doesn't regularly ping/check in, and doesn't respond even if almond queries it, we can then set a different TTL , a much longer perhaps? at least user defined.
Anyway just a suggestion since reliability is really questionable at the moment, the way i see it. I hate how these sensor manufacturers didn't even consider this fact. imagine someone breaking into your home and your sensors aren't going off because they were dead or ran out of batteries weeks ago and you find out the hard way.
tsk