Aeon Multi Sensor Battery Life

[beckwith]

@snorkelman

I have 9 of these sensors with only two using batteries. One kept running through batteries quickly like yours. I also noticed that it would fail a Z-Wave repair. I now have this one plugged into power and no longer have the Z-Wave issue.

You may want to try a Z-Wave repair.

At least Aeon Multi-Sensor has a powered option whereas SmartThings removed this in their latest version. I understand the setup convenience of batteries, however, in the long run it is a pain.

Battery issues

Because of the low power needs of some of these newer devices and the convenience of wireless, it seems more and more devices use batteries. However, I have some observations and concerns. Not all devices are reporting battery status. I’m not sure if this is a SmartThings issue or the device. How do you go about diagnosing this? What is the “standard” for a battery alarm. I received a push notification from one device when it reached 10% and another at 1%. And how do we control this delivery. To me low battery is less important than a smoke alarm or water leak. I would rather send it as SMS than push or some other option like e-mail. With my 54 devices, it gets rather difficult managing which needs its battery changed and when. It would be nice to have a screen that lists all the batter…