AEON Recessed Door Sensor

[jlwilson58 (Lynn Wilson)]

I have seen this question in multiple topics, but can’t seem to find a definitive answer. I have several of the AEON Recessed Door Sensors and none of them report battery (they all say 100%). I see several people are using this device handler.

jabbera/SmartThings/blob/master/aeon-recessed-door-sensor-gen-5.groovy

Others are using the generic door/window sensor device handler. Some people seem to have success getting battery level returned, but most don’t. Has anyone found a method to get the battery level returned? Is this more a device issue or Smartthings issue? Any help would be appreciated.

[Paul_James]

I am using this one but battery doesn’t change. It did at one point but I have 2 that say battery is at 0% right after putting in a new battery and the others say 100%.

[greg]

I use the jabbera DTH and battery does work, just not well.

The sensors stay at 100% for a long time and then die about 55%

[whosinaname]

I am using the same handler you listed, my battery always shows 100% If there is one thing I have learned about all this home automation stuff is that battery levels just never work.

[aruffell (Alex)]

I found a solution to the battery reporting issue but need a programmer to help me fix it properly… Mine is currently a hack… see this post:

Aeon recessed door sensor gen 5 device type

I figured out the issue! The configuration of the sensor has a parameter that tells it to send battery status. Parameter 101 is set by default to 0 (disabled). I hacked @jabbera’s DTH to force it to send a 1 for that parameter when the sensor notifies the hub it is awake. By pressing the only button it has for 6 seconds (until it starts blinking and no longer) you esentially speed things up by forcing it to wake up. As soon as you do that you should see an updated battery reading in the live logging for the sensor! This worked on all 4 of my Aeon recessed door sensors. Now I need some help from a programmer to fix this correctly… volunteers? [image]