[BUG?] refresh() by runEveryXXMinutes() ignores commands that are executed by a manual refresh()

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Hey @orangebucket, the delay is actually a valid option on the sendHubCommand :), there’s an obscure reference to it in point 284.1.60 of the PDF version of the ‘old’ docs: https://docs.smartthings.com/_/downloads/en/latest/pdf/ (took me a while to find it again :stuck_out_tongue: )

Edit: now that I re-read that point in the docs that I re-found, sendHubCommand accepts a list of specifically a HubAction action object, I’m not entirely sure that a list of ‘just commands’ like I use (zigbee.something) will work, since I believe its expecting a list of new physicalgraph.device.HubAction objects.

Thanks for pointing this out, im not entirely sure now that sendHubCommand can actually run something that is not a HubAction object (and not sure how to call it as a zigbee, since most HubAction object examples are built for LAN talk).

Edit 2: well, I found an obscure reference in hubitat’s code to how to handle zigbee in a hubaction object (which doesn’t seem to be documented at all), which translated to smarthings something like this might work:

list commands = [command1, command2, command3]
cmds?.each { cmd -> actions << new physicalgraph.device.HubAction(cmd)}

sendHubCommand(actions)

Edit 3: I’ve also found this:

Zigbee Device called “Thing” - Devices & Integrations - SmartThings Community

which basically says to do this (its the Zigbee Dimmer DTH from ST):

sendHubCommand(zigbee.command(zigbee.LEVEL_CONTROL_CLUSTER, 0x00, "FE0000").collect { new physicalgraph.device.HubAction(it) }, 0)

So yes, sendHubCommand will never work (maybe, as it still is undocumented zone) if a hubAction object is not passed.

Edit 4: Even if the before stuff is true and the sendHubCommand might be wrong, it doesnt explain the reason why the scheduledRefresh method doesn’t run, So i still got no idea what exactly the problem is :frowning:

But now I got a more clear understanding of the sendHubCommand method at least, so the following code almost sure it works for the sendHubCommand, but doens’t fix the underlaying problem (haven’t fully tested it yet):

List refreshCommands = [
	zigbee.onOffRefresh(), // Poll for the on/off state
	zigbee.readAttribute(0x0002, 0x0000), // Poll for the temperature in INT16
	zigbee.readAttribute(0x000C, 0x0055, [destEndpoint: 0x0002]), // Poll for the power usage in Watts (FLOAT4)
	zigbee.readAttribute(0x000C, 0x0055, [destEndpoint: 0x0003]) // Poll for the energy usage in Kwh (FLOAT4)
]

refreshCommands.each {
	displayTraceLog("the it object is ${it}")
	def hubAction = new physicalgraph.device.HubAction(${it}, physicalgraph.device.Protocol.ZIGBEE)
	sendHubCommand(hubAction)
}