Notification on Hub Events

[SBDOBRESCU (Bobby)]

Is there any way to track and get notification when ‘hub disconnected’ event occurs (for brief moments not longer than 5 minutes).

And speaking of networking. What’s the best app to monitor for dropped packets (Android or Windows)?

Related topic…

Major Weird Zigbee Issues (July 2016)

Did you check your hub event logs in ide for any hub reboots? I am investigating a reboot around 2 pm today that made my zigbee devices go wild. I have other hubs on the same network that are more sensitive to dropped packets and those didn't blink. So…what gives?

[SBDOBRESCU (Bobby)]

@N8XD hit it out of the park suggesting PRTG on a different thread. This is one cool networking tool. Thanks Keith!

How has SmartThings affected you?

Basically install PRTG and have it ping the IP address of your phone on your home network. You will want to tell your home router to always assign the same IP to your phone, whenever it connects. PRTG can call a webpage when the ping starts (or stops working) By default, it sends emails. Now what webpage to call…I call my Ask Home Smartthings app. Since you use Ask Alexa you could use that. I think Michaels format looks like this: https://graph.api.smartthings.com/api/smartapps/installations/xxxxx-app-id-number-xxxx/d?Device=barn%20light&Operator=toggle&Num=undefined&Param=undefined&lVer=111&access_token=xxxx-access-token-xxxx Just put in what device you want to do something with and the operator too.