Does anyone know of a way to have the hub notify you immediately if it goes offline?
Notify you via what? The hub can only communicate via Zigbee, Z-Wave or a wired ethernet connection to your hubâŚand everything other than Smart Home and Smart Lights is handled in the cloud.
I wonder if a âlocation.event()â fires (and thus can be subscribed to using a SmartApp in the Cloud)⌠or is it a âlocation.hubEvent()â.
There are quite a few undocumented APIs; though I admit I donât check the http://docs.smartthings.com frequently to see if they have been updated with new APIs.
@jim or @unixbeast might have some inside knowledge to share.
Via email or any other push notificationâŚ
You should already get a push notification whenever the cloud is unable to reach the hub. It will come to any device where you are signed in with the SmartThings mobile app.
OK, so then you arenât looking for notification from âthe hubâ specifically, just SmartThings in general, right?
Right⌠my kids have figured out that they can reset my auto off on my router if they power cycle it after the auto off time. If âsomethingâ (other than router) can immediately notify my there has been a disconnection, I could âcatch them in the actâ⌠I was thinking that smartthings could do this somehowâŚ
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I recommend an Eero or Asus Router. Parental controls baked in, canât be defeated so easily.
Ahhh, the cat and mouse game with kids and electronics.
If you had a spare tablet or phone with cell access you could ping the router and have it let you know when the router doesnât respond.
Kinda a long way to go. Has to be an easier way.