Quirky GE Outlink POTLK-WH01 POTLK-WH02 Outlet Device Type

macdonald_michael · February 6, 2016, 3:25pm

Hey Folks,

I’m a newbie to the board, but have been reaping the benefits of everyone’s contributions for quite some time (yes - I admit, I’ve been a lurker).

I’m operating Hub V1 and have about 45 objects tied to it. In Canada, devices are hard to find (especially at reasonable prices).

When Home Depot put these on sale (like @spyd4r said, $37), I grabbed one, with low expectations.

I’ve got it installed and set the device type to “GE ZigBee Switch” - it registers just fine. Now, I’m not having any luck getting the App to control the device itself. Also - the state doesn’t refresh whatsoever.

Any suggestions? (Oh, my device version is POTLK-WHCA - not sure if that is the same as the WH01 or WH02…)

Michael

icedemon · February 6, 2016, 6:50pm

I tried last night and it kept reading “0 W”. I looked at the code and not sure why it doesn’t get the info it’s supposed to.

Whiteknight · February 7, 2016, 1:32pm

You might want to try and re pair that outlet. The first time I installed it I had the same issue as you did. I ended up removing it and reconnecting it to the hub and that worked well.

macdonald_michael · February 7, 2016, 4:06pm

@Whiteknight - it worked!! I actually re-paired it and immediately changed the IDE to GE Zigbee Switch before assigning it a room or anything else.

Now I have a reasonably good tool in the HA Arsenal.

Thanks!!

Whiteknight · February 8, 2016, 1:54am

Good deal! Glad you got it working. Now if we could get it to report usage that would be great!

jkrischt · February 9, 2016, 6:11pm

I had the same problem with mine that stopped working after messing around with device types. I completely lost the ability to control it and had to I re-pair it. The second time I immediately selected “ZigBee Switch” and it has stayed connected since.

However, I’ve had other problems and wanted to see if anyone has had the same. One problem now is that one of my ZigBee motion detectors (SmartThings) has stopped working a few times. I know its because of this switch because one of those times it failed was at the same time as when my outlet stopped working. The other times I reset it by pulling the batteries and it starts working again. This is not the first time a ZigBee device has done this when I added a new device to my network. It somehow fixes itself in a week or two. So maybe I can blame the whole mesh network thing on that?

However, the more concerning part for me is twice now the outlet has turned on by itself! Both those times I was in the SmartThings App doing other things, but I highly doubt I mistakenly turned it on as I was messing with other stuff. I am replacing my SmartThings plug with this to turn on and off my coffee. Since I have had SmartThings I have never mistakenly turned on my coffee, so I doubt I did it by accident. Anyone else had this device magically turn on or off on them?

Maybe I’ll try the GE ZigBee Switch if it happens again…

Brad

schapper05 · February 9, 2016, 6:36pm

See:

In short you need to unplug ST hub and if you have V2 remove batteries for at Least 15 min then plug back in. It will take up to a day to rebuild the mesh.

Your issue with the outlet / motion is likely that the outlet was the only repeater that the motions sensor was on. So when the outlet came back up it was found again. You could reduce the odds of this happening again by using multiple repeaters at the same distance and rebuilding the mesh.

cuboy29 · February 9, 2016, 6:54pm

I’ve been trying to debug this too and can see that it’s returning a value of 0 for power. I don’t think we have the correct in/out clusters for this device. I think a custom device type is in order. Time to do some reading of the zigbee HA library.

mitchp · February 9, 2016, 7:35pm

This outlet does not natively report power like the ST outlet. What it does report is cumulative energy usage. I have a device type that mostly works, and displays energy used and power (derived) but I can’t seem to figure out how Wink resets the cumulative kWh. I’ve done it, but it seems like it’s not an instantaneous reset, so I’ve had a hard time tracking down exactly what it was that I did to get it to reset. It’s on my list of things to finish (since I got a few on clearance) once work calms down a bit.

I can link to what I’d consider an alpha DTH, but it’s not complete and I’ve got it set up to be rather spammy right now… (tweak the reporting config to shut it up )

github.com

mitchpond/SmartThingsPublic/blob/outlink/devicetypes/mitchpond/quirky-outlink.src/quirky-outlink.groovy

/**
 *  Copyright 2015 Mitch Pond
 *
 *  Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file except
 *  in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at:
 *
 *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
 *
 *  Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software distributed under the License is distributed
 *  on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the License
 *  for the specific language governing permissions and limitations under the License.
 *
 */

metadata {
    definition (name: "Quirky Outlink", namespace: "mitchpond", author: "Mitch Pond") {
        capability "Actuator"
        capability "Configuration"
        capability "Refresh"
        capability "Energy Meter"

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cuboy29 · February 9, 2016, 8:04pm

Awesome… thanks for sharing.

spyd4r · February 10, 2016, 2:01am

Thanks Mitch!
is it possible to have the current watts or kwh in the room list overview?

nicjansma · February 27, 2016, 7:08pm

Thank you a ton Mitch, your code has been a great help. I too had purchased a couple of these outlets on clearance, and I’m excited they are now reporting energy usage.

I took your code and made a few slight modifications. Primarily, it now reports “power” (instantaneous W) in addition to “energy” (kWh over time). You had already made these calculations, but I’ve added the “Power Meter” capability to ensure the device is exposing instantaneous usage too.

Thanks again!

github.com

nicjansma/smart-things/blob/master/devicetypes/nicjansma/quirky-outlink/quirky-outlink.groovy

/**
 *  Copyright 2015 Mitch Pond
 *
 *  Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file except
 *  in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at:
 *
 *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
 *
 *  Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software distributed under the License is distributed
 *  on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the License
 *  for the specific language governing permissions and limitations under the License.
 *
 */
/**
 * Original source:
 *  https://github.com/mitchpond/SmartThingsPublic/blob/outlink/devicetypes/mitchpond/quirky-outlink.src/quirky-outlink.groovy
 *
 * Modifications from: Nic Jansma:
 *  Reporting of both power (instantaneous W) and energy (overall kWh)
 *  Removal of 'reset' command

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mitchp · February 27, 2016, 9:29pm

Glad it’s working well for you! I hadn’t added the power meter capability yet since I wasn’t confident in its accuracy yet, but if it’s looking good then that’s great!

nicjansma · February 27, 2016, 11:50pm

Yeah, as far as I can tell they’re accurate enough. I’ll put the outlets on a Kill-A-Watt soon to double-check, but they seem reasonable accurate based on what I have plugged into the sockets right now.

Whiteknight · February 28, 2016, 4:30am

I just added this code for my outlink’s and it seems to work correctly. Resetting the power meter would be nice as it does not update that frequently but it does work.

Todd_Whitehead · February 28, 2016, 4:05pm

Hi. I just installed this and turned on the light attached to the outlet and it shows
Energy used: 0.485kWh
Power: nu W

I assume that means null?

I tried refreshing, but no change.

I’d like to use this capability to tell when my washer is done, but if it takes a long time to update, that will not be very useful.

Any thoughts on what might be going on here? Should it update more frequently?

Thanks.

nicjansma · February 28, 2016, 7:09pm

I’d recommend looking at the debug logs associated with the Device Type. In getInstantDemand() you should be able to see the calculations it’s making and determine why it’s null.

Whiteknight · February 28, 2016, 10:05pm

That is what mine did, just took a few for it to read correctly.

spyd4r · February 29, 2016, 5:57pm

thanks for the work!

Navat604 · March 2, 2016, 5:33pm

For me to get rid of the null. You have to plug something in that plug that’s drawing power then press refresh a couple of times. That solved 3 of my plugs.

Thank you guys for getting this working. Really appreciated!

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