Quirky Tripper Support?

mitchp · June 2, 2016, 4:47pm

There are a few posts that had links to an older version on Github. This link is the one to use:

mitchpond/SmartThingsPublic/blob/master/devicetypes/mitchpond/quirky-wink-tripper.src/quirky-wink-tripper.groovy

/**
 *  Quirky/Wink Tripper Contact Sensor
 *
 *  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/Wink Tripper", namespace: "mitchpond", author: "Mitch Pond") {
    
		capability "Contact Sensor"

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sygyzy · June 4, 2016, 6:43am

Thanks for all your hard work Mitch. This seems to be working for me. The only odd part is mine is reporting -16% battery. That’s negative sixteen percent. I read most of the thread and saw issues with battery levels not reporting at all but it wasn’t clear to me if there were issues with levels being reported incorrectly. It doesn’t really matter to me too much (what the battery level is) but it’d be nice to know before my sensor dies.

John_DellArciprete · June 6, 2016, 12:54am

Thank you Mitch… I had to install 2 more trippers and this code worked without all the trouble.

mitchp · June 6, 2016, 3:06pm

I had trouble finding a good range for battery levels. Mine basically stopped being useful around the 2.3-2.4v range. Missed messages, etc. That was on the original Tripper firmware though and with a fairly marginal ZigBee mesh. Later firmwares increased my battery life by a substantial amount and I’ve strengthened my network quite a bit. I might need to redo the battery scale similar to how ST has theirs now. It’s not quite a linear scale.

Edit: I’ve updated the handler with battery code that might (hopefully) provide a better estimate at battery levels.

sygyzy · June 9, 2016, 6:20pm

I am new here, so how do I get your updated code? I think I have github integration in the ST turned on, and linked to your repo. Can I just pull in the latest code from there?

Update: figured it out!

Walter · June 10, 2016, 1:10am

Is there any way to check the firmware version or update it?

mitchp · June 10, 2016, 1:55pm

They can be updated by connecting them to a Wink hub. There is no way to update them using ST.

BatraD · June 13, 2016, 2:12pm

that’s what i did… I first paired them with a Wink Hub, rebooted my Wink hub to force the update, unpaired and then paired with ST

idioffo89 · July 25, 2016, 2:58am

Hello everybody I’m new to the smartthings community. I have a few quirky Tripper that I’m trying to add to my smartthings but the status is just stuck to open and won’t do anything else. I tried removing the battery put it back and run pairing but nothing. Can someone please help me. I’m using thedevice handler linked above by @mitchp

jksearles · August 16, 2016, 7:24pm

What is the latest firmware? Hooked one up to a Wink Relay and it says 1.8b00/5.1b21

Vandoc · August 19, 2016, 1:24am

I’m having issues pairing these Quirky trippers. I currently have 3 of these with no issues whatsoever that I installed a long time ago. I’ve got about another 10 of these that I have had in storage. I decided to go ahead and start to install them, but they won’t pair at all. I’ve tried pairing with an older version of MitchP’s code. I then updated the IDE code, and tried to pair with no success. Considering I have a ton of these sensors I would love to get these working. Any suggestions? Thanks!

BatraD · August 30, 2016, 12:29am

That’s the latest code for the trippers

BatraD · August 30, 2016, 12:31am

You may have to pair them with a wink hub or relay first to update their code. Also try new batteries. The ones included with the trippers are bad and don’t provide enough power after a few months in storage.

sathishb · September 25, 2016, 1:55am

Never mind figured it out after going through the whole thread and went on to create the device handler instead of the smartapp ! Thanks again for all your work.

Hi @mitchp,

Thanks for all your help on creating the custom app and answers on the thread. I tried using the code at https://github.com/mitchpond/SmartThingsPublic/blob/master/devicetypes/mitchpond/quirky-wink-tripper.src/quirky-wink-tripper.groovy and receive the following errror?

No signature of method: script14747682287281365405569.metadata() is applicable for argument types: (script14747682287281365405569$_run_closure1) values: [script14747682287281365405569$_run_closure1@32bffa2e] Possible solutions: getMetadata(), getState(), setState(java.lang.Object), metaClass(groovy.lang.Closure)

Any insights on what I may be doing wrong? I just followed the steps that one would normally follow. I followed same steps to get the DeviceTamperAlarm.groovy added to my apps.

Thanks

billr777 · November 26, 2017, 3:54pm

Thank you everyone, I bought 2 2 packs at Home Depot about a year ago on clearance and they have been sitting in my closet until today.
I am new to the device handler but you guys make it easy.

Thanks again
Bill

merrick777 · December 13, 2017, 7:50am

@mitchp and @twack
Mitch & Todd, was there an update to your old discussion about battery reporting on Quirky Trippers using Mitch’s DTH? I’m trying to expose battery to ActionTles but it’s not being reported. IDE shows Current States of only Contact and Tamper. Thanks so much for any help!

Cbarth3 · December 27, 2017, 6:03am

I am curious about battery status also. It shows % battery but never a number.

AlecM · December 27, 2017, 4:02pm

@merrick777 @Cbarth3

So a while ago I found that @mitchp’s version only mapped volts up to 2.8 - when a battery was new and had voltage of 2.9 or above it didn’t have a percentage mapped to it - hence you’d get _ _.

I made changes in the battery mapping to my own version of @mitchp 's excellent Quirky Tripper DTH to add in voltage range of 2.9 to 3.4 . I also tweaked the %values based on own experience and rough testing w/ multimeter.

The raw value is returned as voltage x10 (so 2.9 volts comes back as 29). Percentage results based on my own experience (once it’s down to 2.4 volts it’s almost gone - so I mapped it to 25% - by 2.1 volts it’s losing connection - so I mapped it to 0 - that said my batteries are lasting months and months - even the one on the back door.

Here’s my tweaked version of that section of the DTH.

//Converts the battery level response into a percentage to display in ST
//and creates appropriate message for given level

//AlecM - 8-31 Added mapping values for 34 -29 to map below -since they were valid values - 3 or 2.9 volts were returning null

private getBatteryResult(volts) {
def batteryMap = [34:100, 33:100, 32:100, 31:100, 30:100, 29:95, 28:90, 27:80, 26:75, 25:50, 24:25, 23:20,
22:10, 21:0]
def minVolts = 21
//AlecM 10-2 changed maxvolts to 34 to see what really getting w/ new battery
def maxVolts = 34
def linkText = getLinkText(device)
def result = [name: ‘battery’]

if (volts < minVolts) volts = minVolts
else if (volts > maxVolts) volts = maxVolts
result.value = batteryMap[volts]
result.descriptionText = “${linkText} battery was ${result.value}%“
log.debug(”${linkText} reports battery voltage at ${result.value}%”) //added logging for voltage level to help determine actual min voltage from users
return result
}
//////////

Or you can get the whole thing at https://github.com/alecm/SmartThingsADM/blob/master/quirky-wink-tripper.src/quirky-wink-tripper-ADM.groovy

(no - I’m not set up with proper repo update or anything - never quite got around to it).

Hope this is useful! I love my Quirky trippers -

And battery level (in percentage) shows up just fine in my ActionTiles (just set up a new panel).

Alec

merrick777 · December 27, 2017, 5:38pm

@AlecM , THANK YOUUUU! I’m traveling, but can’t wait to try this out!

Cbarth3 · December 27, 2017, 8:19pm

This is fantastic. I have lots of trippers as I am a wink convert. Currently just playing around with some of the items I was not sure about on this platform and still learning.

I edited the device handler and added all of the code from your link. It now shows type as tripper - AlecM. Is there anything else I need to do?

Quirky Tripper Support?

Never mind figured it out after going through the whole thread and went on to create the device handler instead of the smartapp ! Thanks again for all your work.

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