Refresh an Aeotec Humidity Sensor

Devices & Integrations
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I’m looking for a way to get AEOTEC ZWA039 aërQ Temperature & Humidity Sensor, Z-Wave, SmartThings, to update its polling. There is no way through the new smart thing ide that I can do this. I want to use it in the bathroom to turn a fan on. But as it won’t refresh when I want it to it just won’t turn the fan on. Any ideas would be greatly appreciated.

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I have a couple of these. The settings are found in settings behind the 3 dots in SmartThings App. By default that device is 15 minutes. You can reduce that and you can lower the Offset, (amount of change required to send info). I will tell you these eat batteries like crazy if you make them work harder!

It may not be what you are after, but I’ve gone to a Zooz-zse44-temp-humidity-sensor for the bathroom fan. Works fine for humidity out of the box!

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Mariano explains how to do it with his driver here.

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You could use a battery eliminator to get around the “eating batteries like crazy” concern

https://www.aliexpress.us/item/3256804913024452.html

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Thanks for reply. There isn’t any option on mine to change any settings when I press the 3 dots in top right corner ?

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Hello. It’s been a couple of years since I’ve used the SmartThings app and the ide I used to use to change configuration has gone. There is a new one which I have logged into but it won’t allow me to change the parameters of this. And I can’t find where to check z wave devices either. I’m feel like a rookie !

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This is in the SmartThings Mobile App, not the SmartThings Advanced page.

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What kind of reporting interval are you using for the bathroom fan automation?

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This is what I get when i click the 3 dots ??

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I have no idea as I can’t find out what it is or how to change it. Very odd !

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I would suggest deleting the device and re-pair it close to the hub, so that it pairs properly and picks up the settings option.

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Stuck it to the ceiling … I’ll get it off. I did do it right next to the hub. So the settings option should be there I presume. It’s not any different cause I’m in the UK is it ?

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If you click Driver, what do you see?

I’m using the Aeotec.

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There is usually enough humidity change from shower that it triggers soon enough. You could lower the threshold if you wanted.

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Well that’s interesting. It should be a sensor I thought and not a switch … hmmmm

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There should NOT be any regional difference in how drivers are chosen.

One thing I have learned it to never install a smart device until it paired properly and working.

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I thought this would be easy as it’s SmartThings compatible … being aeotec which is now SmartThings … can I change it anywhere to a sensor ?

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Well it’s saying one thing on the app and another in the new ide settings … strange …

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If you are using the android mobile app, clear the cache and restart the app and check the driver again.