Smart things fail

[JDRoberts]

I’m sure that’s very frustrating. At present, SmartThings does not do wellness checking for individual end devices. And the mobile app just shows you the last recorded status, not how long it’s been.

A community member has created a very popular smart app, simple device viewer, which checks the log entries for individual end devices and notifies you if it hasn’t checked in for reporting period that you set. It’s worth looking at.

[OBSOLETE] Simple Device Viewer

I won’t be porting this SmartApp so it will stop working when the Groovy platform is retired. Allows you to easily see a list of information about your devices like battery percentages, temperatures, how long since last event, switch state, etc. Receive Push and/or SMS notifications based on temperature, battery level, and/or time since last event. New Dashboard Feature allows you to view all your device information using any web browser. See the Version 2.0 Release Notes for more information. It can automatically poll the devices at a specified interval. Turn Off All Lights and/or Switches with a push of a button. The first time you open the application, I recommend hitting Done as soon as you see the Setup screen because if you back out of the app instead of hitting Done, the app…