Hello @nayelyz ,
I am going to bring here the topic of preferences that affect the configuration of the report intervals of temperature, battery … of zigbee devices, that we talked about yesterday, so that it is together in this thread of the device preferences topic.
As I mentioned to you, I don’t see a way to do it in driver as if it could be done in DTH.
I have copied post, if you can or want to move it from the other thread, I delete it.
Thanks
Thanks, i will wait.
The use of default configuration values of the devices greatly facilitates the writing of drivers, but if they cannot be overwritten it will limit the options for using the devices.
To change the settings of the temperature report intervals for the smartthings multisensor is not a whim, it is a matter of excessive battery consumption.
These have a CR2450 battery and with the default values:
- minimum interval: 30 sec
- Maximum interval: 300 sec
- Reportable change: 0.1º
In practice, it sends a report for every 0.1º change or every 5 minutes, whichever occurs first if temperature change.
Whoever designed this device with this battery, I don’t think they thought it was going to be used by default with a precision of 0.1º. Temperature sensors on doors and windows are not suitable for use as thermostats. They do not give usable and reliable information unless they are posted on interior doors of the house.
I use the modified dth to save battery with values since 9 month:
- minimum interval: 30 sec
- Maximum interval: 3600 sec
- Reportable change: 1º
With these values, it sends a report every 1º change or every 1 hour, whichever occurs first if temperature change.
The battery has consumed 17% from the end of Nov 2020 until yesterday August 30, 2021, when I installed the edge driver.
When I installed the edge driver the battery showed the same level as with the DTH, 83%.
In just 24 hours with the default values it has consumed 4% (79%)
UPDATED:
In 3 days the battery has already consumed 15%, it shows 68%
I have three smartthings sensors, now aeotec, and I use them for door and automation control and the temperature only as statistical information. If they can’t be modified I’ll have to throw them away when groovy disappears. I do not plan to change batteries every 20 days or put a glob of AA batteries attached to the sensor, hahaha …
On the other hand, another “Health poll” seems to be another default value, which is seen in the logcat every 30 sec. I don’t know what impact this will have on the devices with battery. With DTH I am not aware of this being the case on all devices.
