Variable in notification?

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@Inge_Jones

It’s probably simpler to just check which device pinged me when the time comes

This works well for most devices, however for a few “hungry” devices such as locks which put a lot of load on the battery, it may not be always true. We’ve seen some locks like Schlage deadbolt suddenly shutdown at 50% battery. This post explains it more detail.

[RELEASE] Low Battery Notification with Customizable Alert/Warning/Monitor, Configurable Thresholds and Device Monitoring Alerts

Some interesting notes we have gathered about different battery types (also included in the first) and their impact on devices: See how the battery stability (voltage) varies by load and temperature, lithium batteries have the best stability: [image] [image] [image] Lithium batteries come in voltages from 1.5v to 3.7v, check the correct voltage before using Not all devices are tuned to handle the voltage curves of rechargeable (NiMH) and lithium batteries, adjust your thresholds accordingly (e.g. devices with alkaline batteries expect a gradual voltage drop off where as lithium batteries voltage drops very quickly at the end). Conversely NiMH batteries drop off very quickly at the beginning which may cause some devices to shut off or report lower battery levels The last point is inte…

You can purchase access to all of RBoy Apps on the website. It’s definitely useful to create a separate rule for different device classes as each brand/class of device behaves differently based on the type of battery and the design of the product. Some ZWave devices die at 30% while other go onto report upto 1% and still continue to work.