Check device if still working based on the date changed

[alphatech]

Hi,
I would like to monitor for devices to make sure they still updating. An example would be monitor z-wave devices, temperature sensors, motion sensors especially if they monitor conditions and powered by batteries. How do you monitor such devices?

Thanks,
Aldo

[rmasonjr]

EasyTrigger excels at doing this. You can find devices that have not changed for hh:mm:ss.
Here's an event that makes sure my energy device is updating:

[randy]

Like Rob wrote Easy Trigger will do it. Before Easy Trigger I used a simple script with an array of device Reference IDs to check and the hs.DeviceTime function. In the script I go through the array of temperature sensors looking for one that hasn't changed in 45 minutes. The function returns an integer which is the time since a device was updated in minutes. The script acts on it if the minutes are greater than 45. Here, the script simply generates a log message, and a Pushover message is triggered based on the log message using an UltraLog3 Log Match trigger.

Sub Main(ByVal Parm As Object)

    Try
        Dim ListOfDevices() As Integer = {280, 278, 270, 269, 137, 89, 136, 134, 122, 125, 134, 133, 124}
	'Boiler Supply, Boiler Return, BP S, BP R, LR S, LR R, MBR S, MBR R, RO S, RO R, MO S, MO R

        For Each Device As Integer In ListOfDevices

            ' hs.writelog("DeviceLastChange", "Device Reference: " & Device & " Minutes Since Last Changed State: " & hs.DeviceTime(Device))

            If hs.DeviceTime(Device) > 45 Then


                'do something here, trigger an event, send an email, etc.

                 hs.writelog("Sensor Error", “”& hs.DeviceName(Device) & " has not updated in over " & hs.DeviceTime(Device) & " minutes")

            End If
        Next

    Catch ex As Exception : hs.writelog("DeviceLastChange", "Error: " & ex.message)
    End Try

End Sub

[alphatech]

Perfect, this is what I was looking for. I did not realized that it had this function build in.

Thank you,
Aldo

EasyTrigger excels at doing this. You can find devices that have not changed for hh:mm:ss.
Here's an event that makes sure my energy device is updating:

[alphatech]

Thanks, I like this script as well, I could use both easytrigger on a specific sensor and this one for multiple sensors.

Thank you,
Aldo

Like Rob wrote Easy Trigger will do it. Before Easy Trigger I used a simple script with an array of device Reference IDs to check and the hs.DeviceTime function. In the script I go through the array of temperature sensors looking for one that hasn't changed in 45 minutes. The function returns an integer which is the time since a device was updated in minutes. The script acts on it if the minutes are greater than 45. Here, the script simply generates a log message, and a Pushover message is triggered based on the log message using an UltraLog3 Log Match trigger.

Sub Main(ByVal Parm As Object)

    Try
        Dim ListOfDevices() As Integer = {280, 278, 270, 269, 137, 89, 136, 134, 122, 125, 134, 133, 124}
	'Boiler Supply, Boiler Return, BP S, BP R, LR S, LR R, MBR S, MBR R, RO S, RO R, MO S, MO R

        For Each Device As Integer In ListOfDevices

            ' hs.writelog("DeviceLastChange", "Device Reference: " & Device & " Minutes Since Last Changed State: " & hs.DeviceTime(Device))

            If hs.DeviceTime(Device) > 45 Then


                'do something here, trigger an event, send an email, etc.

                 hs.writelog("Sensor Error", “”& hs.DeviceName(Device) & " has not updated in over " & hs.DeviceTime(Device) & " minutes")

            End If
        Next

    Catch ex As Exception : hs.writelog("DeviceLastChange", "Error: " & ex.message)
    End Try

End Sub