Open/Close Sensor questions

[misraels]

I have a couple questions about an Open/Close sensor i have:

1) it registers in the plugin as a triggerlinc, i asuume this is fine.

2) it does not have a battery status device, is mine set up wrong or doesnt this device support that?

3) mine keeps updating when there are no changes, example, it will report Closed every once in a while and updates the date-time of the device, it does this without the unit switching to an Open state so it does not show when it was last opened without triggering a virtual device.

[mnsandler]

1. Triggerlinc is fine. sh changed the name of the device but it did not coincide with a fw ver num, so i left the name. Newer units with device type 1009 are called Door Sensors

2. there is no battery status on these devices

3. check the log and see if you can find a msg from the device at the time of the update. some of the units have a heartbeat that sends an updated status value. the plugin does monitor for this

please post your devicetype and firmware version from the [device] section of your insteon.ini if you have further questions.

[misraels]

Thank you Mark, it does sound like the device is updating with the heart beat, which i guess is good, i can now drive a battery warning when the device does not update.

[mnsandler]

can you post your devicetype and firmware version from the [device] section.

also, can you post a few detailed log entries when the device is asynchronously updated

[misraels]

it is a devicetype = 1002 and firmware 40

going through the logs i discovered that one of my insteon motion sensors wsa linked to the device, and everytime there was motion off, it would update the time on the device. i deleted the link and will see what it does now.

any suggestion on a way to monitor battery life on these?

[mnsandler]

i don't think its possible with this devicetype. Depending on what you have it attached to, I suppose you could track the number of msgs you expect to receive on a regular basis, and if the count falls below your threshold, it may be a battery issue.

the new version (devtype 1009) sends a heartbeat msg every 24 hrs (in this format 00 00 04 Cx yy zz). so if a heartbeat isn't received then it may be a battery issue. the plugin creates a second hs device to monitor this.

[kevini]

I have a devtype 1002 on firmware 40 that is also reporting some type of heartbeat or bat value. I receive these in the Insteon error log periodically:

3/18/2016 4:14:25 PM - Received STX 0x50 (Raw Insteon Rec):2D DF 7D 00 00 04 CF 13 04
3/18/2016 4:14:25 PM - Received STX 0x50 (Raw Insteon Rec):2D DF 7D 00 00 04 CF 13 04 Debouncing repeat.
3/18/2016 4:14:25 PM - Received STX 0x50 (Raw Insteon Rec):2D DF 7D 13 00 04 CF 06 00
3/18/2016 4:14:25 PM - Received message from Hallway Bathroom Hotwater Switch (2D.DF.7D) taking hops: 1
3/18/2016 4:14:25 PM - ProcessGroupBroadcast: Device Hallway Bathroom Hotwater Switch (2D.DF.7D) is group broadcast source (tgt group/button:4) sending cmd 13
3/18/2016 4:14:25 PM - ***:Error in ProcessGroupBroadcastUpdateDevice: DevIndex=36, GrpNum=4: Index was outside the bounds of the array. -- Details System.IndexOutOfRangeException: Index was outside the bounds of the array.
at Insteon.Support.Core.InsteonModule.ProcessGroupBroadcastUpda teDevice(Int32 DevIndex, TransmitMsgType Msg, Int32 GrpNum, Int32 OnLvl, Boolean SyncTarget)

Of course there is no Grpnum of 4 so it throws the error. I've tried resetting and re-adding but clearly it is sending a message the plugin is not expecting for this device type. Any suggestions?

[mnsandler]

I have a devtype 1002 on firmware 40 that is also reporting some type of heartbeat or bat value. I receive these in the Insteon error log periodically:

3/18/2016 4:14:25 PM - Received STX 0x50 (Raw Insteon Rec):2D DF 7D 00 00 04 CF 13 04
3/18/2016 4:14:25 PM - Received STX 0x50 (Raw Insteon Rec):2D DF 7D 00 00 04 CF 13 04 Debouncing repeat.
3/18/2016 4:14:25 PM - Received STX 0x50 (Raw Insteon Rec):2D DF 7D 13 00 04 CF 06 00
3/18/2016 4:14:25 PM - Received message from Hallway Bathroom Hotwater Switch (2D.DF.7D) taking hops: 1
3/18/2016 4:14:25 PM - ProcessGroupBroadcast: Device Hallway Bathroom Hotwater Switch (2D.DF.7D) is group broadcast source (tgt group/button:4) sending cmd 13
3/18/2016 4:14:25 PM - ***:Error in ProcessGroupBroadcastUpdateDevice: DevIndex=36, GrpNum=4: Index was outside the bounds of the array. -- Details System.IndexOutOfRangeException: Index was outside the bounds of the array.
at Insteon.Support.Core.InsteonModule.ProcessGroupBroadcastUpda teDevice(Int32 DevIndex, TransmitMsgType Msg, Int32 GrpNum, Int32 OnLvl, Boolean SyncTarget)

Of course there is no Grpnum of 4 so it throws the error. I've tried resetting and re-adding but clearly it is sending a message the plugin is not expecting for this device type. Any suggestions?

assuming you are using hs3, load the latest beta via the Updater. I just fixed this issue.

[kevini]

Cool, thanks testing now.

[mnsandler]

you will need to delete and reregister the device

[kevini]

Thanks, so far so good. I don't use that switch often but no errors yet...

[mnsandler]

Thanks, so far so good. I don't use that switch often but no errors yet...

thanks for the feedback.

[kevini]

Looks like I spoke too soon, I must have missed it in the HS Log but it is in the insteon error report:

I put the device config below too:

3/20/2016 9:44:22 PM - Received STX 0x50 (Raw Insteon Rec):2D DF 7D 00 00 04 CB 13 04
3/20/2016 9:44:22 PM - Received STX 0x50 (Raw Insteon Rec):2D DF 7D 13 00 04 CB 06 00
3/20/2016 9:44:22 PM - Received message from Hallway Bathroom Hotwater Switch (2D.DF.7D) taking hops: 1
3/20/2016 9:44:22 PM - ProcessGroupBroadcast: Device Hallway Bathroom Hotwater Switch (2D.DF.7D) is group broadcast source (tgt group/button:4) sending cmd 13
3/20/2016 9:44:22 PM - ***:Error in ProcessGroupBroadcastUpdateDevice: DevIndex=37, GrpNum=4: Index was outside the bounds of the array. -- Details System.IndexOutOfRangeException: Index was outside the bounds of the array.
at Insteon.Support.Core.InsteonModule.ProcessGroupBroadcastUpda teDevice(Int32 DevIndex, TransmitMsgType Msg, Int32 GrpNum, Int32 OnLvl, Boolean SyncTarget)

[Device 37]
DeviceID=2D.DF.7D
DeviceName=Bathroom Hotwater Switch
DeviceLocation=Hallway
DeviceType=1002
FirmwareVer=40
DatabaseDelta=25
RecentDatabaseDelta=25
PollingInterval=0
LastContact=3/18/2016 9:59:59 PM
HopData=53,52,1,0
Protocol=3
TotalInteractions=4
FailedInteractions=0
LinksDownloaded=1
NumLinks=2
Link 1=E2 01 3D 94 41 00 00 01 1
Link 2=E2 01 23 D1 2C 00 00 02 2

[mnsandler]

ok. try .77 in the beta section of the Updater. please delete the current device and register again with the new version. you should get two hs devices

[kevini]

Thanks, I'll re-add it when I get home since it is battery operated.