Device Health Check

I've noticed a number of times, and especially when you have a larger installation, as more devices and easier to miss, that some parameters are not always correctly defined due to issues during the sync. Thinking about it, and its obvious that it is mainly battery operated devices. Would it be possible to add a health check that would be able to report, based on a template for that device for example of expected fields, that could report back where a device is not properly defined ?

This would be very good for the BJ2000 wall switches which some of us struggle to sync.

Peter

[matt (support)]

Are you referring to Z-Wave modules? Can you elaborate what you mean by some parameters not being correct?

I have seen an issues where, during Z-Wave sync, if there is a communication hiccup Indigo will disable parameter UI (because it wasn't able to extract those parameters). Is that what you are referring to?

Matt, yes that is exactly what I'm talking about. Its mostly battery operated devices. Only have Z-Wave myself now so can only speak for that. However as i'm thinking about it, we probably need some way of alerting that a device is not updating, be it down to dead battery or loss of communication, but i've had some devices that were not updating. Would it be possible to get a notification of a device that had not updated in X amount of time also ?

[matt (support)]

There is a Last Updated device property that python scripts have access to. So in theory it is possible to write a script that checks all battery operated devices and sets an error state (variable/email/etc) if a module isn't heard from for an extended period of time. Adding that type of logic, as well as more intuitive ways to detect low battery conditions is on our feature request list as well. In the mean time it would have to be handled via a script (or by creating a plugin).

Would you have a sample available Matt that we could run on schedule ?

[matt (support)]

Don't have one laying around. I can put something together but it will need to wait until I get some high priority things cleared off my plate.

This will print last update date for all your devices into the log file. The variable lUpdate contains the update string date

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for d in indigo.devices:
   try:
      lUpdate= d.states["timeOfLastChange"]
   except:
      lUpdate=" not avaliable"
   indigo.server.log(u"dev: "+ d.name +u", last updated: "+ lUpdate)


hope that helps

Karl

like this:

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 Script                          dev: irrmaster pro, last updated:  not avaliable
  Script                          dev: kitchen sink spotlight, last updated:  not avaliable
  Script                          dev: MAC-00:04:A3:AD:A5:CB, last updated: 2014-10-24 07:15:37
 

This makes it look nicer:

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for d in indigo.devices:
   try:
      lUpdate= d.states["timeOfLastChange"]
   except:
      lUpdate=" not avaliable"
   indigo.server.log(u"dev: "+ d.name.ljust(40) +u", last updated: "+ lUpdate)


==>>

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  Script                          dev: garage light                            , last updated:  not avaliable
  Script                          dev: iphone                                  , last updated: 2014-10-30 16:11:37
  Script                          dev: iphone-xyz                              , last updated: 2014-10-30 10:00:44
  Script                          dev: irrmaster pro                           , last updated:  not avaliable
  Script                          dev: kitchen sink spotlight                  , last updated:  not avaliable
  Script                          dev: MAC-00:04:A3:AD:A5:CB                   , last updated: 2014-10-24 07:15:37
  Script                          dev: MAC-00:0E:58:24:C7:DC                   , last updated: 2014-10-24 07:15:37
  Script                          dev: MAC-00:0E:58:25:21:80                   , last updated: 2014-10-24 07:15:37
  Script                          dev: MAC-00:0E:58:32:27:5C                   , last updated: 2014-10-24 07:15:37
  Script                          dev: MAC-00:0E:58:BF:E0:D7                   , last updated: 2014-10-24 07:15:37
  Script                          dev: MAC-00:13:49:BB:20:E7                   , last updated: 2014-10-30 10:00:44


In case you need help with e.g.
if (now - lUpdate) > 3days: ... send email // speak // etc
let me know

Karl

this will print the info if no update in the last 12 hours

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import time
rightNow = time.time()
for d in indigo.devices:
   try:
      lUpdate= d.states["timeOfLastChange"]
      timeSecs = time.mktime(time.strptime(lUpdate,"%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S"))
      timeDelta = rightNow - timeSecs
   except:
      lUpdate=" not avaliable"
      timeDelta =0
   if timeDelta > 60*60*12:  ### 60 secs * 60 minutes * 12 hours
      indigo.server.log(u"dev: "+ d.name.ljust(40) +u", last updated: "+ lUpdate + u";  "+ str(timeDelta) +u"seconds since last update")



==>

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  Script                          dev: MAC-D8:D1:CB:A0:95:FF                   , last updated: 2014-10-24 17:49:08;  519189.755683seconds since last update
  Script                          dev: MAC-DC:9B:9C:19:49:53                   , last updated: 2014-10-24 09:14:20;  550077.755683seconds since last update
  Script                          dev: MAC-DE:AD:BE:EF:FE:EE                   , last updated: 2014-10-24 07:15:37;  557200.755683seconds since last update
  Script                          dev: MAC-E0:B5:2D:03:53:B3                   , last updated: 2014-10-29 23:28:22;  63235.7556829seconds since last update
  Script                          dev: MAC-E8:2A:EA:A3:72:CB                   , last updated: 2014-10-29 23:28:22;  63235.7556829seconds since last update
  Script                          dev: MAC-E8:AB:FA:16:21:80                   , last updated: 2014-10-24 07:15:37;  557200.755683seconds since last update
  Script                          dev: MAC-EC:CB:30:D8:A5:20                   , last updated: 2014-10-28 08:17:38;  204279.755683seconds since last update
  Script                          dev: MAC-F0:25:B7:B6:C1:27                   , last updated: 2014-10-29 23:28:22;  63235.7556829seconds since last update
 

replace indigo.server.log(...) with the action you like to perform for each device that has not been updated for xx hours ...

Karl

{UPDATE} copy and paste the code into an action group - server - script action. then click on compile and run.

[matt (support)]

Thanks, Karl. We have the best users.

to send one email for all non communicating devices:

replace the email address "emailaddress@company.com" with your email

put this code into a server script action schedule that runs once a day:

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import time
eMessage =""
rightNow = time.time()
for d in indigo.devices:
   try:
      lUpdate= d.states["timeOfLastChange"]
      timeSecs = time.mktime(time.strptime(lUpdate,"%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S"))
      timeDelta = rightNow - timeSecs
   except:
      lUpdate=" not available"
      timeDelta =0
   if timeDelta > 60*60*12:  ### 60 secs * 60 minutes * 12 hours
      eMessage +=  u"dev: "+ d.name.ljust(40) +u", last updated: "+ lUpdate + u";  "+ str(timeDelta) +u" seconds since last update\n"

# send one email for all devices found
if eMessage !="":  indigo.server.sendEmailTo("emailaddress@company.com", subject="devices not alive..", body=eMessage)



[jay (support)]

Nice!

We do have the best users...

Hi!

I get "not avaliable" for all my devices w/ states["timeOfLastChange"] ;/

Best regards, L