![]() However, ST has a zwave function to get battery level response(secure(())) which should get the actual value, but will only be called if alarm 167 is the case.Īlso, look at the poll section, every hour a single code is checked, it could take days to get to the battery code, if ever. Zwave has alarm codes, 167 = battery low, 168 = battery crit, 169 = battery too low to operate. As it is one of the last poll items to get refreshed, after user codes.Īnyway, I’m not a zwave expert, but this is how it was explained to me. I suspect that everytime the platform resets (has been a lot lately) the polling sequence starts over, so battery can take a day or more to update, and if the devicetype resets, it may never get updated. However, you can hard code a battery poll, but this would be overkill, since excessive polling can lead to battery drain… and that’s how the devicetype was written.īattery status is only updated once out of like 50 polls. In order to keep the devicetype up to date, you have to loop through all the statuses, lock, codes, battery status, etc. You can’t just get all the statuses of the lock in one poll. Unclip the Battery: Before taking out the battery, unclip it to avoid damaging the wires in the removal process. Polling isn’t the problem, its how it is polled. Open up the inside panel by either pulling up on the top black plastic portion or using a screwdriver to loosen the screws that secure the cover in place. Last event: 10:08:29.786 PM PDT 4 days agoĜOMMAND poll poll command was sent to Front Door true Last battery level: 2:46:51.951 PM PDT 4 days agoĝEVICE batteryđ00 Front Door battery is 100% true SmartThings should have a notification in place warning that device has lost connectivity. So it seems to me that the lock lost connection to the hub 4 days ago and drained its batteries trying to reconnect. The battery level before the last communication was 100%. Remove the lock from the door making sure the spindle has the. ![]() Now, the interesting clue is that looking at SmartThings logs, I see that the last event from the lock is dated 10 PM Saturday, Oct.31, i.e. Does the key continuously spin round The spindle is not full connected to the front keypad. All four batteries are totally drained, measuring 1.15V. The door look worked just fine until it died today. I tested each battery before installing and they were perfectly good, measuring solid 1.6V. The batteries were from the same batch that lasted 8 month of heavy use. ![]() I installed fresh Alkaline batteries a week ago, on October 28th. Well, what do you know? SmartThings drained my Schlage Door Lock batteries again.
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