MySensors battery updates

[SweetPants]

Hi, My MySensors Door/Window sensors (http://www.domoticz.com/forum/viewtopic ... 42&t=18484) send battery status once a day, but this is not reflected in Domoticz. I see the message arrive at the MySensors gateway,

Jul 30 08:50:28 RPiGW mysgw: TSF:MSG:READ,1-1-0,s=255,c=3,t=0,pt=1,l=1,sg=0:99

But it 'only get's updated in Domoticz when a door/window is opened and closed. Especially for window sensors this can become problematic. Because I use LiPo cells, i want to know the battery status before they are discharged to low.

Is it possible to implement this?

regards, Harry

[SweetPants]

Hmm, thought as a workaround to send the door/window state also to force a battery update

Jul 30 11:23:15 RPiGW mysgw: TSF:MSG:READ,1-1-0,s=255,c=3,t=0,pt=1,l=1,sg=0:99
Jul 30 11:23:15 RPiGW mysgw: TSF:MSG:READ,1-1-0,s=0,c=1,t=16,pt=2,l=2,sg=0:0

But if the door/window switch value is the same as the previous, it won't update the door/window switch status and battery status either.

[gizmocuz]

How do you send a single battery level update via mysensors ?

[SweetPants]

How do you send a single battery level update via mysensors ?

2.2.0-beta (because run on RPI + RFM69)

float p = vcc.Read_Perc(VccMin, VccMax);
sendBatteryLevel((uint8_t)p);

[gizmocuz]

Looking in the code, we update the nodes battery level, and it will be updated when we receive a new sensor value.
For switches it is indeed when there is a change switch (but forced for V_TRIPPED and V_SCENE (on/off)

MySensorsBase::UpdateSwitch

Here it is where it's checked.. maybe this peace of code should be removed for mysensors ?
But be carefull when you have a script on an 'On' command.. because this WILL be triggered...

Maybe you can test with it ? Also interested to know opinions from other users

[SweetPants]

Maybe you can test with it ? Also interested to know opinions from other users

I will give it a try in my test setup, but I'm not that experienced with C++
Have to wait a while for some new hardware to make a test node, all others are in production

[SweetPants]

Should MySensorsBase::UpdateNodeBatteryLevel not be used for battery updates? If I send single battery updates using sendBatteryLevel((uint8_t)p); i can see them come in here? There is a peace of code there that is commented out ( //Uncomment the below to for a sensor update ). but if I comment it out nothing happens.

[SweetPants]

For switches it is indeed when there is a change switch (but forced for V_TRIPPED and V_SCENE (on/off)

MySensor uses V_TRIPPED MyMessage msgContact(CONTACT_CHILD_ID, V_TRIPPED); , but there is no forced update.