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Rule for devices battery level ?

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    cw-kid
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    #33

    How do I change my rule for devices with low batteries to use a dynamic array instead of the static manual array I am using currently ?

    battery_device_list:

    102246ea-adb8-40f8-a37b-e3283e6b6bf8-image.png

    Thanks

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    • cw-kidC cw-kid

      How do I change my rule for devices with low batteries to use a dynamic array instead of the static manual array I am using currently ?

      battery_device_list:

      102246ea-adb8-40f8-a37b-e3283e6b6bf8-image.png

      Thanks

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      @cw-kid
      45e80520-3d14-480f-bd11-c7de871c7719-image.png

      The first expression produces an array that includes all battery powered entities across all controllers.

      The second restricts the results to a specific controller.

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        Ian thank you. I thought it would be the battery_power capability, but I didn't know how to write that in an expression. I will try it now.

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          cw-kid
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          #36

          I think this may work then, I just need to edit my existing rule:

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          matchEntities ({controller: 'vera', capability: ['battery_power']})
          

          EDITED rule:

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            I think this may work then, I just need to edit my existing rule:

            60aa1069-d8de-4868-9ae0-213965417840-image.png

            matchEntities ({controller: 'vera', capability: ['battery_power']})
            

            EDITED rule:

            1355a3a7-ff45-438a-8e89-c06bb7071d96-image.png

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            @cw-kid You could also do all that in one expression if you prefer and are not using the other ones for anything else.

            join( 
              each id in matchEntities( { controller: 'vera', capability: 'battery_power' } ): do
                device=getEntity( id ), 
                device.attributes.battery_power.level > 0.1 ? null : device.name + " at " + device.attributes.battery_power.level * 100 + " percent"
              done, ", " )
            
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              @cw-kid You could also do all that in one expression if you prefer and are not using the other ones for anything else.

              join( 
                each id in matchEntities( { controller: 'vera', capability: 'battery_power' } ): do
                  device=getEntity( id ), 
                  device.attributes.battery_power.level > 0.1 ? null : device.name + " at " + device.attributes.battery_power.level * 100 + " percent"
                done, ", " )
              
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              @crille

              Great thank you, I will consider that.

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                #39

                Just a point here: why limit matchEntities() to one controller? Would you not perhaps want an alert for a device on any controller that has a low battery level?

                Also, don't forget about the format() function, which is meant for things like this...

                    device.attributes.battery_power.level > 0.1 ? null : format( "{} at {:.1%}", device.name, device.attributes.battery_power.level )
                

                Oh, and in my home, any battery-operated device would be long dead if it was reporting 10% (0.1). Most of mine seem to start to malfunction below 50%.

                Author of Multi-system Reactor and Reactor, DelayLight, Switchboard, and about a dozen other plugins that run on Vera and openLuup.

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                • toggledbitsT toggledbits

                  Just a point here: why limit matchEntities() to one controller? Would you not perhaps want an alert for a device on any controller that has a low battery level?

                  Also, don't forget about the format() function, which is meant for things like this...

                      device.attributes.battery_power.level > 0.1 ? null : format( "{} at {:.1%}", device.name, device.attributes.battery_power.level )
                  

                  Oh, and in my home, any battery-operated device would be long dead if it was reporting 10% (0.1). Most of mine seem to start to malfunction below 50%.

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                  @toggledbits I'm trying to understand the pros and cons of using this vs the new DynamicGroupController, could you give a short summation?

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                    @toggledbits I'm trying to understand the pros and cons of using this vs the new DynamicGroupController, could you give a short summation?

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                    Hi @crille !

                    In this post we are having this discussion about Dynamic, I am having a hard time getting it to work, but it will be very good, the concept is great and this will make it much easier.

                    https://smarthome.community/topic/793/multidimensional-array/17?_=1638031443562&loggedin=true

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                      Hi @crille !

                      In this post we are having this discussion about Dynamic, I am having a hard time getting it to work, but it will be very good, the concept is great and this will make it much easier.

                      https://smarthome.community/topic/793/multidimensional-array/17?_=1638031443562&loggedin=true

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                      @wmarcolin Yes, but the goal seems to be the same so what's the pros of doing it in the DynamicGroupController? More efficient, more dynamic, less complex etc, than a global expression like the one above?
                      I'm all up for new improved ways of doing things just need an explanation of why 🙂

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                        @wmarcolin Yes, but the goal seems to be the same so what's the pros of doing it in the DynamicGroupController? More efficient, more dynamic, less complex etc, than a global expression like the one above?
                        I'm all up for new improved ways of doing things just need an explanation of why 🙂

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                        @crille

                        In my opinion, everything you put in: more efficient, more dynamic, less complex. Below is a screenshot of how I do it today, and it would be replaced only by the format expression already directly inside a message as per telegram.

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                        I will also use it to easily know all the devices that will be tripped in the house, see the other post for what I am adding after the battery. Besides this, unifying devices that for example are triggered by a contact or movement and have different expressions, will help unify and set up the alarm trigger management.

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