Welcome to today’s daily kōrero!

Anyone can make the thread, first in first served. If you are here on a day and there’s no daily thread, feel free to create it!

Anyway, it’s just a chance to talk about your day, what you have planned, what you have done, etc.

So, how’s it going?

  • Dave@lemmy.nzOPM
    1·
    10 months ago

    Bought one of those as well! You previously mentioned them so I got one.

    With the humidity sensor, it reports the last update was almost an hour ago. Does that mean it’s no longer connected? I can’t seem to see any indicator in HA as to whether something is currently connected or not.

    • sylverstream@lemmy.nz
      2·
      10 months ago

      In HA if you go to the device, there’s an option Zigbee info which shows latest seen.

      If humidity doesn’t change it won’t update it, to save battery, at least that’s how I understand it.

      At the start I’ve struggled a lot with devices that became unresponsive. Adding a bunch of mains powered devices solved that.

      • Dave@lemmy.nzOPM
        1·
        10 months ago

        Thanks, I’ll keep an eye on it. It’s literally sitting right next to the Skyconnect dongle so shouldn’t be a range problem. I’m pretty sure the temperature would have changed so I’ll try re-pairing and see if that helps.

        If it goes out of range then back in, does it automatically reconnect? And do you know if the button on the humidity sensor does anything other than holding it in for 5 seconds puts it in pairing mode? Wondering if you press it briefly does it turn it off or reset the connection or anything.

        • sylverstream@lemmy.nz
          2·
          10 months ago

          So… Zigbee should be self correcting / fixing. But I’ve had sensors become unresponsive and had to re Add them to ZHA. Don’t have to delete them first.

          The button wakes up the sensor if pressed briefly, something you should do when you click reconfigure. I’ve never had luck with reconfigure though.

          • Dave@lemmy.nzOPM
            2·
            10 months ago

            Thanks, that’s helpful! I’ve readded and it seems to be working now. Humidity went from 48% at 20C to 65% at 20C in an hour or two, presumably from cooking dinner.