Different value for status and sensor

[sdalu]

For example

The status node report:

payload.status.components.main.contactSensor.contact.value : "closed'

The contact node report:

payload.value: 1

Shouldn't the same be reported ?

[otaviojr]

It should report

payload.value: 0

Regards

[sdalu]

Sorry, my mistake, it is payload.value: 0. I wanted to say 0 (integer) vs closed (string). I was expected to have exactly the same value.

[otaviojr]

@sdalu I make this conversion internally. It's easy to remember when using the nodes. There are many values active/inactive, open/closed, on/off, and you need to remember them when using those nodes. So, they are all converted to 1/0.

I was thinking about those people who don't know all smartthings internals.

Regards

[sdalu]

Shouldn't this conversion also be made on the status node ?

[otaviojr]

@sdalu The status node was a contribution, was not written by me, and yes, it should. I will correct that.

Regards

[otaviojr]

@sdalu I think that the status device should not exist at all, I will remove it. It is the same as the openclose sensor...

Please, use the open/close sensor...

Regards

[sdalu]

For me it is not the same as the open/close (doc is wrong) but an aggregation of all the sensors available on a device. As a full report is for example:

{
    "topic": "device",
    "payload": {
        "deviceId": "85272aa2-78db-4e80-8585-849469710190",
        "name": "Door watcher",
        "status": {
            "components": {
                "main": {
                    "contactSensor": {
                        "contact": {
                            "value": "closed",
                            "timestamp": "2022-06-08T19:08:23.196Z"
                        }
                    },
                    "threeAxis": {
                        "threeAxis": {
                            "value": [
                                -1010,
                                31,
                                13
                            ],
                            "unit": "mG",
                            "timestamp": "2022-06-08T22:01:56.533Z"
                        }
                    },
                    "configuration": {},
                    "healthCheck": {
                        "checkInterval": {
                            "value": 720,
                            "unit": "s",
                            "data": {
                                "protocol": "zigbee",
                                "hubHardwareId": "0036",
                                "offlinePingable": "1",
                                "deviceScheme": "TRACKED"
                            },
                            "timestamp": "2022-03-31T21:10:23.252Z"
                        },
                        "healthStatus": {
                            "value": null
                        },
                        "DeviceWatch-Enroll": {
                            "value": null
                        },
                        "DeviceWatch-DeviceStatus": {
                            "value": null
                        }
                    },
                    "temperatureMeasurement": {
                        "temperature": {
                            "value": 27.1,
                            "unit": "C",
                            "timestamp": "2022-06-08T22:05:26.978Z"
                        }
                    },
                    "refresh": {},
                    "sensor": {},
                    "battery": {
                        "battery": {
                            "value": 100,
                            "unit": "%",
                            "timestamp": "2022-03-31T21:10:06.836Z"
                        }
                    },
                    "accelerationSensor": {
                        "acceleration": {
                            "value": "inactive",
                            "timestamp": "2022-06-08T22:02:06.623Z"
                        }
                    }
                }
            }
        }
    },
    "_msgid": "3853a0c3d871ff26"
}

I find it useful to have all the sensors value aggregated in one message (even if I wouldn't have necessarily formatted it this way)

[otaviojr]

@sdalu The problem is that you can only select contact sensors devices. Since it query by the contactSensor capability.

[sdalu]

Argh, I thought/hoped it was a generic one :(

[otaviojr]

@sdalu I will try to change it to allow a more global selection, all devices, not only contact sensors. But this node will have no treatment, and they will output the raw value. No 1/0, but the original value. They will be an exception.

[otaviojr]

@sdalu I update the module, version 0.0.39, with this change. Now, the status node allows you to select any device, and it will output the raw json sent by SmartThings API without any further treatment.

I think this node could be useful as a debug node and to allow people to receive status from some device/sensor that this module does not contemplate yet. And, as in your case, to receive more than one value on the same node.

The downside is that some knowledge of SmartThings internals will be required.

Regards