# Aeotec Battery Status Static **URL:** \ **Category:** Questions & Help\ **Created:** [June 8, 2025, 3:16pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/aeotec-battery-status-static/137845 "2025-06-08T15:16:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![LakeWash](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/lakewash/32/122376_2.png) [@LakeWash](https://community.homey.app/u/LakeWash)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2025, 3:16pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/aeotec-battery-status-static/137845/1 "2025-06-08T15:16:55Z")
I switched from SmartThings six months ago or so because my devices kept dropping off the hub requiring devices reconnection. I use Aeotec motion, door and water leak sensors. Under the Developer Tools I see the temperature is updating regularly, but battery status last updated 3 months ago for the devices. I suspect this is a limitation of the device? Or can I tweak a setting in Developer Tool? If not how will I know when a device is out of battery? Of course with the motion sensors linked to lights that fail to trigger the lights that will be obvious, but for water leak sensors there’s no way to know. Will Homey send me an alert when a device goes offline? Homey is powerful but for a newbie like me it’s confusing. thanks for any help here! ---
**Author:** ![Peter\_Kawa](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/peter_kawa/32/173848_2.png) [@Peter\_Kawa](https://community.homey.app/u/Peter_Kawa)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2025, 7:23pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/aeotec-battery-status-static/137845/2 "2025-06-08T19:23:38Z")
> [@LakeWash](#): > > Will Homey send me an alert when a device goes offline No. It’s very weird, but Homey has no “mark device as offline after x minutes of inactivity” setting or the like. But, because of the great community, there’s several ways to work around it: There’s a [great script](https://community.homey.app/t/a-script-to-check-sensor-last-update/63142/25) which you can run every X hours, it shows you any inactive sensor devices. Another way is to (re)start a timer every time a sensor value, like temperature, is changed. Setting the timer to 12 hours f.i., makes it possible to determine if a device was inactive during 12 hours straight. To quickly determine if the inactiveness is battery or communication related: For every device there’s a notes field available, for you to save the battery replacement date for instance. > [@LakeWash](#): > > but battery status last updated 3 months ago Battery status is more a gimmick than a serious measurement. The usability depends on the device or app. F.i. Aqara contact sensor battery levels stay at 100% all the time, but temperature sensor battery levels ate reported pretty realistic. ---
**Author:** ![LakeWash](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/lakewash/32/122376_2.png) [@LakeWash](https://community.homey.app/u/LakeWash)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2025, 3:07pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/aeotec-battery-status-static/137845/3 "2025-10-13T15:07:49Z")
Hi Peter - thanks for pointing me to the script! I finally got around to testing it (I have zero js skills). It returns several devices that it deems NOK (not reporting within the threshold time set), but when I view them on the Homey Developer Tools page (under ZigBee) their “Last Seen” times are all below the threshold time. Is Last Seen not a good indicator of device connection? Is Last Seen an option to use to identify connection status? thanks! ---
**Author:** ![Peter\_Kawa](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/peter_kawa/32/173848_2.png) [@Peter\_Kawa](https://community.homey.app/u/Peter_Kawa)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2025, 9:09pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/aeotec-battery-status-static/137845/4 "2025-10-13T21:09:57Z")
Hi Chris, my pleasure. I think this is interesting stuff, including the responses: > [@IKEA PARASOLL door/window sensor](https://community.homey.app/t/ikea-parasoll-door-windows-sensor/104849/59): > > No, that’s not how it works. Battery-powered Zigbee devices are asleep most of the time and don’t respond to any “pings”. The “Last Seen” changes when the device sends a new status message to Homey, not because Homey asks the device for a status update. You might be able to act on a “Last Seen” that has been too long, but that still wouldn’t mean the battery is dead, it could also mean the device has dropped out of Homey’s Zigbee network (not uncommon) or Homey’s Zigbee didn’t receive the sta…