good question. I think I had the same, I thought the device is broken…
With the benext Heating contol device, see report ID: 76ed6d3d-804a-4855-a84b-6a4c26b4fd0b
I reported this issue also a few years ago.
I hope it can be fixed this time.
Bij de benext Heating control, zie report ID: 76ed6d3d-804a-4855-a84b-6a4c26b4fd0b
Ik heb dit probleem enkel jaren geleden ook al eens gemeld.
Hoop echt dat dit gefixt kan worden.
Hi,
I found an issue with the BeNext Energy Switch+ driver.
The live power value (measure_power) updates correctly, but the accumulated energy value (meter_power, kWh) doesn’t update. Restarting the BeNext app immediately refreshes the kWh value, so the device itself is still counting correctly.
I tested the following change:
this.registerCapability('meter_power', 'METER', {
getOpts: {
getOnStart: true,
pollInterval: 15 * 60 * 1000,
},
});
This keeps the existing live Watt reporting unchanged, but actively requests the accumulated kWh value every 15 minutes.
After installing this change, meter_power started updating automatically without restarting the app.
Could this be added to the official driver?
Yes, the app has been update, its in the store now 
Great, thanks! 
To preface - I am not a programmer.
However, with advances in AI (ethics aside), i’ve been able to solve a lot of the issues i was having with the Benext app for homey, including the heating control. And i have added more benext devices into the app. And even managed to give the “Alarm Sound” more features than even Benext had (A selection of Alarm sounds that we’re designed by yours truly (i am a Sound Designer )
@Arie_J_Godschalk Would you be open to merging my fixes and extra devices into main?
Hey,
Sure!
You put in a pull request and ill review it, test it and roll it put to test. (Since i dont have every benext device myself).
Hi Arie,
Awesome! Unfortunately, your repo doesn’t allow forks to other workspaces, so I uploaded my changes to my own repo: Bitbucket
There’s a fix for the Heating Control in there, which now works correctly for me, and 2 new products (including self-designed icons): the Scene Controller and the Panic Button. Each has its own branch (heating-control-fix, scene-controller, panic-button), building on each other.
I’m still working on the Window/Door Sensor (the doorbell function doesn’t work correctly) and the Alarm Sound (it currently only plays the “alarm” sound; I designed a bunch of other sounds for it and I’m working on an interface so people can select them), which goes hand in hand with a doorbell, of course!
Let me know if you need anything else.
Pff, well, i just checked it (because it used to be possible), but apparently BitBucket changed this as of 1 July 2026. It indeed seems it’s not possible anymore to fork outside of a (parent) workspace.
And issues is gonne (that i knew already).
I guess i might need to switch to GitHub 
Ill check it out next week if thats okay, i have a holiday week with my kids and wive.
no worries, and github would be better for me too! had a lot of issue with the atlassian login stuff
Fijne vakantie nog!
The sourcecode and tickets for this app have been moved from BitBucket to GitHub:
Awesome! i’ve PR’ed my fix and the two new products, the Benext Panic Button and the Scene controller remote. As said I have some more stuff coming in a later PR, but I don’t want to overwhelm you either.
It’s in test now:
Heating Control fixed, Added Scene Controller and Panic Button drivers.
Next up:
The Molite sensor doesnt actually pick up movement. That is fixed now, i’ve also fixed a couple of issues with the dimmer and the energy switch plus. i’ve PR’ed these now.
