# \[APP\]\[Pro\] Device Capabilities - Enhance the capabilities of devices **URL:** \ **Category:** Apps\ **Tags:** flow, virtual-device, homey-pro, device-capabilities, avd\ **Created:** [February 19, 2021, 8:20am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-pro-device-capabilities-enhance-the-capabilities-of-devices/43287 "2021-02-19T08:20:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 105
**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:** [January 24, 2026, 2:21am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-pro-device-capabilities-enhance-the-capabilities-of-devices/43287/2120 "2026-01-24T02:21:43Z")
> [@Ed\_Raven](#): > > What might go wrong? Even without selecting a flow it should fill the TEF field ![Screenshot_20260124_033357_Homey](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/uploads/athom/original/3X/8/0/80908c186e9386516f257d52fc565bf52d7c21a2.jpeg) Did you try app restart? Or even a Homey restart? Or even a Homey powerdown for 10 minutes? . Alternative: > [@Web App ALT + Context Menu: Export/Import Flows](https://community.homey.app/t/web-app-alt-context-menu-export-import-flows/143013): > > It seems that a [recent update](https://homey.app/en-nl/wiki/homey-web-app-changelog/) of the web app added support for exporting and importing flows. I learned that in the web app, when right clicking an Advanced Flow or Standard Flow and simultaneously holding the ALT key, the context menu gets some additional items: The Export option creates an .homeyadvflow text file for an Advanced Flow (.homeystdflow for a Standard Flow), containing (I assume) the flow definition. I haven’t been able… ---
**Author:** ![Ed\_Raven](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/ed_raven/32/121271_2.png) [@Ed\_Raven](https://community.homey.app/u/Ed_Raven)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2026, 3:15pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-pro-device-capabilities-enhance-the-capabilities-of-devices/43287/2121 "2026-01-24T15:15:31Z")
Peter, thanks for your assistance.🙂 I tried app restart and Homey restart (powerdown) - the TEF field still stays empty. Is there any special browser setting required (I tried with Edge and Google Chrome)? Or do I need to create a device from “Device capabilities” before or apply some special settings? ---
**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:** [January 24, 2026, 4:40pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-pro-device-capabilities-enhance-the-capabilities-of-devices/43287/2122 "2026-01-24T16:40:00Z")
YW, Ed. > [@Ed\_Raven](#): > > Is there any special browser setting required (I tried with Edge and Google Chrome)? Not that I know of. Works with Chrome / Firefox / Edge @ Android. 1. Does it show any flows to select? 2. Did you try it with the mobile app as well? `...More > Settings > Apps > Device Capabilities` 3. Did you try to re-install the app? Don’t remove anything, just go to [https://homey.app/a/nl.qluster-it.DeviceCapabilities/](https://homey.app/a/nl.qluster-it.DeviceCapabilities/) and tap “Install” . > [@Ed\_Raven](#): > > Or do I need to create a device from “Device capabilities” before or apply some special settings? Not that I know of. ---
**Author:** ![Ed\_Raven](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/ed_raven/32/121271_2.png) [@Ed\_Raven](https://community.homey.app/u/Ed_Raven)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2026, 4:51pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-pro-device-capabilities-enhance-the-capabilities-of-devices/43287/2123 "2026-01-24T16:51:22Z")
Now I’m on step further by deleting some parts of the flow to be exported: There is now some text appearing in TEF window: “[tef:UNKNOWN:“H4sIAAAAAAACA6tWSlSyio6tBQCNLU1qCAAAAA==”:/tef]” What is the meaning, how can I fix it? Are there some cards types that cannot be exported? ---
**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:** [January 24, 2026, 8:03pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-pro-device-capabilities-enhance-the-capabilities-of-devices/43287/2124 "2026-01-24T20:03:25Z")
That’s the TEF I got when not selecting any flow, see my screenshot in an earlier post. Can you test with any other (very simple) flow? Note: flows needs to be enabled (like, you can enable/disable them in the flow editor). ---
**Author:** ![Ed\_Raven](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/ed_raven/32/121271_2.png) [@Ed\_Raven](https://community.homey.app/u/Ed_Raven)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2026, 9:26am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-pro-device-capabilities-enhance-the-capabilities-of-devices/43287/2125 "2026-01-26T09:26:55Z")
Peter, thank you, well understood. Meanwhile I deleted stepwise some cards and following this path I found the ones that are “blocking” the export: Logic cards of type “set variable x to value y” and “calculate x as y” are causing an empty TEF window. Any idea why and how to avoid this? ---
**Author:** ![JohanP](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/johanp/32/119002_2.png) [@JohanP](https://community.homey.app/u/JohanP)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2026, 9:31am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-pro-device-capabilities-enhance-the-capabilities-of-devices/43287/2126 "2026-01-26T09:31:09Z")
Somehow my AVD doesn’t seem to update anymore ? Issue started last week, suck since Jan 25 at 12:00 , only to adjust after the reboot last evening ? ![afbeelding](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/uploads/athom/original/3X/d/a/da9ed5f3a7757eb60ab868cafbb856da5d4a4d35.png) ![afbeelding](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/uploads/athom/original/3X/9/1/911ff1aad579582a3282fa003942453efde2fb8c.png) ---
**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:** [January 26, 2026, 6:30pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-pro-device-capabilities-enhance-the-capabilities-of-devices/43287/2127 "2026-01-26T18:30:41Z")
> [@Ed\_Raven](#): > > Logic cards of type “set variable x to value y” and “calculate x as y” are causing an empty TEF window. Oh, that _should_ not be a problem, sounds like a bug. Unfortunately we’ll have to wait until dev Arie has the possibility to work on the app. ---
**Author:** ![Oyvind\_Lilleberg](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/oyvind_lilleberg/32/140892_2.png) [@Oyvind\_Lilleberg](https://community.homey.app/u/Oyvind_Lilleberg)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2026, 1:01pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-pro-device-capabilities-enhance-the-capabilities-of-devices/43287/2128 "2026-01-27T13:01:17Z")
I have just installed this app for trying to make one device for monitoring all my battery devices, and making one single flow for sending push notification when the battery level is low. I have a wast number of Aqara devices, and don’t want notifications for sudden drops in battery level. For example I make a flow with these cards. The Device should then be all my battery devices and the capability should be batterystatus. And hopefully I can retrive which sensorname from a tag in the next card. Not sure if this is possible, but I’m hoping… ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/uploads/athom/original/3X/6/3/639c5ad66f9b5fb81df3ef76c578c7cf7928b01f.png) The problem is that I cant add a unit from Device Capabilities. I get the error as shown below when I click Device Capabilites after clicking add units in the main window. Also the green Connect button doesnt work. Anyone experienced this issue? ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/uploads/athom/original/3X/3/2/32d5a90b0114538d16f7753b1afc1a732a3e2655.png) ---
**Author:** ![Sharkys](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/sharkys/32/54029_2.png) [@Sharkys](https://community.homey.app/u/Sharkys)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2026, 6:30pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-pro-device-capabilities-enhance-the-capabilities-of-devices/43287/2129 "2026-01-27T18:30:49Z")
Shall be fixed as per confirmation from Athom… ---
**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:** [January 27, 2026, 11:53pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-pro-device-capabilities-enhance-the-capabilities-of-devices/43287/2130 "2026-01-27T23:53:20Z")
To add devices, use the mobile app for now. Concerning your plan: That D.C. card is for one devices’ capability. To catch all, use this onboard trigger and filters, and add a 15 minutes blind time by using a timer. It’ll report the actual device name, sensor name, sensor value and zone: ![665](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/uploads/athom/original/3X/9/0/90bad9e1eb93f4d97811e260e14b079ff369a539.jpeg) You’ll find the trigger card in the root of the zone folder: ![660](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/uploads/athom/original/3X/b/3/b34030d12b36a0aaa2fc10cb7a785e1a365a51be.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![Oyvind\_Lilleberg](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/oyvind_lilleberg/32/140892_2.png) [@Oyvind\_Lilleberg](https://community.homey.app/u/Oyvind_Lilleberg)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2026, 6:37am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-pro-device-capabilities-enhance-the-capabilities-of-devices/43287/2131 "2026-01-28T06:37:14Z")
Thanks. I ended up with this solution yesterday. Just need some tweaking with the duration of the ignore time. Until now the battery warning has been somewhere around 10-15 minutes. But yesterday one of my sensors had the alarm for an hour. 🫠 ---
**Author:** ![Oyvind\_Lilleberg](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/oyvind_lilleberg/32/140892_2.png) [@Oyvind\_Lilleberg](https://community.homey.app/u/Oyvind_Lilleberg)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2026, 7:49am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-pro-device-capabilities-enhance-the-capabilities-of-devices/43287/2132 "2026-01-28T07:49:40Z")
Did some testing on this flow, and this will always send an notification when the batteri goes below 20%. Since I have some Aqara devices thats reporting false batteryalarms, I need a delay before sending a notification. So I did some tweaking and think this flow should do the trick. ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/uploads/athom/original/3X/a/f/afd0c7baf6594757bfc693fcdabc1e111fc1857e.png) ---
**Author:** ![Anders\_Gregow](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/anders_gregow/32/61721_2.png) [@Anders\_Gregow](https://community.homey.app/u/Anders_Gregow)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2026, 4:39pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-pro-device-capabilities-enhance-the-capabilities-of-devices/43287/2133 "2026-02-05T16:39:05Z")
Everytime I want to use the card “Retrieve insight values for 0 minutes” I need to restart the app to get correct duration value. @Arie_J_Godschalk have you experienced this? ---
**Author:** ![SweZoo](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/swezoo/32/57123_2.png) [@SweZoo](https://community.homey.app/u/SweZoo)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2026, 10:16am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-pro-device-capabilities-enhance-the-capabilities-of-devices/43287/2134 "2026-02-14T10:16:01Z")
Hi Does anyone know if there is a solution to set the energy object on devices? As far as I understand from the documentation, it needs to be set to show up correctly in the energy tab in Homey. On all my devices the class is set correctly, e.g. battery, evcharger etc., but the energy object is empty. ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/uploads/athom/original/3X/3/9/39d8018d95f492a81a8731f95fbfd15a41f23e4f.png) ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/uploads/athom/original/3X/3/e/3e2318a104494beb0988e17b2eac41598fbd0830.png) As far as I understand from the documentation, ev chargers, batteries etc. should be set to true and a reference to meter\_power. ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/uploads/athom/original/3X/b/d/bde760340b932c976b79dd84a2dcd2a87cb71575.png) ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/uploads/athom/original/3X/7/2/72a3626c39a300aac929ce6622c9968810fbbbf3.png) ---
**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:** [February 14, 2026, 4:54pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-pro-device-capabilities-enhance-the-capabilities-of-devices/43287/2135 "2026-02-14T16:54:30Z")
From what I know it’s still on the todo. It’s been asked and answered several times. ---
**Author:** ![DoctorBazinga](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/doctorbazinga/32/39686_2.png) [@DoctorBazinga](https://community.homey.app/u/DoctorBazinga)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2026, 4:32pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-pro-device-capabilities-enhance-the-capabilities-of-devices/43287/2136 "2026-02-15T16:32:13Z")
Just for info : I added a advaced virtual device gas meter sensor to my district heating to appaey in The Homey Energy tab as gas m3. So if someone is interested : [[APP][Pro] Virtual Devices - Virtual Devices to simulate 1 or more real devices - #753 by DoctorBazinga](https://community.homey.app/t/app-pro-virtual-devices-virtual-devices-to-simulate-1-or-more-real-devices/1723/753) ---
**Author:** ![Avaatar](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/avaatar/32/122305_2.png) [@Avaatar](https://community.homey.app/u/Avaatar)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2026, 7:18am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-pro-device-capabilities-enhance-the-capabilities-of-devices/43287/2137 "2026-04-02T07:18:58Z")
Hi all, im new to Homey so im not sure where to post this, here or in Bitbucket. If this is the wrong place please tell me. I want to create a virtual device with Device Capabilities but my changes are not being saved. When im setting the device class and click save, the field is empty again when I click on repair again. When im adding a number field and want to enter a BLL expression the BLL expression field is greyed out and I can’t enter anything. When I press “save device” I can see a saving message for less than a half second maybe, but nothing is being saved. I tried to restart Homey, did an uninstall and install of the app, tried Safari and Brave as browsers, tried from the webgui and from app on iOS, no success. I have no clue what to do. Am I doing something wrong? I forgot: Im on Homey SHS Edit again: Its working now. The Better Logic Library hat somehow a problem. When looking into the settings I got timeout popups. I did restart the app, then everything was working. Strange for me is im stopping the docker container every night for backup, so I thought there is a fresh start always. Happy eastern ---
**Author:** ![Marcus\_Bitterling](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/marcus_bitterling/32/80103_2.png) [@Marcus\_Bitterling](https://community.homey.app/u/Marcus_Bitterling)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2026, 5:54am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-pro-device-capabilities-enhance-the-capabilities-of-devices/43287/2138 "2026-04-08T05:54:40Z")
I’m just wondering if an update is planned to be able to order the fields in Insights in an easy way. Now you have to delete each field in the status indicator field and add them again in the right order. Perhaps there’s a quicker way? ---
**Author:** ![Arie\_J\_Godschalk](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/arie_j_godschalk/32/63027_2.png) [@Arie\_J\_Godschalk](https://community.homey.app/u/Arie_J_Godschalk)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2026, 6:08am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-pro-device-capabilities-enhance-the-capabilities-of-devices/43287/2139 "2026-04-08T06:08:17Z")
> [@Marcus\_Bitterling](#): > > Perhaps there’s a quicker way? Im sorry, i don’t understand the question. What do you want sorted? The insights? Because I as developer have no way of ordering the insights. [Previous page](https://community.homey.app/t/app-pro-device-capabilities-enhance-the-capabilities-of-devices/43287.md?page=104) [Next page](https://community.homey.app/t/app-pro-device-capabilities-enhance-the-capabilities-of-devices/43287.md?page=106)