# \[APP\]\[Pro\] 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:** 98
**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:** [June 13, 2025, 3:16pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-pro-device-capabilities-enhance-the-capabilities-of-devices/43287/1978 "2025-06-13T15:16:39Z")
> [@Peter\_Kawa](#): > > v2.16.0 Which homey version do you have install, perhaps i can find the error in the logs. ---
**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 13, 2025, 3:47pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-pro-device-capabilities-enhance-the-capabilities-of-devices/43287/1979 "2025-06-13T15:47:27Z")
I’m back to v2.14.9 atm., Arie. But I’ll install v2.16.0 on my 2nd Homey, and send you the logs after a crash. Oh, actually I did send you some diag reports somewhere during the last 2 weeks, but didn’t notify you elsewhere. Will keep you posted. ---
**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:** [June 13, 2025, 4:00pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-pro-device-capabilities-enhance-the-capabilities-of-devices/43287/1980 "2025-06-13T16:00:55Z")
Yeah no, sending a diag is usually to late. But when your app crashes, there is a message send to the athom developer log. And there is not much information in that to know its you, only a app version and the homey version. So, again 🤭, which HOMEY version do you have installed on the one that crashed? ---
**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 13, 2025, 4:03pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-pro-device-capabilities-enhance-the-capabilities-of-devices/43287/1981 "2025-06-13T16:03:46Z")
Oh sorry, I suffer from a “zonnesteek” apparently haha. Homey v12.4.8 - Pro 2019 I’ve a crash report alr.: ea065f8a-422f-436e-b0ed-a1cbffa1ad53; & Added a Bitbucket [issue](https://bitbucket.org/QlusterIT/nl.qluster-it.devicecapabilities/issues/108/app-v2160-crashes-with-pro-2019-v1248) with new crash report ---
**Author:** ![luguber](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/luguber/32/16795_2.png) [@luguber](https://community.homey.app/u/luguber)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2025, 11:47am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-pro-device-capabilities-enhance-the-capabilities-of-devices/43287/1982 "2025-06-16T11:47:11Z")
Hi, I have made two devices (both supposed to be EVs, device class set to car). They both show up on the energy tab, but without any data. Do anyone know what the reason could be for it not to register any consumption? I have a measure\_power and meter\_power (and also measure\_battery and ev\_charging\_state) capabilities that all works and show data on the device itself. I’m using the latest v2.16.0 test version without any issues. (my current RAM consumption is 71.28 MB with six devices, and a handfull of reflections) Another thing, is there a way to set the [electricCar](https://apps.developer.homey.app/the-basics/devices/energy#evs) property on the energy object? I suppose this is so that when data show up in the energy tab, it is not counted twice with the EV charger. Otherwise thank you for the great app, I have been using it with joy for quite some time 🙂 ---
**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:** [June 18, 2025, 6:49pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-pro-device-capabilities-enhance-the-capabilities-of-devices/43287/1983 "2025-06-18T18:49:03Z")
> [@luguber](#): > > They both show up on the energy tab, but without any data. This might take a day for it to show correctly. Is it now showing it? ---
**Author:** ![luguber](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/luguber/32/16795_2.png) [@luguber](https://community.homey.app/u/luguber)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2025, 10:08pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-pro-device-capabilities-enhance-the-capabilities-of-devices/43287/1984 "2025-06-18T22:08:51Z")
No, its actually a few weeks since I made the devices. But, I’m not sure the problem is with the devices as I also have another “normal device” that used to work, but is now also showing up without data. I believe it happened after an update to that app, but I’m not exactly sure. Maybe its just the energy tab that needs a bit more love from the devs before everything works. It is in any case not a problem. As long as there is not option for dynamic pricing on the energy tab yet, its not so useful for me. ---
**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:** [June 19, 2025, 3:38pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-pro-device-capabilities-enhance-the-capabilities-of-devices/43287/1985 "2025-06-19T15:38:22Z")
> [@luguber](#): > > Another thing, is there a way to set the [electricCar](https://apps.developer.homey.app/the-basics/devices/energy#evs) property on the energy object? Not yet, but is coming. > [@luguber](#): > > No, its actually a few weeks since I made the devices. Than what is it that you are expecting? Can you share screenshots of your energy tab and show where you would expect something to see? Because certain new energy settings i just included in the test version about 2 weeks ago. ---
**Author:** ![luguber](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/luguber/32/16795_2.png) [@luguber](https://community.homey.app/u/luguber)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2025, 10:12pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-pro-device-capabilities-enhance-the-capabilities-of-devices/43287/1986 "2025-06-19T22:12:52Z")
I was thinking it should show up among the top consumers regardless as long as it has the meter\_power capability. But I updated the devices after you released the v2.16.0 version, and added the new energy settings then. Data didn’t register before with previous version either. On picture below you see they are there in the list, but its not counting kWh despite the capability on the device itself is doing it. ![energy](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/uploads/athom/original/3X/d/3/d307f2fe5158e92b48a1666875315ae027c3c55b.jpeg) The meter\_power capability is configured like this on both devices ![photo_2025-06-20_00-01-12](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/uploads/athom/original/3X/8/9/89e05ec772b1d1bd67ef400d93f123c2bae991ee.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![luguber](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/luguber/32/16795_2.png) [@luguber](https://community.homey.app/u/luguber)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2025, 11:14pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-pro-device-capabilities-enhance-the-capabilities-of-devices/43287/1987 "2025-06-22T23:14:45Z")
I found that if I set the device class to sensor, it register data correctly on the energy tab. Before I used device class other, and then changed to car when it became available in latest version. Non of those two would make the device register data on the energy tab. ---
**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:** [June 24, 2025, 2:46pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-pro-device-capabilities-enhance-the-capabilities-of-devices/43287/1988 "2025-06-24T14:46:26Z")
Which field do use if you want to generate a warning? So an exclamation mark as status indicator? I have a Tuya pump and have identified the messages for no flow and flow and now I want the exclamation mark to appear if the no flow message is sent and obviously disappear when the flow has started again. ---
**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:** [June 24, 2025, 3:15pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-pro-device-capabilities-enhance-the-capabilities-of-devices/43287/1989 "2025-06-24T15:15:00Z")
You could use a (door/window)alarm, a motion alarm. ---
**Author:** ![Yankie](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/yankie/32/31966_2.png) [@Yankie](https://community.homey.app/u/Yankie)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2025, 5:47pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-pro-device-capabilities-enhance-the-capabilities-of-devices/43287/1990 "2025-06-24T17:47:32Z")
I have made a device for showing remaining days to persons birthday, I used text boxes and all of them are available to select manually for status on tile. But I can not select the one I want via flow card. There is only Set status, that require that you have created the status field. Would it be possible to get a card that allows you to Select Status out of those available on the list? ![1000013175](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/uploads/athom/original/3X/f/b/fbd74fc23d6e823318b7b4691a5724b399ef1d8d.png) ---
**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:** [June 24, 2025, 6:03pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-pro-device-capabilities-enhance-the-capabilities-of-devices/43287/1991 "2025-06-24T18:03:19Z")
> [@Yankie](#): > > Would it be possible to get a card that allows you to Select Status out of those available on the list? Currently, no. There is no other way to select which field is shown as status indicator than through the Homey App itself. Its not yet possible tonset this programaticly (thus i cannot create a flowcard for it yet). What you could do ofc, is create one extra field which you set as the status indicator, and through flowcards, instead of changing which field is the status indicator, just update the new just-added status indicator field with the value from one of the other fields. ---
**Author:** ![Yankie](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/yankie/32/31966_2.png) [@Yankie](https://community.homey.app/u/Yankie)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2025, 6:31pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-pro-device-capabilities-enhance-the-capabilities-of-devices/43287/1992 "2025-06-24T18:31:19Z")
Thanks @Arie_J_Godschalk, I was afraid of that. Your suggestion is the way I had it before with numberfields. But then two fields will show the same value. Was trying to avoid that. I will see if I go back to the old, or just keep this and add a flow reminder to change status manually the day after one have had birthday… ---
**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:** [June 24, 2025, 6:43pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-pro-device-capabilities-enhance-the-capabilities-of-devices/43287/1993 "2025-06-24T18:43:54Z")
> [@Yankie](#): > > Your suggestion is the way I had it before with numberfields But why? You could do this using the textfields. Just update the text value. ---
**Author:** ![Yankie](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/yankie/32/31966_2.png) [@Yankie](https://community.homey.app/u/Yankie)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2025, 1:21am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-pro-device-capabilities-enhance-the-capabilities-of-devices/43287/1994 "2025-06-25T01:21:45Z")
Yes, it’s what I meant, to add a status field. But it is either to manually update the status 5 times a year (for 5 persons) or being anoyed the hole time about two fields with the same value. No big problem, just trigger my ocd… 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Peter\_Stupak](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/peter_stupak/32/72096_2.png) [@Peter\_Stupak](https://community.homey.app/u/Peter_Stupak)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2025, 6:45am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-pro-device-capabilities-enhance-the-capabilities-of-devices/43287/1995 "2025-06-25T06:45:16Z")
Hello guys, after update to the newest test version from June 6th, I have issue with flow functionality - retrieve the insights value from xxx for yyy from x minutes ago. The number is still 0. ![Screenshot 2025-06-25 at 08.41.14](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/uploads/athom/original/3X/f/4/f4aef6f6cb58c72f0a771d402c4a56523edd3f81.png) ---
**Author:** ![qawsedrf57](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/qawsedrf57/32/123371_2.png) [@qawsedrf57](https://community.homey.app/u/qawsedrf57)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2025, 10:08am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-pro-device-capabilities-enhance-the-capabilities-of-devices/43287/1996 "2025-06-25T10:08:31Z")
Problem solved ---
**Author:** ![SunBeech](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/sunbeech/32/111391_2.png) [@SunBeech](https://community.homey.app/u/SunBeech)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2025, 10:31am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-pro-device-capabilities-enhance-the-capabilities-of-devices/43287/1997 "2025-06-25T10:31:52Z")
I cannot read your flow cards entirely, but since you are trying to get a number in minutes: the first BLL card contains `time('M',…)`. I believe this should be `time('m',…)`. So with a lower case ‘m’. M = months, m = minutes. [Previous page](https://community.homey.app/t/app-pro-device-capabilities-enhance-the-capabilities-of-devices/43287.md?page=97) [Next page](https://community.homey.app/t/app-pro-device-capabilities-enhance-the-capabilities-of-devices/43287.md?page=99)