# How to automatically ping devices and use the result **URL:** \ **Category:** Questions & Help\ **Created:** [September 5, 2023, 6:24pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/how-to-automatically-ping-devices-and-use-the-result/88845 "2023-09-05T18:24:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 4
**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:** [September 6, 2023, 4:41am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/how-to-automatically-ping-devices-and-use-the-result/88845/4 "2023-09-06T04:41:07Z")
Some battery operated devices can be pinged indeed, mostly those with bigger batteries , eg. Aqara Roller E1. I don’t know how to ping, but this script might provide workaround. > [@A script to check sensor last update](https://community.homey.app/t/a-script-to-check-sensor-last-update/63142/25): > > Updated script I posted above - added counter of non responding devices - eg, in case you would like to initiate some action based on number of not-responding devices - please note this is the version I’m using, so feel free to change relevant variables below the section // Filter devices to check Changelog : 0.1 - update - converting notReportingCount to a number - if you used previous version of script, delete tag by await tag(‘notReportingCount’, null);\* 0.2 - added filtering based on dev… --- _[View the full topic](https://community.homey.app/t/how-to-automatically-ping-devices-and-use-the-result/88845)._