The zone activity systen is just there for cases like this.
No flow will break when you happen to remove and add sensors. And you can replace your sensor with an (completely) other one without needing to fix the flows.
Thanks Peter. Re-adding does not help, the device does not come back to life in the app.
Any other tricks I could try before removing and adding the device back?
Good point regarding the zone system though, maybe I should convert my flows to use zones. Iâd need to set the window sensors to not be excluded from the zones.
Have you tried to repair the sensor (long press on the device tile â wheel â maintenance)?
You must wake up the sensor during the repair process.
You can also try to do the repair process near the Homey.
@Peter_Kawa, interesting how you come from the problem of an empty battery to zone activity. Should he now buy a new sensor every time the battery is empty? The main thing is that the flow doesnât have to be changed?
(Just kidding)
Btw, there is a script available to repair all the advanced flows if a device must be deleted and re-added:
Yeah it just was an advice to avoid flow fixing every next time thereâs a sensor problem
Martijnâs âflow fixâ script is very neat of course, but I was more thinking in a way to prevent things from breaking down, than having to fix things
What does that mean exactly: Short press and long press the button?
This is what should be the procedure
add a new device
select Hue w/o bridge app
select the right Hue motion sensor
follow zigbee instructions
hit âAddâ, âConnectâ or whatever itâs called, and push the sensorâs pair button (or reset buttton as you call it) shortly every other second, repeatedly, until a popup appeared âdevice is already addedâ
hit âOKâ and restart the Hue w/o bridge app
sensor should now be online again
when this doesnât work, grab another battery, make sure itâs fresh and brand new, and start at 1.) again
and / or put the sensor very close, a cm, to Homey and start at 1.) again
This is an alternative way, not needed when you perform the âAdd new deviceâ instructions above.
But, to explain about why you canât find it in the app anyways, itâs not in the app, but itâs the sensorâs device tile as Dirk explained
There youâll find a âTry to repairâ button.
But then youâd have to push the actual sensorâs pair button as well.
(while battery operated devices are in âsleep modeâ when not busy. In that state, Homeyâs zigbee pair system canât reach them).